Invocation
॥हरिः ॐ॥
॥hariḥ oṃ॥
[हरिः (hariḥ) - Vishnu; ॐ (oṃ) - primordial sound;]
Lord Vishnu is the primordial sound (Om).
वाङ् मे मनसि प्रतिष्ठिता। मनो मे वाचि प्रतिष्ठितम्। आविरावीर्म एधि। वेदस्य म आणीस्थ, श्रुतं मे मा प्रहासीः। अनेनाधीतेनाहोरात्रान् सन्दधामि। ऋतं वदिष्यामि , सत्यं वदिष्यामि , तन्मामवतु , तद् वक्तारमवतु , अवतु माम् , अवतु वक्तारम्॥
vāṅ me manasi pratiṣṭhitā। mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitam। āvirāvīrma edhi। vedasya ma āṇīstha, śrutaṁ me mā prahāsīḥ। anenādhītenāhorātrān sandadhāmi। ṛtaṁ vadiṣyāmi , satyaṁ vadiṣyāmi , tanmāmavatu , tad vaktāramavatu , avatu mām , avatu vaktāram॥
[वाक् (vāk) - speech; मे (me) - my; मनसि (manasi) - in the mind; प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - established; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; मे (me) - my; वाचि (vāci) - in speech; प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - established; आविः (āviḥ) - manifest; आविः (āviḥ) - manifest; मे (me) - to me; एधि (edhi) - be; वेदस्य (vedasya) - of the Veda; म (ma) - for me; आणीस्थ (āṇīstha) - be the bearer; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - what has been heard; मे (me) - by me; मा (mā) - do not; प्रहासीः (prahāsīḥ) - abandon; अनेन (anena) - by this; अधीतेन (adhītena) - studied; अहोरात्रान् (ahorātrān) - days and nights; सन्दधामि (sandadhāmi) - I join; ऋतम् (ṛtam) - right order; वदिष्यामि (vadiṣyāmi) - I shall speak; सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; वदिष्यामि (vadiṣyāmi) - I shall speak; तत् (tat) - that; माम् (mām) - me; अवतु (avatu) - may protect; तत् (tat) - that; वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - the speaker; अवतु (avatu) - may protect; अवतु (avatu) - may protect; माम् (mām) - me; अवतु (avatu) - may protect; वक्तारम् (vaktāram) - the speaker;]
May my speech be established in my mind; may my mind be established in my speech. Be manifest, be manifest to me. Be for me the bearer of the Veda; may what I have heard not abandon me. Through this study, I join days and nights. I shall speak what accords with right order; I shall speak truth. May that protect me; may that protect the speaker. May it protect me; may it protect the speaker.
॥ॐ शांतिः शांतिः शांतिः॥
॥oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ॥
[ॐ (oṃ) - primordial sound; शांतिः (śāntiḥ) - peace;]
Om, peace, peace, peace.
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I take refuge in Lord of the Ramā (insentient principle), Nārāyaṇa (the all pervading one), whose form is the embodiment of all complete qualities, who is omniscient, infallible, and free from all faults; who is the direct overlord of prāṇa (life essence), of all sentient and insentient beings, the Supreme Lord.
नारायणं निखिलपूर्णगुणैकदेहं सर्वज्ञमच्युतमपेतसमस्तदोषम्। प्राणस्य सर्वचिदचित् परमेश्वरस्य साक्षादधीश्वरमियां शरणं रमेशम्॥
nārāyaṇaṃ nikhilapūrṇaguṇaikadehaṃ sarvajñamacyutamapetasamastadoṣam। prāṇasya sarvacidacit parameśvarasya sākṣādadhīśvaramiyāṃ śaraṇaṃ rameśam॥
[नारायणं (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; (the Supreme Being); निखिल (nikhila) - all; entire; पूर्ण (pūrṇa) - full; complete; गुण (guṇa) - qualities; attributes; एक (eka) - one; single; देहं (deham) - body; form; सर्वज्ञम् (sarvajñam) - omniscient; all-knowing; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - infallible; unfallen; अपेत (apeta) - devoid of; free from; समस्त (samasta) - all; every; दोषम् (doṣam) - fault; defect; प्राणस्य (prāṇasya) - of prāṇa; of the vital force; सर्व (sarva) - all; every; चित् (cit) - conscious; sentient; अचित् (acit) - non-conscious; insentient; परमेश्वरस्य (parameśvarasya) - of the Supreme Lord; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; manifestly; अधीश्वरम् (adhīśvaram) - the overlord; the supreme ruler; इयां (iyām) - this; (feminine pronoun); शरणं (śaraṇam) - refuge; shelter; रमेशम् (rameśam) - Rameśa; Lord of Lakṣmī;]
I take refuge in Lord of the Ramā (insentient principle), Nārāyaṇa (the all pervading one), whose form is the embodiment of all complete qualities, who is omniscient, infallible, and free from all faults; who is the direct overlord of prāṇa (life essence), of all sentient and insentient beings, the Supreme Lord.
