History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.16

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Another example of 'śāmayati' and 'śānti' in the Tai S (VI. 3 3 2-3) may be set out. 'O tree! protect it, O axe! do not harm it; the axe indeed is a thunderbolt, (therefore he utters those words) for allaying (the fierce power of the axe); these worlds are afraid of the tree (of which the yūpa is made) when it moves; (therefore he recites 'with thy top do not graze the sky, with thy middle do not harm the atmospheric region'. (By these words) he appeases (removes the terrible power for evil of) this tree'.¹¹⁴¹