Devanagari
करन्यासं तत: कुर्याद् द्वादशाक्षरविद्यया ।
प्रणवादियकारान्तमङ्गुल्यङ्गुष्ठपर्वसु ॥ ७ ॥
Verse text
kara-nyāsaṁ tataḥ kuryād
dvādaśākṣara-vidyayā
praṇavādi-ya-kārāntam
aṅguly-aṅguṣṭha-parvasu
Synonyms
kara
—
nyāsam — the ritual known as kara-nyāsa, which assigns the syllables of the mantra to the fingers
;
tataḥ
—
thereafter
;
kuryāt
—
should execute
;
dvādaśa
—
akṣara — composed of twelve syllables
;
vidyayā
—
with the mantra
;
praṇava
—
ādi — beginning with the oṁkāra
;
ya
—
kāra — antam — ending with the syllable ya
;
aṅguli
—
on the fingers, beginning with the index finger
;
aṅguṣṭha
—
parvasu — to the joints of the thumbs .
Translation
Then one should chant the mantra composed of twelve syllables [oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya]. Preceding each syllable by the oṁkāra, one should place the syllables of the mantra on the tips of his fingers, beginning with the index finger of the right hand and concluding with the index finger of the left. The four remaining syllables should be placed on the joints of the thumbs.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
One should then perform kara-nyāsa using the twelve-syllable mantra beginning with oṁ and ending with ya (oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya), placing the syllables on the fingers and on the joints of the thumbs.
Taking each syllable preceded and followed by oṁ, one should place the first eight syllables on the fingers starting with the right finger and ending with the left forefinger. One should place the remaining syllables on the first and last joints of the right and left thumbs.