| S.B. | Sanskrit transliteration | Explanation |
| Text 4 | shri-vishvarupa uvacha dhautanghri-panir achamya sapavitra udan-mukhah krita-svanga-kara-nyasa somantabhyam vag-yatah shuchih | Step 1 (Ablution): One should wash the hands and feet, that is, become clean. There are various other additions to this procedure, which can be found in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Step 2 (Achamanyam): This procedure involves wearing two rings made of Kusha grass on the ring fingers of each hand. After taking a little water into the cupped right palm, recite the following mantra: om apavitrah pavitro va sarvavastham gato pi vayah smaret pundarikaksham sa bahyabhyantarah shuchih After that, drink the water three times, reciting “Sri Vishnu Sri Vishnu Sri Vishnu”. Step 3: (Asana) Taking a blade of Kusha grass, purify Asana 7 and sit on it silently and with a peaceful mind, facing north. |
| Text 5-6 | narayana-param varma sannahyed bhaya agate padayor janunor urvor udare hridy athorasi mukhe shirasy anupurvyad om karadini vinyaset om namo narayanayeti viparyayam athapi va | Step 4: (Srishti Nyasa) This process protects the physical body, which consists of several vital energy centers that ensure its existence on this material plane, by controlling the process of creation and disintegration of the body's cells. The Ashtakshari (eight-syllable) mantra ‘OM NAMO NARAYANAYA’ is used for this purpose. These eight phonemes are ‘OM’, ‘NA’, ‘MO’, ‘NA’, ‘RA’, ‘YA’, ‘NA’, and ‘YA’, and the eight vital centers are: (1) the two feet, (2) the knees, (3) the thighs, (4) the abdomen, (5) the heart, (6) the chest, (7) the mouth, and (8) the head. Step 4A: (Utpatti-Nyasa) This is the process of creation, and the Mantra is used to invigorate and protect the process by which cells are continually created in the body, providing Narayana's armor at the vital centers. The process involves reciting each of these phonemes with the OM prefix eight times and the NAMAH suffix, forming independent mantras for this purpose. 28) Touch both feet and recite the first mantra ‘Om AUM Padayoh (9) Namah’. 29) Touch both knees and recite the second mantra ‘Om Nam Janunoh (10) Namah’; 30) Touch the thighs and recite ‘Om Mam Urvoh (11) Namah’; 31) Place your palms on the abdomen and recite ‘Om Nam Udare (12) Namah’; 32) Place your palms on the heart and recite ‘Om Ram Hridayayi (13) Namah’; 33) Place your palms on the chest and recite ‘Om Yam Urase (14) Namah’; 34) Touch the mouth and recite ‘Om Nam Mukhaye (15) Namah’ and 35) Touch your head and say ‘Om Yam Shirase (16) Namah’. Step 4B: (Samhara-Nyasa) This is the process of disintegration, and the Ashtakshari Mantra is used to strengthen the process by which old, diseased, and weak cells are continually destroyed and cleansed/eliminated from the body, providing Narayana's armor at the vital centers. The process is exactly the same as in Step 4A, except that the touching of the body parts and the mantras proceed in reverse order, as follows: 36) Touch your head and say ‘Om Yam Shirase Namah’. 37) Touch the mouth and recite ‘Om Nam Mukhaye Namah’ and 38) Place your palms on the chest and recite ‘Om Yam Urase Namah’; 39) Place your palms on the heart and recite ‘Om Ram Hridayayi Namah’; 40) Place your palms on the abdomen and recite ‘Om Nam Udare Namah’; 41) Touch the thighs and recite ‘Om Mam Urvoh Namah’; 42) Touch both knees and recite the second mantra ‘Om Nam Janunoh Namah’; 43) Touch both feet and recite the first mantra ‘Om AUM Padayoh Namah’. Through these two processes, Utpatti and Samhara Nyasa, the body is cleansed of all diseases caused by diseased cells, restoring the cells themselves. |
| Text 7 | kara-nyasam tatah kuryad dvadashakshara-vidyaya pranavadi-ya-karant amanguly-angushtha-parvasu | Step 5 (Kara Nyasa): ‘Kara’ means hands, and Kara Nyasa is the process of protecting our mind (through the palms and fingers of the hands) from negative influences so that our actions are always perfect and directed toward the good. This process uses the placement of the individual phonemes of the Dvadakshari (twelve-syllable) Mantra on the fingertips, thumb, and palm according to the standard Puja ceremony 17. It is a well-known fact in palmistry that the 28 Nakshatras are located on the fingers and their joints, and these mantras and gemstones placed on these fingers influence one Nakshatra or another. These twelve phonemes are OM, NA, MO, BHA, GA, VA, TE, VA, SU, DE, VA, YA. Perform this as follows: 44) Touch the right thumb with the right index finger and say ‘Om AUM Angustha-bhyam 18 Namah’. 45) Touch the right index finger with the right thumb and say ‘Om Nam Tarjani-bhyam 19 Namah’. 46) Touch the right middle finger with the right thumb and say ‘Om Mam Madhyama-bhyam 20 Namah’. 47) Touch the right ring finger with the right thumb and say ‘Om Bham Anamika 21-bhyam Namah’. 48) Touch the right little finger with the right thumb and say ‘Om Gam Kanishthika 22-bhyam Namah’. 49) Touch the right palm with the right index finger and say ‘Om Vam Kara-tala-kara-prishtha-bhyam 23 Namah’. 50) Touch the left palm with the left index finger and say ‘Om Tem Kara-tala-kara-prishtha-bhyam 24 Namah’. 51) Touch the left little finger with the left thumb and say ‘Om Vam Kanishthika-bhyam Namah’. 52) Touch the left ring finger with the left thumb and say ‘Om Sum Anamika-bhyam Namah’. 53) Touch the left middle finger with the left thumb and say ‘Om Dem Madhyama-bhyam Namah’. 54) Touch the left index finger with the left thumb and say ‘Om Vam Tarjani-bhyam Namah’. 55) Touch the right thumb with the right index finger and say ‘Om Yam Angustha-bhyam Namah’. The counting order begins with Angusthana (the thumb) and proceeds to the palm, as described here for the right hand; for the left hand, however, I used the reverse order as advised by Srila Prabhupada 25. This advice from Srila Prabhupada is based on Utpatti and Samhara Nyasa, in which the fingers of the right hand are used for creation and those of the left hand for destruction. This can also be understood from the example that the right hand is used for eating and the left hand for cleansing the body after using the toilet; rings and gemstones on the right hand participate in the process of creation and strengthen the influence in the chart, while rings and gemstones on the left hand make the planets associated with them weaker. Furthermore, following the advice of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada 26, I use the Pranava (OM) prefix with each mantra. This advice is very sensible, since the Pranava prefix makes any mantra suitable for use by everyone (according to the canons of Mantra Shastra 27). |
| Text 8-10 | nyased dhridaya omkaram vi-karam anu murdhani sha-karam tu bhruvor madhye na-karam shikhaya nyaset ve-karam netrayor yunjan na-karam sarva-sandhishu ma-karam astram uddishya mantra-murtir bhaved budhah savisargam phad-antam tat sarva-dikshu vinirdishet om vishnave nama iti | Step 6 (Anga-Nyasa): This is the process of protecting oneself from all directions 28. This process uses the placement of the individual phonemes of the mantra OM VISHNAVE NAMAH on vital body parts associated with spirituality, according to the standard Puja procedure. 56) Touch the heart and say ‘Om Hridayayi Namah’; 57) Touch the crown of the head and say ‘Vim Shirase Svaha’; 58) Touch the space between the eyebrows and say ‘Sam Bhru-madhye Svaha’; 59) Touch the (shikhi) topknot and say ‘Nama Shikhayayi Vashat’; 60) Touch the third eye on the forehead and say ‘Vem Netratrayaya Vaushat’; 61) Concentrate on all parts of the body and say ‘Nam Kavachaya Hum’; 62) Mentally turn toward all directions of the compass clockwise, beginning with North, northeast, and so on, saying in all directions ‘Mah astraya Phat’. |
| Text 11 | atmanam paramam dhyayed dhyeyam shat-shaktibhir yutam vidya-tejas-tapo-murtim imam mantram udaharet | Step 7 (Japa and Meditation): Chant the mantra ‘OM VISHNAVE NAMAH’, meditating on the eternal form of Bhagavan Sri Vishnu and realizing the qualitative identity of the individual soul (one’s “self”) with Vishnu (Paramatma). This bestows the six forms of Shakti, endowed with all knowledge, power, and austerity. |
| Text 12 | om harir vidadhyan mama sarva-raksham nyastanghri-padmah patagra-prishte darari-charmasi-gadeshu-chapa- pashan dadhano ‘shta-guno ‘shta-bahuh | Step 8: (Narayana Kavacha): The Narayana Kavacha Stotra begins with this verse. From this stotra we learn about the power of Lord Hari 29, who rides Garuda (the eagle) and holds weapons in His eight hands. |