Who wrote the "om namoh bhagvate vasudev ayye" mantra?

Question

who is the creator/writer of that mantra? and how do you chant it....i mean i do it on a tulsi mala 16 rounds, but. . . . .

ok, how do you "neeaz" it?

Answer 1

The mantra means "Om salutations to the all pervading god "and is a mantra directed to Vishnu. It's an ancient mantra and the "creator" of it is probably unknown--or perhaps some responder will mention a legendary figure. The mantra is writtin in seed syllable form on the Vishnu yantra. Maybe you can Google it.

Are you asking how to use a mala? or how to pronounce the Sanskrit? Do you have a guru who is instructing you to do this? If so, the questions should be posed to him or her.

In using a mala (if this is Q), you begin at the bead next to the "guru bead" (the big one joining the mala together) and go around the mala beads, When you get to the end, flip the mala and begin again (you never cross over or count the guru bead.)

The mantra is pronounced (if this is the Q) like it appears with a little flourish or elongation at some points.

Om naMOH bhagavaTAY VA-soo-day-VIE (like, "eye") yah.

Answer 2

Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order Chapter 8: Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.8.54

oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
mantreṇānena devasya
kuryād dravyamayīḿ budhaḥ
saparyāḿ vividhair dravyair
deśa-kāla-vibhāgavit

SYNONYMS

oḿ — O my Lord; namahÌ£ — I offer my respectful obeisances; bhagavate — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāsudevāya — unto the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva; mantrenÌ£a — by this hymn, or mantra; anena — this; devasya — of the Lord; kuryāt — one should do; dravyamayÄ«m — physical; budhahÌ£ — one who is learned; saparyām — worship by the prescribed method; vividhaihÌ£ — with varieties; dravyaihÌ£ — paraphernalia; deśa — according to country; kāla — time; vibhāga-vit — one who knows the divisions.

TRANSLATION

Oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. This is the twelve-syllable mantra for worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa. One should install the physical forms of the Lord, and with the chanting of the mantra one should offer flowers and fruits and other varieties of foodstuffs exactly according to the rules and regulations prescribed by authorities. But this should be done in consideration of place, time, and attendant conveniences and inconveniences.

PURPORT

Oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya is known as the dvādaśākṣara-mantra. This mantra is chanted by Vaiṣṇava devotees, and it begins with praṇava, or oḿkāra. There is an injunction that those who are not brāhmaṇas cannot pronounce the praṇava mantra. But Dhruva Mahārāja was born a kṣatriya. He at once admitted before Nārada Muni that as a kṣatriya he was unable to accept Nārada's instruction of renunciation and mental equilibrium, which are the concern of a brāhmaṇa. Still, although not a brāhmaṇa but a kṣatriya, Dhruva was allowed, on the authority of Nārada, to pronounce the praṇava oḿkāra. This is very significant. Especially in India, the caste brāhmaṇas object greatly when persons from other castes, who are not born in brāhmaṇa families, recite this praṇava mantra. But here is tacit proof that if a person accepts the Vaiṣṇava mantra or Vaiṣṇava way of worshiping the Deity, he is allowed to chant the praṇava mantra. In Bhagavad-gītā the Lord personally accepts that anyone, even one of a low species, can be elevated to the highest position and go back home, back to Godhead, simply if he worships properly.-----------

This verse is from The Bhagavata Purana (also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, or simply Bhāgavatam) is one of the Puranas, a part of the literature of Hinduism. Its primary focus is the process of bhakti yoga (loving devotion to the Supreme Lord) in which Vishnu or Krishna is understood as the Supreme all-embracing God of all Gods (Bhagavan). Earlier sections of the literature contain stories of devotees and objects of their devotion: the various avataras of Krishna or Vishnu. The most famous section is the 10th Canto, which deals in detail with the story of Krishna's appearance and pastimes in Vrindavan.

Veda Vyasa wrote the Bhagavata Purana to expound the glory of the Lord during His advent as Krishna at the behest of Narada when he did not feel satisfied even after compiling the Vedas and writing the Mahabharata.

You can chant this with Tulsi mala as told by you nd my earlier answerer-