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1-2. The Sage Parasara said. The ruling deity of
Jyeshtha is Indra and the ruling deity of Mula is
Rakshasa. As both the deities are inimical to each
other, this Gandanta is considered, as the most
evil. A boy, or girl, born during the period of
Abhukta Mula, should either be abandoned, or the
father should not see the face of the child for 8
years. Now I shall describe the remedial measures to
obtain deliverence from the evil effects of birth
during this extremely inauspicious period.
3-4. In view of the extremely inauspicious
effects of birth during Abhukta I shall first
describe the remedial measures to obtain relief from
Mula. The religious remedial rites should be
performed after the 12th day after the
birth, the next Janm Nakshatr day, or on an
auspicious day, when Candr and the stars are
favourable.
5-8. Erect a canopy (Mandap) with four arched
gateways, embellished with festoons, on a sacred
spot, besmeared with cow dung paste, to the East, or
North of the house. Prepare there a pit (Kund), or
place there a square vessel of clay, or metal for
performing Havan. Then, according to one’s means,
prepare, or get prepared an idol of Rakshasa of 16,
8, or 4 Masas of gold, as may be possible within
one’s means. The idol should be with a
horrible-looking face, black in colour, with two
heads, two arms, carrying a sword and a shield and
seated on a dead body.
9. In the absence of an idol a piece of gold of
the weight, mentioned above, should be used for
worship, as gold is dear to all the deities.
10-20. Thereafter the remedial rites should be
performed in the following order. Select a learned
priest to perform the religious rites, according to
the prescribed procedure. Install a Kalash and put
in it Panchagavya (five articles, yielded by a cow,
namely milk, curd, Ghī, dung and urine),
Shataushadhi and water of the holy river (Ganga
etc.). Then install the idol of the Rakshasa of Mula,
facing West, on an earthen pot (Dhata) with one
hundred tiny holes. After placing bamboo leaves on
it, perform the worship of the idol by offering it
white flowers, sandal and clothes etc. Also perform
worship of its Adhideva Indra and Pratyadhideva Jal.
Then perform Havan to appease the deities. According
to one’s means, 1008, or 108 oblations should be
offered in the Havan. After this to obtain
deliverence from death Mrityunjaya Mantra etc.
should be recited and prayers offered to all the
deities for the purpose of Abhisheka. The father,
mother and the child should thereafter take bath
from the water of the two Kalashas. Then the
parents, dressed in white clothes and with white
sandal paste, besmeared on their foreheads, should
give a cow with calf, as a Dakshina to the chief
priest and feed the other priests and Brahmins,
according to one’s means. Lastly, after reciting the
‘Yatapapan’ etc. (see verse 19) Mantra, the father,
mother and the child should see the reflection of
their faces in the (melted) Ghī. By the performance
of the remedial rites in the manner described all
evil effects of the birth during Abhukta Mula are
completely wiped out.
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