The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) - Verse 117
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 85.117
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Sanskrit Original
हिंसया ते प्रवर्तन्ते जपयज्ञो न हिंसया। यावन्तः कर्मयज्ञाः स्युः प्रदानानि तपांसि च।।
hiṃsayā te pravartante japayajño na hiṃsayā| yāvantaḥ karmayajñāḥ syuḥ pradānāni tapāṃsi ca||
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The lord said: All the ritualistic sacrifices, charitable gifts and austerities do not merit even a sixteenth fraction of the japayajña. The other yajñas are attended with violence or killing but japayajña has nothing to do with violence. Now the greatness of only the Vācika (i.e. chanting with audible voice) japayajña has been glorified.