ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta
Verse 115
नमोऽन्तमन्त्रे देवेशि न नमो योजयेद् बुधः । स्वाहान्तेऽपि तथामन्त्रे न दद्याद्वह्निवल्लभाम् ॥ ११५ ॥
namō’ntamantrē dēvēśi na namō yōjayēd budhaḥ | svāhāntē’pi tathāmantrē na dadyādvahnivallabhām || 115 ||
Translation
O queen of the gods, the wise man should not add "namaḥ" to a mantra that already ends in "namaḥ"; nor to a mantra ending in svāhā should he add the beloved of fire.
Word by word
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) namaḥ
- anta
- ending in
- mantrē
- to a mantra
- dēvēśi
- O queen of the gods
- na
- not
- yōjayēd
- (yojayet) should add
- budhaḥ
- (budhaḥ) the wise man
- svāhā
- svāhā
- antē
- (ante) ending in
- api
- also
- tathā
- so
- dadyāt
- should give
- vahni
- of fire
- vallabhām
- the beloved
Meaning
A practical rule against doubling: mantras like those of Saturn and Rāhu already end in namaḥ, those of the other planets in svāhā. The commentary glosses "vahnivallabhā" as the word svāhā.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Vahnivallabhām: the word svāhā.