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Mantra · Vishnu ji

The verse of the knot

ग्रंथि बंधन मंत्र

2 lines · about 1 min to say · Shukla Yajurveda 34.52; said at the granthi bandhan

Vishnu ji

Vishnu ji

The preserver; Ekadashi is his

ॐ यदाबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः।

Om. The gold that Daksha's descendants, with glad hearts, bound on King Shatanika,

तन्म आ बध्नामि शतशारदायायुष्माञ्जरदष्टिर्यथासम्॥

that I bind on myself, for a hundred autumns, that I may live long and reach a ripe old age.