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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 94 · Garbharaksha and Payohinatva: past deeds
गर्भरक्षा-पयोहीनत्व — कर्मविपाकः
अष्टममासि गर्भरक्षायै दुर्गायै बलिं दद्यात् पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन मातृकाभ्यो वा दध्यन्नमुद्गकसरान्नसाज्यपक्वापक्वमत्स्यमांससुरेक्षुरसगंधकृष्णवस्त्रकुक्कुटगंधपुष्पधूपदीपहिरण्यसहितपूर्णकुंभेन नीलोत्पलसहितेन स्वयं रक्तवस्त्रेणालंकृत्य दक्षिणस्यां दिशि बलिं क्षिपेत् ।
In the eighth month, a bali (offering to spirits) is given to protect the baby. It goes to Durga, or to the Mothers, by the rule told before. It is made with: curd rice; mung beans; rice cooked with sesame; ghee; cooked and uncooked fish and meat; liquor; sugarcane juice; scent; black cloth; a cock; flowers; incense; a lamp; gold. A full pot that holds a blue lotus goes with it. The giver dresses in red cloth and throws the offering toward the south.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पितृदेवि पितृज्येष्ठ बहुपुत्रि महाबले ।
"Goddess of the pitri (ancestors), eldest of the pitri, mother of many sons, very strong. Best among the spirits, dweller of the directions…
नवमे मासे गर्भरक्षायै दध्यन्नमुद्गकसरान्नविशिष्टं पूर्ववदनेन मंत्रेण प्रभातसमये बलिं दद्यात्
In the ninth month, a bali (offering to spirits) is given at dawn, as before, to protect the baby. It is made with curd rice, mung beans and rice…
रक्षरक्ष महादेव भक्तानुग्रहकारक ।
"Protect, protect, great god, who show kindness to your devotees, rider of the bird, Govinda. Protect this pregnant woman together with her child."