1. The auspicious invocation (मङ्गलाचारणम्)
ॐ॥ य इज्यते विधीशानशक्रपूर्वैः सदा मखैः। रमाप्रणयिने तस्मै सर्वयज्ञभुजे नमः॥
ōṁ॥ ya ijyatē vidhīśānaśakrapūrvaiḥ sadā makhaiḥ। ramāpraṇayinē tasmai sarvayajñabhujē namaḥ॥
[ॐ (ōṁ) - Om; यः (yaḥ) - who; इज्यते (ijyatē) - is worshipped; विधि + ईशान + शक्र + पूर्वैः (vidhi + īśāna + śakra + pūrvaiḥ) - by those headed by Vidhi, Īśāna, and Śakra; सदा (sadā) - always; मखैः (makhaiḥ) - with sacrifices; रमा + प्रणयिने (ramā + praṇayinē) - to Ramā’s loving consort; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; सर्व + यज्ञ + भुजे (sarva + yajña + bhujē) - to the enjoyer of all sacrifices; नमः (namaḥ) - homage;]
Om. Homage to him who is always worshipped with sacrifices by those headed by Vidhi, Īśāna, and Śakra—to Ramā’s loving consort, the enjoyer of all sacrifices. (य इज्यते विधीशानशक्रपूर्वैः सदा मखैः। रमाप्रणयिने तस्मै सर्वयज्ञभुजे नमः)
"महानाम्नीनामुपसर्गानामुपसृजत्ययं वै लोकः प्रथमा महानाम्न्यन्तरिक्षलोको द्वितीयाऽसौ लोकस्तृतीया सर्वेभ्यो वा एष लोकेभ्यस्सन्निर्मितो यत् षोळषी तद्यन्महानाम्नीनामुपसर्गानुपसृजति सर्वेभ्य एवैनं तल्लोकेभ्यस्सन्निर्मिमीते सर्वेभ्यो लोकेभ्यस्सन्निर्मितेन षोळशिना राध्नोति य एवं वेद।" (ऐतरेयब्राह्मणम् ४/१/४/१)
"mahānāmnīnāmupasargānāmupasr̥jatyayaṁ vai lōkaḥ prathamā mahānāmnyantarikṣalōkō dvitīyā’sau lōkastr̥tīyā sarvēbhyō vā ēṣa lōkēbhyassannirmitō yat ṣōḷaṣī tadyanmahānāmnīnāmupasargānupasr̥jati sarvēbhya ēvainaṁ tallōkēbhyassannirmimītē sarvēbhyō lōkēbhyassannirmitēna ṣōḷaśinā rādhnōti ya ēvaṁ vēda।" (aitarēyabrāhmaṇam 4/1/4/1)
[महानाम्नीनाम् (mahānāmnīnām) - of the Mahānāmnī verses; उपसर्गान् (upasargān) - supplementary verses; आम् (ām) - indeed; उपसृजति (upasr̥jati) - he adds; अयम् (ayam) - this; वै (vai) - indeed; लोकः (lōkaḥ) - world; प्रथमा (prathamā) - the first; महानाम्नी (mahānāmnī) - Mahānāmnī verse; अन्तरिक्ष-लोकः (antarikṣa-lōkaḥ) - the atmospheric world; द्वितीया (dvitīyā) - the second; असौ (asau) - yonder; लोकः (lōkaḥ) - world; तृतीया (tr̥tīyā) - the third; सर्वेभ्यः (sarvēbhyaḥ) - from all; वै + एषः (vai + ēṣaḥ) - indeed this; लोकेभ्यः (lōkēbhyaḥ) - worlds; सन्निर्मितः (sannirmitaḥ) - composed; यत् (yat) - namely; षोळषी (ṣōḷaṣī) - the Ṣoḷaśin; तत् + यत् (tat + yat) - in that; महानाम्नीनाम् (mahānāmnīnām) - of the Mahānāmnī verses; उपसर्गान् (upasargān) - supplementary verses; उपसृजति (upasr̥jati) - he adds; सर्वेभ्यः (sarvēbhyaḥ) - from all; एव (ēva) - themselves; एनम् (ēnam) - it; तत् (tat) - thereby; लोकेभ्यः (lōkēbhyaḥ) - worlds; सन्निर्मिमीते (sannirmimītē) - he constructs; सर्वेभ्यः (sarvēbhyaḥ) - from all; लोकेभ्यः (lōkēbhyaḥ) - worlds; सन्निर्मितेन (sannirmitēna) - composed; षोळशिना (ṣōḷaśinā) - through the Ṣoḷaśin; राध्नोति (rādhnōti) - he prospers; यः (yaḥ) - who; एवम् (ēvam) - thus; वेद (vēda) - knows;]
"He indeed adds the supplementary verses of the Mahānāmnī verses. This world is the first Mahānāmnī, the atmospheric world the second, and yonder world the third. This—the Ṣoḷaśin—is indeed composed from all the worlds. In that he adds the supplementary verses of the Mahānāmnī verses, he thereby constructs it from all the worlds themselves. He who knows thus prospers through the Ṣoḷaśin composed from all the worlds. aitarēyabrāhmaṇam 4/1/4/1"
