Shloka 58

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

Devanagari script

अङ्गन्यासं ततः पश्चाद् अक्षराणां विधिक्रमात् मूर्धादिपादपर्यन्तम् उत्पत्तिन्यास उच्यते

Transliteration

aṅganyāsaṃ tataḥ paścād akṣarāṇāṃ vidhikramāt mūrdhādipādaparyantam utpattinyāsa ucyate

Translation

จากนั้นพึงทำอังคะนยาสะ แล้วตามลำดับพยางค์แห่งมนตร์ที่กำหนด วางตั้งแต่กระหม่อมลงถึงเท้า—สิ่งนี้เรียกว่าอุตปัตตินยาสะ ‘นยาสะแห่งการปรากฏ’

Word by Word

• अङ्गन्यासम्: limb-nyāsa (placing mantra-power on the body)

• ततः: then

• पश्चात्: thereafter

• अक्षराणाम्: of the syllables (of the mantra)

• विधिक्रमात्: in the order enjoined by rule

• मूर्धादि: beginning with the head/crown

• पादपर्यन्तम्: up to the feet

• उत्पत्तिन्यासः: utpatti-nyāsa (nyāsa related to manifestation/origination)

• उच्यते: is called/declared

Speaker

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