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Traditionally recited for peace and composure.
The Rigvedic svasti verse asking four gods for well-being — Rigveda 1.89.6.
The opening verse of the Ganga Stotra: let my mind rest at your lotus feet.
Shankara's verse of total dependence: you alone are my refuge, Bhavani.
The first four of Lalita Tripura Sundari's thousand names: Sri Mata, Sri Maharajni, Srimat Simhasaneshvari, and she who rose from the fire-pit of consciousness.
The first of the eight verses to the lord of Kashi, each closing on the same line: I worship Kala Bhairava, master of the city of Kashi.
Auspiciousness of all that is auspicious — the best-known verse of the Narayani Stuti, Devi Mahatmya 11.10.
Let go of all duties and come to me alone for refuge; do not grieve. Bhagavad Gita 18.66.
The twelve-syllable Vishnu mantra that opens the Bhagavata Purana.
The five-syllable Shiva mantra. The phrase occurs in the Shri Rudram of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Three movements — from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to what does not die. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.
The Tryambaka verse of the Rigveda, addressed to Rudra — a prayer for release, likening it to a ripe fruit loosening from its stem.
The last of the eight: Bhairava as the officer who settles the accounts of everyone living in Kashi.
The laugh that cracks the cosmic egg, and the garland of skulls — the fiercest verse of the eight.
Jewelled sandals, and the breaking of death's pride: the verse that names Bhairava advaitiya — without a second.
Guardian of the bridge of dharma and cutter of the noose of karma — the verse this platform is named after.
The verse where the terrifying deity is called tender to his devotees, and a belt of small gold bells is heard at his waist.
The four things in his hands, and the dance he loves: the verse that fixes Bhairava's iconography.
Radiant as ten million suns and the ferry across the ocean of becoming: the second of the eight verses to the lord of Kashi.
The hymn's own closing statement about itself — the one verse of the nine that does not end on the refrain.
Peace called down through sky, air, earth, waters, plants and all beings — Shukla Yajurveda 36.17.
A prayer to hear what is good and see what is good, with steady limbs — Rigveda 1.89.8.
The closing hymn of the Rigveda, on moving together and speaking together — Rigveda 10.191.2.