Arthashastra

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त्रि रत्र उपोषितः पुष्येण श्व मार्जार उलूक वागुलीनां दक्षिणानि वामानि च अक्षीणि द्विधा चूर्णं कारयेत् ॥

Having fasted for three nights and having afterwards pulled out on the day of the star of Pushya both the right and the left eyes of a dog, a cat, an owl, and a váguli (?), one should reduce them to two kinds of powder.

english translation

tri ratra upoSitaH puSyeNa zva mArjAra ulUka vAgulInAM dakSiNAni vAmAni ca akSINi dvidhA cUrNaM kArayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ततो यथा स्वम् अभ्यक्त अक्षो नष्टच् छाया रूपश् चरति ॥

Then having anointed one's own eyes with this ointment as usual, one can walk invisible to others.

english translation

tato yathA svam abhyakta akSo naSTac chAyA rUpaz carati ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्रि रात्र उपोषितः पुष्येण पुरुष घातिनः काण्डकस्य शलाकाम् अञ्जनीं च कारयेत् ॥

Having fasted for three nights, one should, on the day of the star of Pushya, prepare a round-headed pin (saláká) from the branch of purushagháti (punnága tree).

english translation

tri rAtra upoSitaH puSyeNa puruSa ghAtinaH kANDakasya zalAkAm aJjanIM ca kArayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ततो अन्यतमेन अक्षि चूर्णेन अभ्यक्त अक्षो नष्टच् छाया रूपश् चरति ॥

Then having filled with ointment (anjana) the skull of any of the animals which roam at nights, and having inserted that skull in the organ of procreation of a dead woman, one should burn it.

english translation

tato anyatamena akSi cUrNena abhyakta akSo naSTac chAyA rUpaz carati ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्रि रात्र उपोषितः पुष्येण कालायसीम् अञ्जनीं शलाकां च कारयेत् ॥

Having taken it out on the day of the star of Pushya and having anointed one's own eyes with that ointment, one can walk invisible to others.

english translation

tri rAtra upoSitaH puSyeNa kAlAyasIm aJjanIM zalAkAM ca kArayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript