MANTRA GAJAH. 15 



Allah. By the blessing of the saying " there is no God but 

 Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah." Ya Hu Hak.] 



6. This deals with the driving away of forest spirits. 

 We can either drive them away or order them to stand aloof. 

 Whenever we enter upon any enterprise in the great forest or 

 begin to build the larger or smaller elephant enclosure we 

 must repeat the following mantra. 



Om kilai maiyut kachari kachari kilai dak 



kilai dan terbang kachang ka kanan sah pindah 



tururi KA WAI HANTU KAMAT KAMAIA NYAMISAN CHANGRAI 



maiyu katuwai [Fly to the right : without fail leave 

 your place and descend]."* 



7. This deals with the forest spirits. We either order 

 them away or command them to stand aloof when we are dri- 

 ving the elephants into either the larger or the smaller enclo- 

 sure. We first repeat the mantra ; then we blow with our 

 mouths to right and to left, and then we set off to drive the 

 elephants. This is the mantra. 



Om barah barai patari panarai pata buna raamia- 

 tin sah pindah ku turun lawi maraatangon kamai 

 kamayal. [Without fail leave your place and descend]. 



8. This is the mantra to use when we invade the forest, and 

 it can be used over the kunyit trus § that we give to the men 

 as they enter the forest to drive the elephants or it can be used 

 when we ourselves enter the forest. 



Om bik bik bang bangtu bangru bangti pada bang 

 kumai maya om rengab sarapa rengab. 

 It is used for the big elephants as a perengab. j Another 

 mantra that has the same effect is the following. 



* As is already explained, the words in brackets are a translation 

 of the Malay words only of the mantra. 



f A perengab, or rengab charm is one which extinguishes an 

 enemy's power of inflicting an injury. 



§ For kunyit trus, and other plants see the appendix. 

 B. A. Soc, No. 45, 1905. 



