Of this (the mantra described in the previous verse), removing the (first) three root syllables, (the letters ha, sa, and ka represented by the words), shashta, six; saptama, seven; and vahni, fire; have to be added (and it will form the Lopamudra mantra). By praising and praying the Lord—who is described in the Vedas, the substratum of the imagined universe, (and) who is described in the scriptures—they attain immortality.