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10<br />

Now, the wife whom he desires with the thought: "May<br />

she not conceive"-after inserting the member in her and<br />

joining mouth to mouth, he should inhale and then<br />

exhale, repeating the following mantra: "With power,<br />

with semen, I reclaim the semen from you." Thus she<br />

comes to be without semen.<br />

11<br />

Now, the wife whom he desires with the thought: "May<br />

she conceive"-after inserting the member in her and<br />

joining mouth to mouth, he should inhale and then<br />

exhale, repeating the following mantra: "With power,<br />

with semen, I deposit semen in you." Thus she verily<br />

becomes pregnant.<br />

12<br />

Now, if a man‟s wife has a paramour whom he detests,<br />

he should perform the following rite in order to cast an<br />

evil spell upon him: Let him put fire in an unbaked<br />

earthen vessel, spread stalks of reed and kusa grass<br />

inversely and offer in the sacrificial fire the reed tips,<br />

soaked in clarified butter, inversely, repeating the<br />

following mantra: "You have made a libation in my<br />

kindled fire! I take away your prana and apana, you,<br />

_______! Here the name of the evil- doer should be<br />

uttered. You have made a libation in my kindled fire! I<br />

take away your sons and cattle, you, _______! You have<br />

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