Goddess Varahi

maṃtriṇī nyāsa

(Mamtrini Nyasa in English (IAST))

Also known as mantrini nyasa · varahi nyasa · dandini nyasa

A nyasa rather than a hymn: the placement of mantras on the body that precedes Varahi's japa or the reading of her stotras in the Srividya tradition. It seats Bhairava as the sage on the head, the anushtubh metre on the mouth and the goddess on the heart, carries Aim, Hrim, Shrim and her own bija through the fingers and the six limbs, then sets sixteen of her names from crown to feet in order — Rajni, Damshtra, Dandini, Yajnavarahi, Nilambara, Mahavarahi, Ghurghura, Samharini, Patalavasini, Dandanatha, Jagadamba — and binds the six directions. Two dhyana verses close it, showing her dark as the petal of a blue lotus, with the face of a boar, holding mace and pestle, noose and goad. The text calls her Mantrini; the names it places are Varahi's.

|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
|| maṃtriṇī nyāsa ||
|| ṛṣyādi nyāsaḥ ||
oṃ asya śrī maṃtriṇī nyāsasya|
bhairava ṛṣiḥ (śirasi spṛśet)|
anuṣṭup chandaḥ (mukhe)|
śrī maṃtriṇī devatā (hṛdi)|
oṃ bījam (guhye)|
hrīṃ śaktiḥ (pādayoḥ)|
svāhā kīlakam (nābhau)|
mama sarvasiddhyarthe nyāse viniyogaḥ (sarvāṅge)||
|| kara nyāsaḥ ||
oṃ aiṃ aṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ| (tarjanī se aṃgūṭhe ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ| (aṃgūṭhe se tarjanī ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ śrīṃ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ| (aṃgūṭhe se madhyamā ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ aiṃ klīṃ sauḥ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ| (aṃgūṭhe se anāmikā ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ maṃtriṇyai kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ| (aṃgūṭhe se kaniṣṭhikā ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ svāhā karatala-karapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ| (hatheliyoṃ ke agra aura pṛṣṭha bhāga ko sparśa kareṃ)
|| hṛdayādi nyāsaḥ ||
oṃ aiṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ| (hṛdaya ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ śirase svāhā| (sira ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ śrīṃ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ| (śikhā/coṭī ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ aiṃ klīṃ sauḥ kavacāya hum| (dāeṃ hātha se bāeṃ kaṃdhe aura bāeṃ se dāeṃ kaṃdhe ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ maṃtriṇyai netratrayāya vauṣaṭ| (tarjanī, madhyamā, anāmikā se donoṃ netroṃ va bhrūmadhya ko sparśa kareṃ)
oṃ svāhā astrāya phaṭ| (dāeṃ hātha se bāeṃ hātha para tālī bajāeṃ)
|| aṅga nyāsaḥ ||
oṃ vāṃ vārāhyai śirasi namaḥ| (sira para)
oṃ rāṃ rājñyai lalāṭe namaḥ| (māthe para)
oṃ hīṃ hrīṃ daṃṣṭrāyai bhrūmadhye namaḥ| (bhṛkuṭī ke madhya)
oṃ maṃ maṃtriṇyai netrayoḥ namaḥ| (donoṃ netroṃ para)
oṃ trīṃ trinetrāyai karṇayoḥ namaḥ| (donoṃ kānoṃ para)
oṃ ṇīṃ daṇḍinyai nāsikāyāṃ namaḥ| (nāsikā/nāka para)
oṃ yaṃ yajñavārāhyai mukhe namaḥ| (mukha para)
oṃ naṃ nīlāmbarāyai kaṇṭhe namaḥ| (kaṇṭha/gale para)
oṃ maḥ mahāvārāhyai hṛdaye namaḥ| (hṛdaya para)
oṃ staṃ stanayoḥ namaḥ| (donoṃ stanoṃ para)
oṃ ghuṃ ghurghurāyai nābhau namaḥ| (nābhi para)
oṃ ṇāṃ saṃhāriṇyai kaṭyāṃ namaḥ| (kamara para)
oṃ pāṃ pātālavāsinyai jānunoḥ namaḥ| (donoṃ ghuṭanoṃ para)
oṃ dāṃ daṇḍanāthāyai jaṅghayoḥ namaḥ| (donoṃ jaṃghāoṃ para)
oṃ yāṃ jagadambāyai pādayoḥ namaḥ| (donoṃ pairoṃ para)
oṃ hrīṃ vārāhyai sarvāṅge namaḥ| (saṃpūrṇa śarīra para)
|| digbandhaḥ ||
oṃ hrīṃ vārāhi, pūrve rakṣa rakṣa| (pūrva diśā meṃ cuṭakī bajāeṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ maṃtriṇi, dakṣiṇe rakṣa rakṣa| (dakṣiṇa diśā meṃ cuṭakī bajāeṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ daṇḍini, paścime rakṣa rakṣa| (paścima diśā meṃ cuṭakī bajāeṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ saṃhāriṇi, uttare rakṣa rakṣa| (uttara diśā meṃ cuṭakī bajāeṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ mahāvārāhi, ūrdhve rakṣa rakṣa| (ūpara kī ora cuṭakī bajāeṃ)
oṃ hrīṃ pātālavāsini, adhaḥ rakṣa rakṣa| (nīce kī ora cuṭakī bajāeṃ)
|| dhyānam ||
nīlotpaladalaśyāmāṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇām|
vārāhavadanāṃ devīṃ maṃtriṇīṃ praṇamāmyaham||
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanāṃ mudgaraṃ musalaṃ tathā|
pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ devīṃ daṇḍinīṃ parameśvarīm||
|| iti maṃtriṇī nyāsaḥ sampūrṇaḥ ||

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