||rgya gar skad du | na ra sing ha |
bod skad du | khyab ’jug gi dgra ’o gsad pa’i thabs la |
ā rtsa ra bram ze gcig gis thugs ka na byung nas gnang ste | tshul bzhin du byas nas zhag nyi shu rtsa gcig nas ’grub par ’gyur ro |
rang nyid khyab ’jug yi dam gi nga rgyal byas ste | mdun du yang khyab ’jug mdog ser po zhal gcig phyag gsum pa | g.yas na lcags kyu thogs pa | g.yon gling bu thogs pa zhabs g.yas skum ba | g.yon brkyang ba spyan nyis zlum ba | ral pa ser po gyen du ’khyil pa’ | thod pa’i phreng ba can de lta bu mdun du gsal bar sgoms la |
bsnyen pa’i sngags ni om na ra sing ha ya na ma | zhes pas zhag lnga dang kar gtor brgyad dang bzas pa byas ste bsgrub bo |
de nas las la sbyar ste | dkyil ’khor gru dgu pa’i steng du gru gsum nag po khru gang tsam du byas la nang du ’tsher ma can gyi shing brtsigs ste | mchod pa dang dmar gtor bsham bum pa dang52 gnod byed kyi brnyan la | yungs kar ni sngags brgya’ rtsa brgyad bzlas la bsreg go53| bsregs ni | om na ra sing ha | sa rba du ma rgya sa rba bhyi sa ga | zhes
51 All the texts of the second part of the scroll seem to be rather corrupted hence there are quite a few obscure places. The translation provided is to be taken as tentative.
52 Originally, dang po.
53 Originally, mchod pa dang dmar gtor bsham bum pa dang po gnod byed kyi brnyan la | yungs kar gi sngags brgya’ rtsa brgyad bzlas la bsreg go but it would be hard to understand what is the first vowel (bum pa dang po) and what is the mantra of white mustard (yungs kar gi sngags).
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bzlas zhing lan nyi shu rtsa cig bsreg go | de ltar byas ste gnod byed yod pa kha chung du ’gro nges so |
khyab ’jug gis gsad pa’i las bla ma be ro rtsa na yi zhal snga nas kyi man ngag | bram ze gcig thag nas byung ba bdag la gnang ngo|
In Sanskrit, Narasiṅha.
In Tibetan, Khyab ’jug gi dgra ’o gsad pa’i thabs.
One ācārya brāhmin passed [the following method] that appeared in [his] heart. Its proper performance will be resulted in twenty one days.
Transforming yourself into the 'pride' of Yidam Viṣṇu, clearly visualize Viṣṇu in front of [yourself] having the body of yellow color, one face and three54 hands, holding a lasso in the right one, holding a flute in the left one, with the right leg bent and the left leg stretched out, with two bulgy eyes, yellow rampant hair, and a garland of sculls.
Uttering the mantra of approaching [practice], OṂ NARASINGHĀYA NAMA (OṂ! Homage to Narasiṅha!), put five [kinds of] grease, eight white offerings and food.
Then make the rite. Burn some wood with thorns in a black triangle just one cubit in height (?) made upon a nine-cornered maṇḍala; burn the vessel with offerings and red gtor ma prepared, the image of the harmful one, and white mustard seeds uttering the mantra 108 times. While burning utter OṂ NARASIṄHA SARVA DUSHTA GRAHA (?)
54 Rather a weird statement, probably a miswriting for ‘two’ that would be suitable for the following description of one right and one left hands.
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SARVABHYAH SVĀHĀ! (OṂ Narasiṅha! Grasp all evils for all SVĀHĀ)55, and burn twenty one times. By doing this the present harmful one is sure to be made soft.
The rite of the killing by means of Viṣṇu was [received as] a personal instruction from the Teacher Vairocana. Having once appeared from one brāhmana, it was given to me.
55 The reading and translation of the mantra are but tentative; originally, ōṃ na ra sing ha | sa rba du ma rgya sa rba bhyi sa ga.
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