प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras
Verse 134
प्रणवो वारुणञ्चाऽस्त्रं बीजत्रितयमम्बिके । सर्वसाधारणद्रव्यप्रोक्षणे विनियोजयेत् ॥ १३४ ॥
praṇavō vāruṇañcā’straṁ bījatritayamambikē | sarvasādhāraṇadravyaprōkṣaṇē viniyōjayēt || 134 ||
Translation
O Ambikā, the three seeds, praṇava, vāruṇa and astra, he should use in sprinkling any ordinary thing.
Word by word
- praṇavaḥ
- (praṇavaḥ) praṇava
- vāruṇaṁ
- vāruṇa
- ca
- and
- astraṁ
- (astram) astra
- bīja
- seeds
- tritayam
- the three
- ambikē
- O Ambikā
- sarva
- any
- sādhāraṇa
- ordinary
- dravya
- thing
- prōkṣaṇē
- in sprinkling
- viniyōjayēt
- he should use
Meaning
For gifts with no mantra of their own the commentary gives the three seeds: oṁ (the praṇava), vaṁ (the seed of Varuṇa, lord of water) and phaṭ (the weapon-seed that drives off harm): "oṁ vaṁ phaṭ".

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Praṇavaḥ" and the rest. O Ambikā, he should use the three bījas, praṇava, the oṁkāra, vāruṇa, vaṁ, and astra, phaṭ, in sprinkling any ordinary thing.