Shloka 74

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

Devanagari script

षडङ्गानि न्यसेत्पश्चाद् यथास्थानं च शोभनम् नमः स्वाहा वषड्ढुं च वौषट्फट्कारकैः सह

Transliteration

ṣaḍaṅgāni nyasetpaścād yathāsthānaṃ ca śobhanam namaḥ svāhā vaṣaḍḍhuṃ ca vauṣaṭphaṭkārakaiḥ saha

Translation

Sesudah itu, hendaklah dilakukan penempatan (nyāsa) bagi enam anggota mantra (ṣaḍaṅga) pada tempatnya yang tepat, dengan indah dan penuh keberkatan—bersama lafaz ritual: namaḥ, svāhā, vaṣaṭ, (bīja hūṃ), vauṣaṭ, dan phaṭ.

Word by Word

• षडङ्गानि: the six limbs (of mantra/nyāsa)

• न्यसेत्: one should place/assign (perform nyāsa)

• पश्चात्: thereafter

• यथास्थानम्: in their proper places

• च: and

• शोभनम्: auspicious, becoming, proper

• नमः: obeisance-formula 'namaḥ'

• स्वाहा: svāhā (offering-formula)

• वषट्: vaṣaṭ (Vedic offering-exclamation)

• हुम् (ढुं): hūṃ (protective bīja, here written as ḍhuṃ)

• वौषट्: vauṣaṭ (variant offering-exclamation)

• फट्कारकैः: with the utterance 'phaṭ' (mantric cutting/protective cry)

• सह: together with.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedures to the sages of Naimisharanya)