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.
