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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 5]
perfection. One can remain in his own position. No one has to change his position, especially in this age of variegated difficulties. The only condition is that one must give up the habit of dry speculation to become one with the Lord. And after giving up such lofty puffed up vanities, one may very submissively receive the orders of the Lord in the  Bhagavad-gītā  or  Bhāgavatam  from the lips of a bona fide devotee whose qualification is mentioned above. That will make everything successful, without a doubt.
TEXT 37
ॐ नमो भगवते तुभ्यं वासुदेवाय धीमहि । 
    प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय नमः सङ्कर्षणाय च ॥३७॥
om namo bhagavate tubhyaṁ 
    vāsudevāya dhīmahi 
    pradyumnāyāniruddhāya 
    namaḥ saṅkarṣaṇāya ca
om —the sign of chanting the transcendental glory of the Lord;  namah —offering obeisances unto the Lord;  bhagavate —unto the Personality of God-head;  tubhyam —unto You;  vāsudevāya —unto the Lord, the son of Vāsudeva;  dhīmahi —let us chant;  pradyumnāya ,  aniruddhāya  and  saṅkarṣaṇāya —all plenary expansions of Vāsudeva;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  ca —and.
TRANSLATION
Let us all chant the glories of Vāsudeva along with His plenary expansions, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Saṅkarṣaṇa.
PURPORT
According to  Pañcarātra , Nārāyaṇa is the primeval cause of all expansions of Godhead. These are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Vāsudeva and Saṅkarṣaṇa are on the middle left and right, Pradyumna is on the right of Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Aniruddha is on the left of Vāsudeva, and thus the four Deities are situated. They are known as the four aides-de-camp of Lord Śrī-Kṛṣṇa.
This is a Vedic hymn or  mantra  beginning with  omkāra praṇava , and thus the  mantra  is established by the transcendental chanting process, namely,  om namo dhīmahi , etc.