63 - Mode of installation of other gods and goddesses, the Sudarsana disc and the writing of books and their installations

The god said: 

1. The installation of the images of) Garuda (vehicle of Vishnu) Brahman, Nruhari (man-lion form of Vishņu) and of the (sudarśana) discshould be done in the same way as that of Vishņu with their respective mantras. Listen to me. 

2. O Sudarśana! The great disc that is tranquil! Dreadful to the wicked! Kill kill, piercc pierce, cut through and cut through. 

3. Devour devour the incantations of others. Eat up, eat up the evil spirits. Frighten frighten, hum phat, salutation to sudarśana. Having worshipped the disc with this mantra one destroys the enemies in the battle. 

Om kshaum Narasimha (man-lion)! of fierce form! burn, burn, blaze up, blaze up, svähä. Om kshaum salutations to lord Narasimha! Effulgent like crores of radiant suns! One armed with mace, claws and teeth! One who manifests with a sound similar to the trumpet while the dreadful and dishevelled manes wildly dance in the storm and one who has agitated the ocean! One who rescues from all incantations! O Lord Narasinha (you) come! Manifest with the divine truth as the universal subjective and objective! Open thy mouth! Attack! Roar and release your lion-like voice! Cut through! Drive away! Pierce into all sorts of incantations! Kill, cut, heap together, dislodge, cut open, break up, cause to be burst! A multitude of cluster of flames! Destroy all nether regions with your disc (showering) flames and thunderbolts in all directions! Besiege the nether regions with your arrows of thunderbolt discharging endless fire! Pull out the hearts of all demons residing in the nether worlds! Burn quickly! Cook! Destroy! Dry up! Hack them to pieces till they have not been subject to my control! Phat to the nether worlds! Phat to the demons! Phat to all kinds of incantations! O Lord of the form of Narasiniha! Protect me from all doubts! Protect me from all calamities and all incantations! O Vishnu! Hun Phat! Salutations to you! This is the spell of Narasimha representing Hari (Vishņu) which grants all desires. 

4. The captivator of the three worlds (trailokyamohana) (the image of the lord)should be installed with the mantras known as trailokyamohana (captivating the three worlds) (described above). (The image)should be made to have two or four arms, holding the mace in the right hand and conferring benediction. 

5. The discshould be placed in the upper left arm and the (conch-shell) pāñchajanya on the lower (arm). (The two right hands)should be provided with śri (riches) and pushti (nourishment) along with strength and welfare. 

6. The images of Vishnu, Vamana (dwarf form of Vishnu), Vaikuntha, Hayasya (horse-faced form of Vishņu) and Aniruddhashould be installed in ashed or house or edifice. 

7-9. (The images of) manifestations (of Vishnu) (such as) the fish etc.should be installed in waters. (The images of) Sankarshaņa, Viśvarūpa, linga, the form of Rudra, hermaphrodite form (of Siva) (Ardhanáriśvara), Hari (Vishņu), Sankara, Siva, the divine mothers, Bhairava, Surya, the planets, Vinayaka, Gauri (consort of Siva) worshipped by Indra and others, Bala and Abala (should also be installed similarly). Ishall describe the (mode of) consecration of books and the mode of writing them. 

10. Having worshipped the manuscript and the written book on a seat made of kuša grass placed on a svastika figure, the preceptorshould worship the spell and Lord Hari (Vishņu). 

11-12. The yajamāna (the person at whose instance a rite is performed)should face the cast and contemplate the spiritual guide, the spell, lord Hari, the copyist and (the goddess) Padmini after having written five verses on a silver plate with golden pen and devanagari letters. The brahminsshould be fed according to one's capacity and feesshould be paid as much as one could give. 

13. After having worshipped the preceptor, the spell and Lord Hari, oneshould write the purāṇas etc. as before in a figure in an auspicious seat in the north-east. 

14. Having seen the book in the mirror in the pitcher itshould be consecrated as (described) earlier. After opening up the eyes oneshould place it in the bed. 

15. The purushasūkta¹ and the Vedas etc.should be (mentally) located in the book. After having infused life to it, itshould be worshipped and the porridge offered. 

1. RV.10.90.

16. Having fed the preceptor and given the fees, the twicebornsshould be fed. The bookshould be carried by men in a car, or on the elephant. 

17. The bookshould be established and worshipped (on its return) in a house or temple. That which is wrapped up in a clothshould be worshipped at the commencement and end of reading. 

18. Having resolved to have universal peace a chapter of the bookshould be read out. The yajamāna and othersshould be sprinkled with water from the pitcher. 

19. The merit of presenting a book to the twice-born is unlimited. Three things (are said to be) gifts par excellence. 

(They are) cows, land and knowledge. 

20-21. O sinless one! the merits of imparting knowledge (is great). One who presents a bundle of written leaves, remains and enjoys in the region of Vishnu for so many years as the number of leaves and letters in the manuscript). One who gives away pañcharátra², puraņas, bhurata (as gift) elevates twentyone generations of his family and gets merged in the supreme being. 

2. The religious code book of the Vaisnavas.