Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 12.8

12.8

ŚĀ 12,8
athāto maṇikalpaḥ | bhūtikāmaḥ puṣpeṇa trirātropoṣito jīvato hastino dantān mātrām uddhṛtyāgnim upasamādhāya parisamuhya paristīrya paryukṣya dakṣiṇaṃ jānv ācyottarato 'gneḥ kaṃse maṇiṃ kṛtvā hutvā homān maṇau saṃpātam ānayet | hastivarcasam ity etābhiḥ pratyṛcam aṣṭābhiḥ saptarātraṃ madhusarpiṣor vāsayitvā trirātram ekāṃ vā badhnīyād ghṛtād ullupta ity etayarcā | ata evottaraṃ ṣaḍbhir hṛdayaśūlāgramaṇiṃ pratodāgramaṇiṃ vā muśalāgramaṇiṃ vā khadirasāramaṇiṃ vā māṃsaudane vāsayitvā trirātram ekāṃ vā badhnīyāt | ata evottaraṃ catasṛbhir vṛṣabhaśṛṅgāgramaṇiṃ ghṛtaudane vāsayitvā trirātram ekāṃ vā badhnīyāt | ata evottaraṃ ekayairaṇḍamaṇiṃ tilaudane vāsayitvā trirātram ekāṃ vā badhnīyāt | ata evottaraṃ ṣoḷaśabhir bailvaṃ saptarātraṃ madhusarpiṣor vāsayitvā trirātram ekāṃ vā badhnīyād ghṛtād ullupta ity etayarcā | ata evottaraṃ pañcabhir mahāvarāsyodohaṃ mudgaudane vāsayitvā trirātram ekāṃ vā badhnīyāc chaktau sati prathamaṃ hastichāyāyāṃ vaiyāghre vāpi carmaṇy āsīno vāpi juhuyād āsīno vāpi juhuyāt ||

ŚĀ 12.8
Now next, the rule for amulets. One who desires prosperity, having fasted for three nights under the constellation Puṣya, having taken a measure from the tusk of a living elephant, having built up the fire, swept around it, strewn it, sprinkled it, bending the right knee, having placed the amulet in a bronze vessel to the north of the fire, having offered the oblations, should pour the residue of the offering onto the amulet. Having kept it steeped in honey and clarified butter for seven nights, or for three nights, or for one [night], with these eight verses, verse by verse, beginning with ‘Elephant's splendour’ [hastivarcasam], one should bind it on with the verse ‘Drawn up from ghee’ [ghṛtād ulluptaḥ]. Following this, with six [verses], having kept an amulet from the tip of a spit for roasting the heart, or an amulet from the tip of a goad, or an amulet from the tip of a pestle, or an amulet of khadira-heartwood steeped in meat-rice for three nights or for one [night], one should bind it on. Following this, with four [verses], having kept an amulet from the tip of a bull's horn steeped in ghee-rice for three nights or for one [night], one should bind it on. Following this, with one [verse], having kept a castor amulet steeped in sesame-rice for three nights or for one [night], one should bind it on. Following this, with sixteen [verses], having kept a bilva amulet steeped in honey and clarified butter for seven nights, or for three nights, or for one [night], one should bind it on with the verse ‘Drawn up from ghee’. Following this, with five [verses], having kept the udder of a great wild sow steeped in mung-bean rice for three nights or for one [night], one should bind it on; if able, first in the shadow of an elephant or seated on a tiger skin he should offer, or seated he should offer.