388 THE SANGUINARY CHAPTER, 



more than is neceflary. He who willingly offers the 

 blood of his body and his own rlefh, the fize of a grain 

 of linfecd, majha, ilia, or fflulya, with zeal and fervency, 

 obtains what he deiires in the courfe of fix months. 



Now attend to the fruits obtained by offering the 

 Burning wick of a lamp placed upon the arms, ears, or 

 brealt, even for a {ingle moment. He who applies 

 the fame obtains happinefs and great potfeflions ; 

 and for three Calpas is even as the body of Devi her- 

 felf ; after which he becomes a ruler of the univerfe. 



He who, for a whole night, Hands before the God- 



s Sha, holding the head of a facrificed buffalo in 



his hands, with a burning lamp placed between the 



horns, obtains long life and lupreme felicity in this 



rid, and in the other fefides in my maniion, holding 



the rank of a ruler in the Ganadevaias. 



He who, for a iingle cjhana, (a fhort fpace of time,) 

 holds the blood which proceeds from a victim's head 

 in his hands, Handing before the Goddefs in medita-* 

 tion 5 obtains all that he deiires in this world, and fu- 

 premacy in the Uivi Loe. 



Let. the learned, when he prefents his own blood, 

 ufe the following text followed by the Mula Mantra, 

 or principal text ufed in the worfhip of the Goddefs 



JJi'-vi, under the form which the is at that time 

 ad dr^ (Fed : 



" Hail ! fuoreme delufion ! hail ! Goddefs of the 

 <f univerfe ! Hail ! thou who fullilleft the deiires 

 " of all. May I p relume to offer thee, the 



" blood 



