Note 106 — Chapter II · HEROIC GODLINGS

But if this is not successful in checking the course of the disease, it is usual to swallow the chelans106 of Mungi Mātā (the Dumb Mother). For this purpose the bhuvās of the Mātā, who are Bharvāds, are invited to the stalls of the affected cattle, where they recite magic incantations amidst tumultuous shouts and yells. After this they are fed with rice, ghi and sugar, this latter process being called ‘swallowing the chelans of the Mātā.’107