The Great Liberation Tantra· 3.31 / 153

The Great Liberation Tantra3.31

3.31
मन्त्रार्थं मन्त्रचैतन्यं यो न जानाति साधकः । शतलक्षप्रजप्तोऽपि तस्य मन्त्रो न सिद्ध्यति ॥३१॥
mantrārthaṃ mantracaitanyaṃ yo na jānāti sādhakaḥ | śatalakṣaprajapto'pi tasya mantro na siddhyati ||31||
— the meaning of the mantra ; — the living force of the mantra ; — who ; — not ; — knows ; — the aspirant ; — though recited a hundred lakh times ; — even ; — his ; — mantra ; — not ; — succeeds, bears fruit

The aspirant who does not know the meaning of the mantra and its living force—though he recite it ten million times, his mantra does not bear fruit.