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Upanishads · Gāruḍa 2.9
॥
Devanāgarī
यदि पद्मकदूतोऽसि यदि वा पद्मकः स्वयं सचरति सचरति तत्कारी मत्कारी विषनाशिनी विषदूषिणी हतं विषं नष्टं विषं हतमिन्द्रस्य वज्रेण विषं हतं ते ब्रह्मणा विषमिन्द्रस्य वज्रेण स्वाहा
Transliteration (IAST)
yadi padmakadūto'si yadi vā padmakaḥ svayaṃ sacarati sacarati tatkārī matkārī viṣanāśinī viṣadūṣiṇī hataṃ viṣaṃ naṣṭaṃ viṣaṃ hatamindrasya vajreṇa viṣaṃ hataṃ te brahmaṇā viṣamindrasya vajreṇa svāhā
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यदि पद्मक-दूतः असिyadi padmaka-dūtaḥ asiif you are the messenger of Padmaka
यदि वा पद्मकः स्वयम्yadi vā padmakaḥ svayamor if you are Padmaka himself
सचरति सचरतिsacarati sacaratimoving, moving
विष-नाशिनी विष-दूषिणीviṣa-nāśinī viṣa-dūṣiṇīdestroying poison, corrupting poison
हतं विषं नष्टं विषम्hataṃ viṣaṃ naṣṭaṃ viṣampoison is slain, poison has perished
हतम् इन्द्रस्य वज्रेण स्वाहाhatam indrasya vajreṇa svāhāslain by the thunderbolt of Indra — svāhā
Translation
«If you are the messenger of Padmaka, or if you are Padmaka himself — "moving, moving… poison is slain, poison has perished, slain by the thunderbolt of Indra, slain in you by brahman — svāhā».
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Padma means “lotus,” and that the names of three nāgas are the names of Kubera's treasures was discussed reading the third verse of contemplation. Having reached the middle of the litany, it is worth saying about its structure, for the repetition is tiring and its purpose must be explained. A charm is spoken aloud, over a person who is in a bad way; and everything in it is built for the voice, not for reading with the eyes.
The repetition of the same refrain with a change of one name is, in oral practice, not a flaw but a design: it gives the voice support and allows one to speak long without faltering. Let us add what such repetition does to the speaker himself. It calms him; and in this, to my mind, lies the whole real benefit such charms have.
At a bite, the chief danger after the poison is fear: the heart beats faster, the blood moves quicker, and the poison spreads sooner. A person over whom words are spoken steadily and confidently grows calm; and this is no invention, but an observable thing. That is, the charm works — but not on the poison, it works on fright; and it must be said plainly that this is not enough, and antivenom is still needed.
The Vaiṣṇava side holds repetition as its own chief practice, and that a name is spoken aloud and often has been discussed more than once; but its object is different: repetition is not over a misfortune, but at every season, and hence it is not a remedy for an occasion.