तत्साधनं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वावहिता प्रिये । तत्रादौ कथयाम्याद्ये मन्त्रोद्धारं महेशितुः ॥ ११ ॥
tatsādhanaṁ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvāvahitā priyē | tatrādau kathayāmyādyē mantrōddhāraṁ mahēśituḥ || 11 ||
Translation
I will tell you that practice; listen attentively, beloved. First, O Primordial One, I tell you how the mantra of the great Lord is formed.
Word by word
- tatsādhanaṁ
- that practice
- pravakṣyāmi
- I will tell
- śṛṇuṣvāvahitā
- listen attentively
- priyē
- O beloved
- tatrādau
- there, first
- kathayāmyādyē
- I tell, O Primordial One (Ādyā)
- mantrōddhāraṁ
- the forming of the mantra
- mahēśituḥ
- of the great Lord
Meaning
Mantroddhāra is the "drawing out" of a mantra: the instruction on how its syllables are put together.