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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

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

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

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

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