an Renouncing anger, and living on regulated diet, one should make these offerings at a Shraddha, uttering these Mantras, Let Baladeva and other Nagas endued with great strength, let other powerful snakes of huge bodies that are indestructible and eternal and let all the other great snakes that have taken their birth in their family, inake vali offerings to me for the increase of my strength and energy. Indeed, let my strength be as great as that of the blessed Narayana when he raised the submerged Earth. Uttering these Mantras, one should make Bali offerings upon anthill. After sunset, offerings of raw sugar and rice should be made on anthill selected. The anthill should Previously be strewn with Gajendra flowers. Offerings should also be made of blue clothes and fragrant unguents.