सन्धिक्रमेण मिलितः सप्तार्णोऽयं मनुर्मतः । तारहीनेन देवेशि षड्वर्णोऽयं मनुर्भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥
sandhikramēṇa militaḥ saptārṇō’yaṁ manurmataḥ | tārahīnēna dēvēśi ṣaḍvarṇō’yaṁ manurbhavēt || 13 ||
Translation
Joined by the rules of sandhi, this mantra is held to have seven syllables; without the tāra, O queen of the gods, it becomes a mantra of six.
Word by word
- sandhikramēṇa
- by the rules of sandhi
- militaḥ
- joined
- saptārṇō’yaṁ
- this has seven syllables
- manurmataḥ
- the mantra is held
- tārahīnēna
- without the tāra (Oṁ)
- dēvēśi
- O queen of the gods
- ṣaḍvarṇō’yaṁ
- this has six syllables
- manurbhavēt
- the mantra becomes
Meaning
Tāra is another name of Oṁ; the commentary: "by leaving out the praṇava, the same mantra has six syllables".