Navagraha
Shani — Saturn
ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः
Simple reading
Om praam preem praum sah sha-naish-cha-raa-ya na-mah
Oṁ prāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ śanaiścarāya namaḥ
About this mantra
The bīja-mantra of Saturn, whom the mantra calls Shanaishchara, 'the slow mover'. He is the slowest of the visible grahas, taking about thirty years to circle the zodiac. Jyotisha counts Shani as the significator of discipline, patience, karma and endurance.
Meaning
Om, with the seed-syllables prāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ, salutations to Shanaishchara, 'the slow mover': Saturn. Shani gives nothing before its time and withholds nothing that is earned. The jaap is the reciter's bow to the strictest of teachers, asking for endurance under the lesson, and for the lesson's fruit.
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 प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः
Oṁ prāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ śanaiścarāya namaḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Saturdays; traditionally counted through sade-sati and long hard seasons: chronic difficulty, delayed results, disciplines that must be kept for years.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सःprāṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ
- the bīja (seed) syllables of this graha
- शनैश्चरायśanaiścarāya
- to Shani
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Navagraha bīja-mantra tradition (jyotiṣa / graha-śānti practice)
Note: Given here in its commonly used form; wording can vary slightly between family and regional traditions.