Shloka 3
उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः
Devanagari script
ऋषय ऊचुः कथं पञ्चाक्षरी विद्या प्रभावो वा कथं वद क्रमोपायं महाभाग श्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि नः
Transliteration
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ pañcākṣarī vidyā prabhāvo vā kathaṃ vada kramopāyaṃ mahābhāga śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
Translation
Die Weisen sprachen: „Wie ist die Pañcākṣarī‑Vidyā zu verstehen, und wie erkennt man ihre Kraft? O Hochbegnadeter, erkläre den Weg Schritt für Schritt; denn wir sind voller Verlangen zu hören.“
Word by Word
ṛṣayaḥthe sages
ṛṣayaḥ:
ūcuḥsaid
ūcuḥ:
kathamhow
katham:
pañcākṣarīthe five-syllabled (mantra/vidyā)
pañcākṣarī:
vidyāsacred knowledge/mantric science
vidyā:
prabhāvaḥpower, efficacy, spiritual potency
prabhāvaḥ:
vāor/indeed
vā:
kathamhow
katham:
vadatell, explain
vada:
krama-upāyamthe sequential method/graded means
krama-upāyam:
mahābhāgaO noble one/O greatly blessed one
mahābhāga:
śrotumto hear
śrotum:
kautūhalamcuriosity, keen interest
kautūhalam:
hiindeed
hi:
naḥfor us/our
naḥ:
Speaker
Sages (Ṛṣis) at Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta or the current narrator)