Shloka 102

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

आसनं रुचिरं बद्ध्वा मौनी चैकाग्रमानसः प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि जपेन्मन्त्रमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

āsanaṃ ruciraṃ baddhvā maunī caikāgramānasaḥ prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi japenmantramanuttamam

Translation

Ayant disposé un āsana agréable, observant le silence (mauna) et l’esprit rendu un-pointé—tourné vers l’est ou vers le nord—qu’on récite le mantra sans égal, le cœur tendu vers le Pati, le Seigneur qui délivre le paśu des liens du pāśa.

Word by Word

• āsanam: seat/posture

• ruciram: pleasing, beautiful, auspicious

• baddhvā: having fixed/arranged

• maunī: observing silence

• ca: and

• ekāgra-mānasaḥ: one whose mind is concentrated

• prāṅmukhaḥ: facing east

• udaṅmukhaḥ: facing north

• vā api: or else/alternatively

• japet: should repeat (japa)

• mantram: mantra/sacred formula

• anuttamam: unsurpassed, supreme

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and japa-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)