SB 6.8.7
TEXT 7
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TEXT
करन्यासं ततः कुर्याद् द्वादशाक्षरविद्यया ।
प्रणवादियकारान्तम् अङ्गुल्यङ्गुष्ठपर्वसु ॥ ७ ॥ kara-nyasam tatah kuryad
dvadasaksara-vidyaya
pranavadi-ya-karantam
aṅguly-aṅgustha-parvasu
kara-nyasam-the ritual known as kara-nyasa, which assigns the syllables of the mantra to the fingers; tatah-thereafter; kuryat-should execute; dvadasa-aksara-composed of twelve syllables; vidyaya-with the mantra; pranava-adi-beginning with the omkara; ya-kara-antam-ending with the syllable ya; aṅguli-on the fingers, beginning with the index finger; aṅgustha-parvasu-to the joints of the thumbs.
TRANSLATION
Then one should chant the mantra composed of twelve syllables . Preceding each syllable by the omkara, 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.
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