৪৪ 34. PREVENTION OF FIRE. 1. The goddess, named Ekajata, should first be worshipped, and then the goddess Mahishamardini should be propitiated in the same manner. Then one will be immune from the heat of the fire through the grace of the goddesses. 2. In order to make the house immune from fire, the Mahishamardini mantras (No. 27) should be muttered ten thousand times, and the medicine should also be enchanted by muttering the same meantra ten thousand times, 3. The root of Jamba (Eugenia Jambolana) tree should be enchanted with the same maat as and tied to one's hand; then he will not suffer from the heat of the fre, 35. PREVENTION OF THE FLOWING OF WATER. 1. The Jalastambhan mantra (No. 24) should be muttered ten thousand times over the powder of the fruit of Odat tree ; when this is thrown into a vessel containing water, the water will not flow out. 2. The root of &ke plant ground into a paste with the juice of hog-weed, should be rubbed on hands and feet ; now, if a vessel of water is touched, it will be prevented from flowing out. 36. THE MYSTICAL DIAGRAM. | The jante should be written on a piece of cloth with the juice of turmeric, and then it should be kept immersed in potato (@e, the water in which boiled rice is soaked over night). If this potand is sprinkled over any vessel, the water in it, will not flow out.
