Sanskrit · Devanagari
षडक्षरो द्वयाख्यो मन्त्ररत्नं युग्ममन्त्रश्चेति। बिन्दुपूर्वको दीर्घाग्निस्ततः केवलदीर्घाग्निः, ततो मायेति, अथ नम इति। प्रथमं श्रीमदिति, ततो रामचन्द्रचरणाविति ब्रूयात्, अनन्तरं शरणमिति पदं, पश्चात् प्रपद्ये इति वदेत्; पुनश्च श्रीमते इति, अथ रामचन्द्रायेति, तदग्रे नम इति। यो दाशरथेर्द्वयाख्यं मन्त्राणां प्रवरं मन्त्ररत्नमधीते स सर्वान् कामानश्नुते, तेन सह मोदते। अथ प्रणवादनन्तरं न द्वितीयाक्षरम्, म तृतीयाक्षरम्, सी चतुर्थाक्षरम्, ता पञ्चमाक्षरम्, र षष्ठाक्षरम्, मा सप्तमाक्षरम्, भ्यामष्टमाक्षरमिति। इममष्टाक्षरं विद्वान् मुक्तो भवति। एतन्मन्त्रत्रयं सर्वमन्त्रवरं जप्त्वा सद्यो मुच्यते कर्मबन्धनात्। यः श्रीरामेऽतिभक्तिमान् स एवैतन्मन्त्राधिकारीति।
IAST
ṣaḍakṣaro dvayākhyo mantraratnaṃ yugmamantraśceti| bindupūrvako dīrghāgnistataḥ kevaladīrghāgniḥ, tato māyeti, atha nama iti| prathamaṃ śrīmaditi, tato rāmacandracaraṇāviti brūyāt, anantaraṃ śaraṇamiti padaṃ, paścāt prapadye iti vadet; punaśca śrīmate iti, atha rāmacandrāyeti, tadagre nama iti| yo dāśaratherdvayākhyaṃ mantrāṇāṃ pravaraṃ mantraratnamadhīte sa sarvān kāmānaśnute, tena saha modate| atha praṇavādanantaraṃ na dvitīyākṣaram, ma tṛtīyākṣaram, sī caturthākṣaram, tā pañcamākṣaram, ra ṣaṣṭhākṣaram, mā saptamākṣaram, bhyāmaṣṭamākṣaramiti| imamaṣṭākṣaraṃ vidvān mukto bhavati| etanmantratrayaṃ sarvamantravaraṃ japtvā sadyo mucyate karmabandhanāt| yaḥ śrīrāme'tibhaktimān sa evaitanmantrādhikārīti|
Fresh English translation
These are the six-syllable mantra, the mantra called the Pair, the jewel of mantras, and the mantra of the Divine Couple. First comes the long fire-syllable preceded by bindu, then the long fire-syllable alone, then māyā, and finally namaḥ—thus the six-syllable formula ‘rāṃ rāmāya namaḥ.’ For the surrender formula one should first say ‘śrīmad-rāmacandra-caraṇau,’ then ‘śaraṇaṃ,’ then ‘prapadye,’ and again ‘śrīmate rāmacandrāya namaḥ.’ Whoever recites this mantra of Daśaratha's son, called the Pair and foremost among mantras, obtains every rightful desire and rejoices with him. For the paired mantra, after praṇava come the sounds na, ma, sī, tā, rā, mā, and bhyām: ‘oṃ namaḥ sītārāmābhyām.’ One who knows this eightfold formula is liberated. By repeating these three, the best of all mantras, one is immediately released from the bonds of karma. Only one possessed of intense devotion to Śrī Rāma is qualified for them.