16 MANTRA GAJAH. 



OM RANCHING KANDAI RON PITAI NAKA NARA RU PIPAT CHAMDI 

 ROM Tl' PAMAN DAPUN SARAPA RENGAB. 



9. The name of this mantra is Si Kambing Hutan, and 

 we use it when we are about to enter the great forest, or to 

 clear the boundary lines for either the larger or the smaller 

 enclosure. 



It is as follows. 



Om bangchong bangdi bangru bang tipat bang 

 kamud kamaya om sarp bang sidikan guru ambub ati- 



YAH. 



10. The use of this mantra is to drive away the spirits 

 when we are about to enter the forest, and the name of it is 

 Si Kumbang Hutan. 



Om bik bangtu bangdi Bangui pada bang kamut maya om 

 rengab sarapa rengab puah kakiri puah kakanan [turn aside 

 to right and to left.] 



11. This is a perabun* charm for elephants. We repeat 

 it when about to enter the forest, whatever be our work, and 

 no misfortune will befal us. 



On genaling pachanaru pachanari serbang kom 

 bangkak taka banting laipat puchupai bang kom 

 bang kumaya. 



turun Icau pindah kahutau yang pana puah karab turun 

 kapadang yang mahaluas karimba yang maha besar 

 salah ka kanan ku salah ka kiri ku puah, 

 [Descend, move away to the boundless forest, in silence 



descend to the wide plain, to the vast forest ; you are wrong if 



you turn to right or to left. Avaunt]. 



12. This is a perabun charm which we use when we are 

 seeking a solitary elephant, or when we enter the forest to drive 

 a herd into an enclosure, or when we wish to drive away the 

 forest spirits. It keeps us from all misfortune and mischievous 

 influences in every enterprise in the forest. 



* A perabun charm is one which dulls the senses of an opponent 

 and makes him unaware of our presence. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



