Note 108:

From this point onward, the following alternate ending may be substituted to shorten the text.

Text V1.N108.T1

V1.N108.T1.1.
हात्ती आमायौ, हात्ती दिउँला।
"Mother elephant will give an elephant."

V1.N108.T1.2.
हात्ती खानौं, भन्या।
"We don't eat elephants," they said.

V1.N108.T1.3.
गाई भोग खानौं, भन्या।
"We don't eat cow sacrifices," they said.

V1.N108.T1.4.
घोराको भोग खानौं, भन्या।
"We don't eat horse sacrifices," they said.

V1.N108.T1.5.
हामी, सुन भाल्या, सुन पोथी,
"We, an old cock, an old hen,

V1.N108.T1.6.
कंसधारीमा छन,
are at the Demon spring,

V1.N108.T1.7.
तिनी ल्याएर त्यसको भोग गरेर,
having brought them, having sacrificed them,

V1.N108.T1.8.
हामी खान्छौं त।
that we will eat."

V1.N108.T1.9.
दुवा धँवा फाल्छौं,
"I will throw it to Haunted Crossroads.

V1.N108.T1.10.
जमदूत, जुमकाल टारेपछि,
Having postponed the Messenger of Death, the Time of Death,

V1.N108.T1.11.
मञ्जुत्याको अल्प बाँच्ने निर्मेती हुन्छ,
this is the method for allowing man to survive for a moment,"

V1.N108.T1.12.
भनेर महादेवले अर्ति सिकाएर,
having said this, Mahādev having taught the technique,

V1.N108.T1.13.
ग्रह गौंडा भाग यहि हो।
the share of planets and astrological crises is this.


Standardized alternate endings exist to many texts, and are used, for example, when a different animal (such as a goat rather than a chicken) is offered for sacrifice, to connect one text to another when multiple causes are being treated, and, as in this case, when the shaman's stamina is fading and he needs to end quickly. Gumān recited this short version when he was already very ill, weakness and severe coughing fits compelling him to trim everything to essentials. Identifying the sacrifice of choice, and noting its consent are the two points that must not be omitted. Every sacrificial animal must agree to being an offering. This is usually communicated by it trembling (as if possessed) before its death.The penultimate line concisely summarizes the importance of oral texts to shamans. They anchor the shaman rituals in divine authority, establishing an important continuity between divine activity and the actions of contemporary shamans, affirming that these explicit descriptions of creating life can still be applied to extend someone's life, even if only, as the text explicitly says, "for a moment."