Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनाय विद्महे
उत्तारणाय धीमहि
तन्नो विष्णुः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Punyashravanakirtanaya Vidmahe
Uttaranaya Dhimahi
Tanno Vishnuh Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Him the hearing and chanting of whose names confers merit,
And meditate deeply upon Him who carries souls across the ocean of birth and death;
May Lord Vishnu illuminate our intellect.