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1. In order to length of life, to great joy, we, taking no harm, all the time capable (dakṣ), bear the jan̄giḍá, the víṣkandha-spoiling amulet.

2. From jambá, from viçará, from víṣkandha, from scorching (abhiçócana), let the jan̄giḍá, the amulet of thousand-fold valiance (-vīryà), protect us about on every side.

3. This one overpowers the víṣkandha; this drives off the devourers; let this jan̄giḍá, possessing all remedies, protect us from distress.

4. With the amulet given by the gods, the kindly jan̄giḍá, we overpower in the struggle (vyāyāmá) the víṣkandha [and] all demons.

5. Let both the hemp and the jan̄giḍá defend me from the víṣkandha: the one brought from the forest, the other from the juices (rása) of ploughing.