प्रणमेद्दण्डवद्भूमौ भक्तिप्रह्वेण चेतसा । दशवारं जपेन्मन्त्रं तत: स्तोत्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ १० ॥
pranamed dandavad bhumau bhakti-prahvena cetasa dasa-varam japen mantram tatah stotram udirayet
- pranamet
- should offer obeisances
- danda-vat
- like a stick
- bhumau
- on the ground
- bhakti
- through devotion
- prahvena
- humble
- cetasa
- with a mind
- dasa-varam
- ten times
- japet
- should utter
- mantram
- the mantra
- tatah
- then
- stotram
- prayer
- udirayet
- should chant.
One should offer obeisances unto the Lord with a mind humbled through devotion. While offering dandavats by falling on the ground like a rod, one should chant the above mantra ten times. Then one should chant the following prayer.