The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) - Verse 118
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 85.118
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Sanskrit Original
सर्वे ते जपयज्ञस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम। माहात्म्यं वाचिकस्यैव जपयज्ञस्य कीर्तितम।।
sarve te japayajñasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm| māhātmyaṃ vācikasyaiva japayajñasya kīrtitam||
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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.