Ritual songs and folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam

65 Ṭonā (Incantations) [The Hague in the Netherlands, 1966, Nieuw Nickerie, 1967]
To brush off the effects of the evil eye from a person

pipre kā pāṭ bargade kā ṭonā
¹ ... jhāṛe apanā ṭonā
dohā̈ī lonā camārin kī
dohā̈ī bajarang balī kī
dohā̈ī mahādev jī kī
dohā̈ī gäurā pārbatī kī
dohā̈ī pą̄co pāṇḍavǫ kī
dohā̈ī pą̄co pañca kī
dohā̈ī guru paramesvar kī -

chū!²

The leaf of pipal, the (magical) influence of vaṭa.
Such and such¹ brushes off his (magical) influence.
In the name of Lonā camārin.³
In the name of the steel-limbed,⁴ strong one.
In the name of Mahādeva.⁵
In the name of Gaurī Pārvatī.

1 The name of the person concerned.

2 At this the ojhā brushes the person. (See p. 14). There are different methods for different problems or diseases.

3 See p. 37

4 Hanumān who has the limbs of vajra, steel or diamond, the motif of strength.

5 Śiva.

[p. 122]

VII.

In the name of the five Pāṇḍavas.

VIII.

In the name of the five jurymen.¹

IX.

In the name of the Guru, the Supreme Lord.

 

Touch!²

1 Pañc, the five members of a council which arbitrates and dispenses justice.

2 See page 121, note 2.