Translation
Om aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ: to Cāmuṇḍā, vicce.
Word by word
- ōṁ
- sacred syllable
- aiṁ
- seed syllable of Mahāsarasvatī
- hrīṁ
- seed syllable of Mahālakṣmī
- klīṁ
- seed syllable of Mahākālī
- cāmuṇḍāyai
- to Cāmuṇḍā
- viccē
- vicce (the closing syllables of the mantra)
Meaning
This is the Navārṇa, the nine-syllable root mantra of the Saptaśatī: aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cā muṇ ḍā yai vi cce, with Om before it. Aiṁ is the seed of Mahāsarasvatī, hrīṁ of Mahālakṣmī and klīṁ of Mahākālī; the mantra is addressed to Cāmuṇḍā, the Goddess who slew Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa. Here the book says to purify the hands with this mantra before the karanyāsa.