Listen, O beloved, to the sacred wisdom imparted in the Garuda Purana, where the Lord speaks of remedies and powerful practices for the welfare of all. It is said that the juice of lotus and similar plants, when taken, brings relief to diseases of the mouth. If one consumes the root of jati with buttermilk, or the root of kola, indigestion is soothed. For afflictions of the teeth, the roots of satakra, kushamala, or markati, as well as the root of bakuchi taken with sour gruel, serve as effective cures. In cases of poisoning, the root of indravaruni, taken with water, acts as an antidote, and the root of surabhika, when consumed, destroys all such toxins. When the head is troubled by disease, a paste of gunja powder with sour gruel applied to the scalp brings healing. Likewise, the herbs bala, atibala, and yashti, when combined with sugar and honey, are greatly beneficial. There is no doubt, O auspicious one, that the barren woman who drinks a preparation of the root of white aparajita with long pepper and dry ginger will conceive. When this mixture is ground and applied to the head, it also destroys headaches, and drinking the tip of nirgundi alleviates glandular swelling. For disorders of the spleen, the alkali from ketaki leaves eaten with jaggery, or sharapunkha taken with buttermilk, brings relief. Pains caused by wind and bile are destroyed by taking the juice of matulanga mixed with jaggery and ghee. For heart diseases, a combination of dry ginger, black salt, and asafoetida is a sure remedy. Now, hear further teachings from the Purana. The Lord Hari revealed: The mantra “Aṃ gaṇapataye,” dedicated to Ganapati, is the source of knowledge and wealth. Reciting this mantra eight thousand times and tying the hair in a topknot grants victory in disputes; a hundred recitations make one beloved among people. To bring a king under control within three days, one should offer oblations to Rudra with black sesame seeds anointed with ghee, repeating the ritual one thousand and eight times. On the eighth or fourteenth day, after fasting and worshipping the Lord of Obstacles, offering one thousand and eight oblations of sesame mixed with rice ensures victory in battle and the service of all. Reciting the mantra eight thousand and then a hundred and eight times, with the hair tied in a topknot, brings triumph in royal courts. In the morning, inscribing the syllable “hrīṃ” with its visarga on a woman’s forehead brings her under one’s sway. Placing this syllable in the women’s quarters with full concentration stirs passion without doubt. A pure and focused man who offers ten thousand oblations will have women drawn to him by his very glance. A tilaka made with the essence of the mind, slate, cow’s gall, and saffron brings others under one’s control. A tilaka prepared from bhringaraja, sahadeva, vaca, and white aparajita gives mastery over the three worlds. Using the little finger of the left hand, a tilaka of cow’s gall and fish bile bestows control over all three worlds, without doubt. O Mahadeva, a tilaka made with cow’s gall infused with mineral blood ensures that any woman who sees that man is instantly captivated. Nagakesara, mountain-born, the bark and leaf of haritaki, sandalwood, kushta, fine myrrh, and red rice—these are to be used for incense. Such incense subdues passion, pierces the arrows of love, and brings others under control at the time of union, O beloved Parvati, O Shankara. A man who anoints the left foot of a woman with his own semen using his left hand becomes dear to her. By anointing the organ with rock salt, pigeon droppings, and honey, one can bring a woman under control. Five kinds of red flowers, whatever they may be, ground with equal amounts of priyangu and applied to the organ, grant mastery over women. Hayagandha, manjistha, jasmine flowers, and white mustard, when used as an anointment, make one dear to women. The root of kakajangha, when dried and drunk with milk, and the use of ashwagandha, nagabala, jaggery, and black gram bestow beauty like that of eternal youth. For colic or digestive pain, powder of iron or triphala taken with honey is effective, O Rudra. Water decocted with śambūka-kṣāra and deer horn burned by fire, mixed with cow’s ghee and drunk, relieves pain of the heart and back, O Shiva. Asafoetida, black salt, and dry ginger, when decocted in water and consumed, remove all kinds of pain. The root of apāmārga combined with saindhava salt, when tasted, relieves indigestion and pain. The sprout of vaṭa-rohā, rubbed with rice-water and drunk, removes excessive diarrhea. Half a karṣa of aṅkoṭa root, ground with rice-water and drunk, removes all types of diarrhea and digestive disorders. Powder of black pepper, dry ginger, and kuṭaja bark, mixed with jaggery and taken in increasing doses, destroys grahaṇī disease. Tablets made from the root of white aparājitā, turmeric, husked rice, apāmārga, and trikaṭu certainly remove viṣūcikā and other major diseases, O Shiva. Triphala, aguru, śilājatu, and harītakī, powdered and taken with honey, destroy all types of diabetes, O Shankara. One prastha each of arka milk and sesame oil, combined with equal weights of manahśilā, black pepper, and sindūra, are to be used. This mixture, powdered, dried in a copper vessel under the sun, and then drunk with snuhī milk and rock salt, removes pain. Finally, trikaṭu, triphalā, nakta, sesame oil, manahśilā, neem leaves, jasmine flower, and goat’s milk—these, too, form part of the sacred knowledge for healing and mastery, as revealed by the Lord. Thus, O seeker, are the divine remedies and sacred practices, as spoken in the Garuda Purana, for the healing of body and the attainment of victory and love, all by the grace of the Lord.