Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ वषट्काराय विद्महे
भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभवे धीमहि
तन्नो विष्णुः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Vashatkaraya Vidmahe
Bhutabhavyabhavatprabhave Dhimahi
Tanno Vishnuh Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Him who is invoked through the sacred Vashatkara oblation,
And meditate deeply upon the Lord of the past, present, and future;
May Lord Vishnu illuminate our intellect.