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9. Gives a long enumeration, sometimes mak<strong>in</strong>g the impression of hav<strong>in</strong>g been a metrical<br />
litany, of all bodily deformities and the <strong>in</strong>curable illnesses to which those people are<br />
subject whose souls proceed from Yamani loka, Hell.<br />
Apparently mank<strong>in</strong>d is threatened <strong>by</strong> many dangers (hi); the various priests know how to<br />
counteract them (j).<br />
Swear<strong>in</strong>g an oath may be concluded with the words: ''may God Almighty help me". In <strong>Bali</strong> the<br />
<strong>in</strong>vocation of celestial be<strong>in</strong>gs as witnesses was followed <strong>by</strong> a curse hav<strong>in</strong>g the tenor: "if I break<br />
this oath, may I be annihilated <strong>by</strong> this or that power". One of these powers consists of the Pancha<br />
Resi, cf. Kanda Mpat.<br />
In this connection it is worthwhile to po<strong>in</strong>t to the existence of a grotto of bats along the metalled<br />
road between Klungkung and Karang Asem, the temple <strong>in</strong> front of it and the oath sworn there <strong>in</strong><br />
the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of this century <strong>by</strong> two Regents of <strong>Bali</strong>. This awe <strong>in</strong>spir<strong>in</strong>g place lodged more than<br />
flapp<strong>in</strong>g of w<strong>in</strong>gs, shrill cries and stench. There is an <strong>in</strong>herent danger here, and the pass<strong>in</strong>g coach<br />
stops for a moment to deposit an offer<strong>in</strong>g, mutter a mantra and placate the spirit.
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