272 WORSHIP OF THE DEITIES, AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
render propitious the inferior mischievous spirits. Genii,
if you do not obey my order, I will break your heads
with my dorje. Hear my order: hurt neither the deceased
(his name is here repeated) nor his surviving relatives.
1 )o them no damage, neither injure them, nor leaze them,
nor bring misfortune upon them."1 .
The Lama then drives the arrow into the ground,
where it remains until the dead person is buried.
1 From an oral communication from a Lama.
render propitious the inferior mischievous spirits. Genii,
if you do not obey my order, I will break your heads
with my dorje. Hear my order: hurt neither the deceased
(his name is here repeated) nor his surviving relatives.
1 )o them no damage, neither injure them, nor leaze them,
nor bring misfortune upon them."1 .
The Lama then drives the arrow into the ground,
where it remains until the dead person is buried.
1 From an oral communication from a Lama.