Arthashastra
तन् मध्ये श्वा विधः शल्यकेन विद्ध्वा यत्र एतेन मन्त्रेण निखन्यते तत् सर्वं प्रस्वापयति ॥
When this basket, being pierced in the centre by a dart-like hair of a porcupine, is buried, chanting the above mantra, the whole animal life therein falls into deep slumber.
english translation
tan madhye zvA vidhaH zalyakena viddhvA yatra etena mantreNa nikhanyate tat sarvaM prasvApayati ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript