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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.3.11.8

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.3.11.8

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1.3.11.8

vega vejayāsmaddviṣatastaskarānsarīsṛpāñchvāpadānrakṣāṃsi piśācānpauruṣeyādbhayānno daṇḍa rakṣa viśvasmādbhayādrakṣa sarvato jahi taskarān \ anagnaḥ sarvavṛkṣeṣu jāyase tvaṃ sapatnahā \ jahi śatrugaṇānsarvānsamantaṃ maghavāniva \ iti triḥ pradakṣiṇamuparyupari śiraḥ pratiharate \8\

With (the formula), 'Speed! Make speed away from us those who hate us, robbers, creeping things, beasts of prey, Rakshas, Pisâkas. Protect us, O staff, from danger that comes from men; protect us from every danger; from all sides destroy the robbers'—(and with the verse), 'Not naked (i.e. covered with bark) thou art born on all trees, a destroyer of foes. Destroy all hosts of enemies from every side like Maghavan (Indra)'—he swings (the staff) three times from left to right over his head.

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

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