Garudapurana 1.178

English (machine translation) 1.178

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1.178.28 — 1 part

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Hari said: / Brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, kuṣṭha, priyaṅgu, and nāgakeśara— / one should offer them combined with betel to women with the mantra for their subjugation: / "Om to Nārāyaṇī svāhā!"

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To whomever betel is given with the proper mantra, that person becomes subdued: / "Om Hari, Hari, svāhā!"

Cow's tooth and yellow orpiment combined with a crow's tongue, / powdered and placed upon someone's head—that person becomes subdued. / White mustard floral offerings placed in whosever house cause ruin to it.

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The root of vibhītaka and śākhoṭaka, combined with leaves, / placed at someone's house-door—strife indeed occurs there.

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One should grind the flesh of a wagtail with honey; / from smearing the vagina during the fertile period, a man becomes a slave.

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Agarwood and guggulu, combined with blue water lily, / fumigated with jaggery: one becomes beloved at the king's gate.

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White aparājitā root ground and mixed with rocanā— / whomever one looks upon with a forehead mark of it, one can subjugate in the king's palace.

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Kākajaṅghā, vacā, kuṣṭha, nimba leaf, and fine saffron, / combined with one's own blood: a person becomes subdued.

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Having taken auspicious blood of a wild cat, / it should be steeped in karañja oil; then lampblack over a Rudra-fire / one should collect on a lotus leaf; from using that collyrium, one becomes invisible.

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"Om, salutation to the bearer of the sword and thunderbolt, the great Yakṣa commander-in-chief, svāhā! / Om to Rudra hrāṃ hrīṃ, the Tvaritā knowledge possessing excellent power! / Om Mothers, immobilize, svāhā!" / Having muttered this spell a thousand times, it wards off thieves. / The root of mahāsugandhikā held at the waist restrains semen.

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"Om, salutation to all beings, salutation, grant success, grant success, svāhā!" / Having consecrated a karavīra flower seven times / and waved it before women, in an instant she falls under one's control.

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One should grind brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, and patra with honey; / and from anointing her body [with it], a woman desires no other husband.

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The crest of brahmadaṇḍī put in the mouth arrests the flow of semen; / the root of jayantī kept in the mouth grants victory in lawsuits.

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The root of bhṛṅgarāja ground up and mixed with semen, / and applied as collyrium to the two eyes, will indeed bring a man under control.

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Giving the crest of aparājitā combined with a blue lotus / together with betel is an excellent means of subjugation.

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In the big toe, in the foot, in the ankle, in the knee, and likewise in the hips; / in the navel, in the chest, and in the abdomen, in the armpit, in the throat, on the cheek,

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on the lip, in the eye, and on the forehead, and on the crown of the head the digits of the moon are situated; / for women in the bright fortnight [they move] upwards, and in the dark fortnight downwards for men.

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On the left side and on the right side in succession, O Rudra, producing excitement and the like. / Sixty-four arts are taught in the Kāmaśāstra that cause subjugation; / beginning with embracing, they subjugate women who are lovers.

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Gorocanā, fragrant flowers, neem blossom, priyaṅgu, / saffron, and sandalwood: with a forehead-mark [made from these], one subjugates the world.

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“Oṃ hrīṃ, O Goddess Gaurī, give me good fortune, subjugation of children, and the like! / Oṃ hrīṃ, O Goddess Lakṣmī, [give me] all good fortune that enchants the three worlds!”

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From the anointing of fragrant turmeric and saffrons, / and by the incense of fragrant flowers and the like, one will subjugate [others], O Rudra.

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Durālabhā, vacā, kuṣṭha, saffron, and śatāvarī / mixed with sesame oil: from anointing the vulva [with this], a man is subjugated.

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A woman having fumigated her vulva with the smoke of neem wood / will become fortunate, O Rudra, and her husband will become her slave.

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Buffalo butter, kuṣṭha, and madhuyaṣṭikā: / good fortune arises from anointing the vulva [with these], and her husband will likewise become her slave.

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Madhuyaṣṭi, cow's milk, and likewise kaṇṭakārikā: / one should drink equal parts of these with hot water / reduced to one-fourth; an excellent conception results.

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One should steep citron seeds together with milk; / having drunk that, she obtains conception; here no doubt should be entertained.

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Citron seeds and roots of the castor-oil plant, / having combined [them] with ghee, a woman desiring a son should drink.

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Aśvagandhā boiled with nectar-like milk causes urination. / But one should grind seeds of palāśa with honey; / a menstruating woman, having drunk [it], becomes free from the conception of flowers [i.e., menses].

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Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-eighth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first section of the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit