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

Kapag binibigkas ang mantra nang malakas sa tinig, ang handog na japa ay tinatawag na vācika (pasalitang japa). Dapat bigkasin ang mantra nang marahan at dahan-dahan, at bahagya lamang igalaw ang mga labi.

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)