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ix. 8- 2. From thy (two) ears, from thy kán̄kūṣas, the earache, the visálpaka, every head-disease etc. etc.

3. For reason of which the yákṣma removes from ears, from mouth—every head-disease etc. etc.

4. Whatever one makes a man dumb (? pramóta), makes [him] blind—every head-disease etc. etc.

5. Limb-splitting, limb-wasting, and visálpaka of all the limbs—every head-disease etc. etc.

6. Of whom the fearful aspect makes a man tremble—the takmán of every autumn we expel out [of thee] by incantation.

7. The yákṣma that creeps along the thighs, that goes also to the groins, from thy limbs within we expel etc. etc.

8. If it is born out of desire, of aversion, of the heart—the balā́sa from thy heart, thy limbs we expel etc. etc.

9. Yellowness from thy limbs, apvā́ from thy belly within, the yákṣma-maker from thy self within we expel etc. etc.

10. Let the balā́sa become ash, let it become sickening urine; the poison of all yákṣmas have I exorcised from thee.

11. Forth at the orifice let it run out, the kā́hābāha, from thy belly; the poison of all etc. etc.