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सांगानि वेदशास्त्राणि संस्थितानि षडक्षरे ॥ न तेन सदृशस्तस्मान्मन्त्रो ऽप्यस्त्यपरः क्वचित् ॥ ३१ ॥
The Vedas and Śāstras along with their ancillaries are present in the six syllables. Hence there is no other mantra equal to this.
english translation
सप्तकोटिमहामन्त्रैरुपमन्त्रैरनेकधा ॥ मन्त्रः षडक्षरो भिन्नस्सूत्रं वृत्यात्मना यथा ॥ ३२ ॥
Just as an aphorism is ramified and expanded by its gloss, the six-syllabled mantra is expanded by seven crores of great and subsidiary mantras.
english translation
शिवज्ञानानि यावंति विद्यास्थानापि यानि च ॥ षडक्षरस्य सूत्रस्य तानि भाष्यं समासतः ॥ ३३ ॥
Whatever texts there are, the texts expounding Śiva’s knowledge, the repositories of lore, they are the commentaries of the succinct aphorism, the six-syllabled mantra.
english translation
किं तस्य बहुभिर्मंत्रैश्शास्त्रैर्वा बहुविस्तरैः ॥ यस्योन्नमः शिवायेति मन्त्रो ऽयं हृदि संस्थितः ॥ ३४ ॥
Of what avail are many mantras and Śāstras full of details to one whose heart is firmly established in the mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya?”
english translation
तेनाधीतं श्रुतं तेन कृतं सर्वमनुष्ठितम् ॥ येनोन्नमश्शिवायेति मंत्राभ्यासः स्थिरीकृतः ॥ ३५ ॥
If anyone has stabilised the Mantra “Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya” by frequent practice, he has learnt all, heard all and performed all.
english translation