ॐ ह्रीं अङ्गुष्ठाभ्यां नमः। ॐ चं तर्जनीभ्यां नमः। ॐ डिं मध्यमाभ्यां नमः। ॐ कां अनामिकाभ्यां नमः। ॐ यैं कनिष्ठिकाभ्यां नमः। ॐ ह्रीं चण्डिकायै करतलकरपृष्ठाभ्यां नमः।
ōṁ hrīṁ aṅguṣṭhābhyāṁ namaḥ | ōṁ caṁ tarjanībhyāṁ namaḥ | ōṁ ḍiṁ madhyamābhyāṁ namaḥ | ōṁ kāṁ anāmikābhyāṁ namaḥ | ōṁ yaiṁ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṁ namaḥ | ōṁ hrīṁ caṇḍikāyai karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ namaḥ |
Translation
Om hrīṁ, salutation to the two thumbs. Om caṁ, to the two index fingers. Om ḍiṁ, to the two middle fingers. Om kāṁ, to the two ring fingers. Om yaiṁ, to the two little fingers. Om hrīṁ caṇḍikāyai, to the palms and the backs of the hands.
Word by word
- hrīṁ
- the seed syllable of the Goddess
- caṁ ḍiṁ kāṁ yaiṁ
- the syllables of caṇḍikāyai, “to Caṇḍikā”
- caṇḍikāyai
- to Caṇḍikā
- aṅguṣṭhābhyām
- to the two thumbs
- tarjanībhyām
- to the two index fingers
- madhyamābhyām
- to the two middle fingers
- anāmikābhyām
- to the two ring fingers
- kaniṣṭhikābhyām
- to the two little fingers
- karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyām
- to the palms and the backs of the hands
- namaḥ
- salutation
Meaning
After the japa has been offered, the nyāsa is made once more, as written here. This time the hands receive the name of Caṇḍikā: hrīṁ, then the syllables of caṇḍikāyai, “to Caṇḍikā”, one to each finger, and the whole, hrīṁ caṇḍikāyai, on the palms and the backs of the hands. The fingers are touched as in the Navārṇa Vidhi.