तारं सच्चिदेकमिति ब्रह्मेति सकलं ततः । अङ्गुष्ठतर्जनीमध्यानामिकासु महेश्वरि ॥ ४१ ॥
tāraṁ saccidēkamiti brahmēti sakalaṁ tataḥ | aṅguṣṭhatarjanīmadhyānāmikāsu mahēśvari || 41 ||
Translation
The tāra, then sat, cit, ekam, Brahma, and then the whole: on the thumbs, forefingers, middle and ring fingers, O Maheśvarī,
Word by word
- tāraṁ
- the tāra (Oṁ)
- saccidēkamiti
- sat, cit and ekam
- brahmēti
- "Brahma"
- sakalaṁ
- the whole
- tataḥ
- then
- aṅguṣṭhatarjanīmadhyānāmikāsu
- on the thumbs, forefingers, middle and ring fingers
- mahēśvari
- O Maheśvarī
Meaning
The commentary gives the karanyāsa in full: Oṁ to the thumbs, namaḥ; sat to the forefingers, svāhā; cit to the middle fingers, vaṣaṭ; ekam to the ring fingers, huṁ; Brahma to the little fingers, vauṣaṭ; the whole mantra to the palms and backs of the hands, phaṭ.