निष्कृष्य पुरतो वज्रशिलायामस्त्रमुच्चरन् । त्रिवारं ताडयन् मन्त्री हस्तौ प्रक्षालयेत्ततः ॥ ५२ ॥
niṣkṛṣya puratō vajraśilāyāmastramuccaran | trivāraṁ tāḍayan mantrī hastau prakṣālayēttataḥ || 52 ||
Translation
Casting it out before him on an imagined rock of thunderbolt, saying the astra mantra, striking it three times, he should then wash his hands.
Word by word
- niṣkṛṣya
- casting out
- puratō
- before him
- vajraśilāyāmastramuccaran
- on a rock of thunderbolt, saying the astra mantra
- trivāraṁ
- three times
- tāḍayan
- striking
- mantrī
- the practitioner
- hastau
- the hands
- prakṣālayēttataḥ
- should then wash
Meaning
The astra mantra is phaṭ.