Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas
अंकुशाय नमः प्रोक्तो मन्त्रग्रौवाकुशर्चने । संवर्तकमहांते तु मुसलेति पदं वदेत् ॥ १९५ ॥
aṃkuśāya namaḥ prokto mantragrauvākuśarcane | saṃvartakamahāṃte tu musaleti padaṃ vadet || 195 ||
अङ्कुशार्चने मन्त्रक्रमे “अङ्कुशाय नमः” इति प्रोक्तम्। संवर्तक-महान्ते तु “मुसल” इति पदं वदेत्।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
It emphasizes precision in ritual speech: specific salutations and concluding words are themselves part of the sacred technology that completes a mantra-procedure correctly.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined worship—offering reverence even to ritual symbols (like the aṅkuśa) through prescribed mantras, showing careful, devoted attentiveness in pūjā.
It highlights correct mantra-application and liturgical phrasing—an applied, technical aspect of ritual recitation aligned with Vedanga-style procedural exactness.
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