ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta
Verse 103
क्षकारो हव्यवाहस्थः षड्दीर्घस्वरसंयुतः । भूषितो नादबिन्दुभ्यां वास्तुमन्त्रः षडक्षरः ॥ १०३ ॥
kṣakārō havyavāhasthaḥ ṣaḍdīrghasvarasaṁyutaḥ | bhūṣitō nādabindubhyāṁ vāstumantraḥ ṣaḍakṣaraḥ || 103 ||
Translation
The letter kṣa, standing on the carrier of oblations, joined to the six long vowels and adorned with nāda and bindu: this is the six-syllabled mantra of Vāstu.
Word by word
- kṣakāraḥ
- (kṣakāraḥ) the letter kṣa
- havya
- of oblations
- vāha
- on the carrier
- sthaḥ
- (sthaḥ) standing
- ṣaḍ
- (ṣaṭ) six
- dīrgha
- long
- svara
- vowels
- saṁyutaḥ
- (saṁyutaḥ) joined to
- bhūṣitaḥ
- (bhūṣitaḥ) adorned
- nāda
- with nāda
- bindubhyāṁ
- and bindu
- vāstu
- of Vāstu
- mantraḥ
- (mantraḥ) the mantra
- ṣaḍakṣaraḥ
- (ṣaḍakṣaraḥ) six-syllabled
Meaning
The verse codes the mantra. "Havyavāha", the carrier of oblations, is fire, whose seed letter is ra; kṣa standing on it gives the conjunct kṣra. The six long vowels are ā, ī, ū, ai, au and the final visarga-vowel, and nāda and bindu add the nasal. The commentary assembles it: kṣrāṁ kṣrīṁ kṣrūṁ kṣraiṁ kṣrauṁ kṣraḥ. These six seeds are the mantra of Vāstu, used in his worship and his homa. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the mantras of Vāstu and the rest in order, with "kṣakāraḥ" and the rest. Havyavāhasthaḥ: havyavāha, the carrier of oblations (fire), is the letter ra; standing on it, the letter kṣa, joined to the six long vowels and adorned with nāda and bindu, is to be made. So the six-syllabled Vāstu mantra was drawn out: kṣrāṁ kṣrīṁ kṣrūṁ kṣraiṁ kṣrauṁ kṣraḥ.