Shloka 120

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

Devanagari script

मन्त्रमुच्चारयेद्वाचा जपयज्ञः स वाचिकः शनैरुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रम् ईषद् ओष्ठौ तु चालयेत्

Transliteration

mantramuccārayedvācā japayajñaḥ sa vācikaḥ śanairuccārayenmantram īṣad oṣṭhau tu cālayet

Translation

Quando se recita o mantra em voz alta, esse sacrifício de japa é chamado vācika (japa verbal). Deve-se proferir o mantra com suavidade e lentamente, movendo apenas um pouco os lábios.

Word by Word

• mantram: the mantra

• uccārayet: should pronounce/utter

• vācā: with the voice

• japa-yajñaḥ: the sacrifice in the form of japa (mantra-repetition)

• saḥ: that

• vācikaḥ: verbal/aloud

• śanaiḥ: slowly, gently

• uccārayet: should recite

• mantram: the mantra

• īṣat: slightly

• oṣṭhau: the lips

• tu: indeed/and

• cālayet: should move

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic teaching on japa to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)