Sacred Texts
Navārṇa Vidhi cover

॥ श्री ॥vidhi

Navārṇa Vidhi – Japa of the Navārṇa mantra

Traditional

Steps
13
Minutes
30
Level
advanced

Japa of the Navārṇa mantra

ॐ ऐं ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डायै विच्चे

ōṁ aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai viccē

Translation

Om aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ: to Cāmuṇḍā, vicce. (Recited one hundred and eight times.)

Word by word

ōṁ
sacred syllable
aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ
the seed syllables of Mahāsarasvatī, Mahālakṣmī and Mahākālī
cāmuṇḍāyai
to Cāmuṇḍā
viccē
vicce (the closing syllables of the mantra)

Meaning

Now the root mantra is recited one hundred and eight times on the rosary, as prescribed, with the mind on the three forms of the Goddess just meditated upon. In the tradition the Navārṇa is received from a guru, and the number of its recitations is often increased as the practice deepens.