न्यसेद्धृदय ओंङ्कारं विकारमनु मूर्धनि । षकारं तु भ्रुवोर्मध्ये णकारं शिखया न्यसेत् ॥ ८ ॥ वेकारं नेत्रयोर्युञ्ज्यान्नकारं सर्वसन्धिषु । मकारमस्त्रमुद्दिश्य मन्त्रमूर्तिर्भवेद् बुध: ॥ ९ ॥ सविसर्गं फडन्तं तत्सर्वदिक्षु विनिर्दिशेत् । ॐ विष्णवे नम इति ॥ १० ॥
nyased dhrdaya omkaram vi-karam anu murdhani sa-karam tu bhruvor madhye na-karam sikhaya nyaset ve-karam netrayor yunjyan na-karam sarva-sandhisu ma-karam astram uddisya mantra-murtir bhaved budhah savisargam phad-antam tat sarva-diksu vinirdiset om visnave nama iti
- nyaset
- should place
- hrdaye
- on the heart
- omkaram
- the pranava, omkara
- vi-karam
- the syllable vi of visnave
- anu
- thereafter
- murdhani
- on the top of the head
- sa-karam
- the syllable sa
- tu
- and
- bhruvoh madhye
- between the two eyebrows
- na-karam
- the syllable na
- sikhaya
- on the sikha on the head
- nyaset
- should place
- vekaram
- the syllable ve
- netrayoh
- between the two eyes
- yunjyat
- should be placed
- na-karam
- the syllable na of the word namah
- sarva-sandhisu
- on all the joints
- ma-karam
- the syllable ma of the word namah
- astram
- a weapon
- uddisya
- thinking
- mantra-murtih
- the form of the mantra
- bhavet
- should become
- budhah
- an intelligent person
- sa-visargam
- with the visarga (h)
- phat-antam
- ending with the sound phat
- tat
- that
- sarva-diksu
- in all directions
- vinirdiset
- should fix
- om
- pranava
- visnave
- unto Lord Visnu
- namah
- obeisances
- iti
- thus
One must then chant the mantra of six syllables [om visnave namah]. One should place the syllable om on his heart, the syllable vi on the top of his head, the syllable sa between his eyebrows, the syllable na on his tuft of hair [sikha], and the syllable ve between his eyes. The chanter of the mantra should then place the syllable na on all the joints of his body and meditate on the syllable ma as being a weapon. He should thus become the perfect personification of the mantra. Thereafter, adding visarga to the final syllable ma he should chant the mantra mah astraya phat in all directions, beginning from the east. In this way, all directions will be bound by the protective armor of the mantra.