Mantra
Devanagari:
भजेहं जैत्राय नित्यं
स्मरामि जरामरणवर्जिताय सदा
नमामि ज्योतिर्मयाय भक्त्या
ॐ जगन्नाथाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Bhajeham Jaitraya Nityam
Smarami Jaramaranavarjitaya Sada
Namami Jyotirmayaya Bhaktya
Om Jagannathaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I worship eternally Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Jaitraya,
I meditate always upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the divine embodiment of old age and death,
I bow with devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he who is filled with divine light,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the Lord of the universe.