Ashtakshara Mantra — Om Namo Narayanaya
अष्टाक्षरमन्त्रः
The supreme Pancharatra mantra — "Om Namo Narayanaya" (8 syllables). Each syllable corresponds to a cosmic principle. Revealed in the Sattvata Samhita and Mahanarayana Upanishad. Given at initiation (diksha) by the Acharya. Chanted for liberation, surrender to Vishnu, and daily worship.
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Sattvata Samhita / Pancharatra Agama
ॐ नमो नारायणाय
Oṃ Namo Nārāyaṇāya
Om. Salutation to Narayana — the One who is the abode (ayana) of all beings (nara), the Supreme Vishnu.
Glory of Ashtakshara (Sattvata Samhita)
Sattvata Samhita 1.5
अष्टाक्षरो महामन्त्रः सर्वमन्त्रोत्तमोत्तमः। येन विष्णुं समाराध्य मुक्तिं प्राप्नोति मानवः॥
Aṣṭākṣaro mahāmantraḥ sarvamantrôttamôttamaḥ, yena Viṣṇuṃ samārādhya muktiṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ.
The eight-syllabled mantra is the greatest of all mantras. By worshipping Vishnu through it, a human being attains liberation.