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II PRASNA, I PATALA, 3 SECTION, 7.
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From limb by limb thou art produced; out of the heart thou art born. Thou indeed art the self (âtman) called son ; so live a hundred autumns.'
3. (The contents of this Satra are similar to those of Paraskara I, 16, 2.)
4. They take the Aupasana (or regular Grihya) fire away, and they bring the Satikâgni (or the fire of the confinement).
5. That (fire) is only used for warming (dishes, etc.).
6. No ceremonies are performed with it except the fumigation (see the next Satra).
7. He fumigates (the child) with small grains mixed with mustard seeds. These he throws into the coals (of the Satikâgni) (eleven times, each time with one of the following Mantras):
(a) May Sanda and Marka, Upavira, Sandikera, Ulakhala, Kyavana vanish from here. Svâhâ !
(b) ·Ålikhat, Vilikhat, Animisha, Kimvadanta, Upasruti. Svâhâ !
(c) 'Aryamna, Kumbhin, Satru, Pâtrapâni, Nipuni. Svâhâ !
(d) May Ântrimukha, Sarshapâruna vanish from here. Svâhâ !
(e) Kesini, Svalomini, Bagabogâ, U pakasini-go away, vanish from here. Svâhâ !
(1) The servants of Kuvera, Visvavâsa (?), sent by the king of demons, all of one common origin,
3, 7. According to Pâraskara (I, 16, 23) this is done daily in the morning and in the evening, until the mother gets up from childbed. - Comp. the names of the demons, Pâraskara I, 16, 23. — For vikburam (Mantra i) the Âpastambiya Mantrapatha has vidhuram (distress' or 'a distressed one').
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