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Vishwakarma nama-mantra
ॐ विश्वकर्मणे नमः
Simple reading
Om vish-va-kar-ma-ne na-mah
Oṁ Viśvakarmaṇe Namaḥ
About this mantra
Salutation to Vishwakarma, the divine architect: the Rig Veda's 'all-maker' (10.81–82), and in later tradition the craftsman of the gods and the patron of every trade.
Meaning
Om, salutations to Vishwakarma, vishva-karman, 'whose work is the universe'. The gods' own architect raised golden Lanka and Indra's halls, and the mantra extends his workshop to every bench and keyboard where making happens. Spoken over tools, it says what craftspeople have always known: skill is a loan from the first maker, and well-kept tools are its worship.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
ॐ विश्वकर्मणे नमः
Oṁ Viśvakarmaṇe Namaḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
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When to recite it
Vishwakarma Puja, when tools, machines, and workshops rest and receive worship; also said before craft is begun, over new instruments, and before repairs are attempted.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- विश्वकर्मणेviśvakarmaṇe
- to Vishwakarma, the all-maker
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Traditional nāma-mantra