"ओँ तत्सत्" मन्त्र माहात्म्यम्The greatness of the mantra oṁ tat sat
Verse 165
युग्मं युग्मपदं वापि प्रत्येकपदमेव वा । जप्त्वैतस्य महेशानि साधकः सिद्धिभाग् भवेत् ॥ १६५ ॥
yugmaṁ yugmapadaṁ vāpi pratyēkapadamēva vā | japtvaitasya mahēśāni sādhakaḥ siddhibhāg bhavēt || 165 ||
Translation
By repeating it as a whole, by pairs of its words, or by each word alone, O Maheśānī, the sādhaka gains perfection.
Word by word
- yugmaṁ
- as a pair
- yugma
- in pairs
- padaṁ
- of words
- vā
- or
- api
- even
- pratyēka
- each
- ēva
- indeed
- japtvā
- repeating
- ētasya
- (etasya) of it
- mahēśāni
- O Maheśānī
- sādhakaḥ
- the sādhaka
- siddhi
- of perfection
- bhāg
- (bhāk) a sharer
- bhavēt
- becomes
Meaning
The ease of the mantra is made concrete here. One may say all three together, two together, or any one alone, and it still works; few mantras are given such freedom.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 161.