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Garudapurana 1.134

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1.134.1

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 134 / Brahmā said: / Here the Mahākauśika mantra, which brings great reward, is taught.

1.134.2

(The Mahākauśika mantra:) "oṃ mahākauśikāya namaḥ / oṃ hūṃ hūṃ prasphura lala lala kulva kulva culva culva khalla khalla mulva mulva gulva gulva tulva pulla pulla dhalva dhulva dhuma dhuma dhamadhama māraya māraya dhakadhaka vajñāpayajñāpaya vidārayavidāraya kampakampa kampayakampaya pūrayapūraya āveśayāveśaya oṃ hrīṃ oṃ hrīṃ haṃ vaṃ vaṃ huṃ taṭataṭa madamada hrīṃ oṃ hūṃ nairṛtāyā namaḥ"—it should be offered to Nirṛti. / One should offer the sacrificial offering consecrated with the Mahākauśika mantra.

1.134.3

Before her, the king should bathe, make an umbrella made of flour, / and having struck it down with a sword, give it to Skanda and Viśākha.

1.134.4

And likewise at night, worship of the Mother Goddesses should be performed: / Brahmāṇī, Māheśī, Kaumārī, and Vaiṣṇavī,

1.134.5

Vārāhī, Māhendrī, Cāmuṇḍā, and Caṇḍikā; / Jayantī, Maṅgalā, Kālī, Bhadrakālī, Kapālinī,

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Durgā, Kṣamā, Śivā, Dhātrī, Svāhā, and Svadhā—homage be to you! / One should bathe the Goddess with milk and other substances, and likewise maidens and women.

1.134.7

Then one should honor twice-born men and [even] heretics with the gift of food, / with flags, banners, cloth, and the like in chariot processions. / This worship on the Mahānavamī bestows victory, kingdom, and other [blessings].

1.134.7.p1

Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-fourth chapter, entitled “The Explanation of the Rites with the Mahākauśika Mantra on Mahānavamī,” in the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part of the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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