जपक्रमःThe order of japa
Verse 169
तारेण सम्पुटीकृत्य मूलमन्त्रञ्च सप्तधा । जप्त्वा तु साधकः पश्चान्मातृकापुटितं स्मरेत् ॥ १६९ ॥
tārēṇa sampuṭīkṛtya mūlamantrañca saptadhā | japtvā tu sādhakaḥ paścānmātṛkāpuṭitaṁ smarēt || 169 ||
Translation
Enclosing the root mantra with tāra, having repeated it seven times, the practitioner should then remember it enclosed with the alphabet.
Word by word
- tārēṇa
- with tāra (oṁ)
- sampuṭīkṛtya
- enclosing
- mūla
- root
- mantra
- mantra
- ñca
- (ca) and
- saptadhā
- seven times
- japtvā
- having repeated
- tu
- and
- sādhakaḥ
- the practitioner
- paścān
- (paścāt) then
- mātṛkā
- alphabet
- puṭitaṁ
- enclosed
- smarēt
- should remember
Meaning
Tāra is oṁ: oṁ … root mantra … oṁ; then each letter from a to kṣa before and after it.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Having enclosed the root mantra with tāra (oṁ), at its beginning and end, he should repeat it seven times; then remember, repeat, the root mantra joined with the fifty letters from a to kṣa (mātṛkā-puṭita). In "japtvā" there is no augment i, since the augment is optional.