22: MANTRA GAJAH. 



29. This is a mantra to expel the spirits of the renat 

 [the flooring of the stocks]. When the flooring has been made, 

 and we are ready to put the elephant in the stocks, we sprinkle 

 the flooring with kunyit tms and sweep it with the leaves of 

 rlnoidarwal and salanchang. 



OM BAR A KG BARAT PIKAT PIKAU CHANG EAMBIN 

 I'AEAI sah piuthth kau turun lari bantu rimba puah rengab. 

 [move from hence, flee away down, spirits of the forest.] 



30. This is the chief of all the mantras used for elephants. 

 We use it in all undertakings and it is the first that we repeat. 

 We can especially use it when we are ready to put an elephant 

 in the stocks, or wish to take the goad to an elephant that has 

 been taken out of the stocks. In the latter case, sitting on 

 the elephant's neck we strike it with the goad, and then throw 

 the goad away behind the elephant. Another man picks it up, 

 find takes it and shows it to the elephant. This is done three 

 times, and each time we repeat the mantra. 



Om genaijnggenalj genaling nukting genaling 

 nuktai kot kot takong kala gumlut kot gena- 

 ling takong kala om singku posing changrai om 

 sah ktjpasah changh'ai arah arah tarong prat 

 tinjaxj bali turun bertanti salah dibatang 

 tuboh ku wl m1tarau kaumiluh sid1kan guru 

 bat1a parakau hei galuh ah ah ah. 



31. The name of this mantra is the King of the Bomos. 

 We use for an elephant with a sore head or fever or pain in 

 its stomach. The signs of fever in an elephant are firstly that 

 a quantity of steam rises from its head after we have bathed it, 

 and secondly that its head is very hot. 



We may also use the mantra w r hen we take an elephant out 

 from the smaller enclosure : in that case, we sprinkle some 

 water on the elephant's head after repeating it. 



OM PATA BUIIA MAISAN KAU CHA NGAU ANGKAT MA- 

 TANG PIN PINDAH AU KAU KOKLAK MATA CHANGRAI 

 CHANGRAI KACHAT PI TOKPAM1N KUMI PAILU 

 SAKAPA CHANGKAI CHANGEAI KAU MIMAN TARA 



,lour. Straits Branch 



