वाङ्माया ब्रह्मसूस्तस्मात् षष्ठं वक्त्रसमन्वितम्। सूर्योऽवामश्रोत्रबिन्दुसंयुक्तष्टात्तृतीयकः। नारायणेन सम्मिश्रो वायुश्चाधरयुक् ततः। विच्चे नवार्णकोऽर्णः स्यान्महदानन्ददायकः ॥ २० ॥
vāṅmāyā brahmasūstasmāt ṣaṣṭhaṁ vaktrasamanvitam | sūryō’vāmaśrōtrabindusaṁyuktaṣṭāttṛtīyakaḥ | nārāyaṇēna sammiśrō vāyuścādharayuk tataḥ | viccē navārṇakō’rṇaḥ syānmahadānandadāyakaḥ || 20 ||
Translation
Speech, Māyā, and the begetter of Brahmā; then the sixth letter joined with the face; the sun joined with the right ear and the dot; the third from ṭa mixed with Nārāyaṇa; the wind joined with the lower lip; then vicce: this is the nine-lettered mantra, giver of great bliss.
Word by word
- vāk
- Speech (aiṁ)
- māyā
- Māyā (hrīṁ)
- brahmasūḥ
- the begetter of Brahmā (klīṁ)
- tasmāt
- then
- ṣaṣṭham
- the sixth (letter, ca)
- vaktrasamanvitam
- joined with the face (the vowel ā)
- sūryaḥ
- the sun (ma)
- avāmaśrōtrabindusaṁyuktaḥ
- joined with the right ear (u) and the dot (ṁ)
- ṭāt tṛtīyakaḥ
- the third from ṭa (ḍa)
- nārāyaṇēna sammiśraḥ
- mixed with Nārāyaṇa (the vowel ā)
- vāyuḥ
- the wind (ya)
- ca adharayuk
- and joined with the lower lip (ai)
- tataḥ viccē
- then vicce
- navārṇakaḥ arṇaḥ
- the nine-lettered mantra
- mahadānandadāyakaḥ
- giver of great bliss
Meaning
The Upaniṣad now gives the Navārṇa mantra, the nine-syllable mantra of the Saptaśatī, in code. Speech is aiṁ, Māyā is hrīṁ and the begetter of Brahmā is klīṁ; then come cā, muṁ, ḍā and yai, and finally vicce: “aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai vicce”. The book sets out this mantra openly in the Navārṇa Vidhi that follows, the next step of the recitation.