anama madhyam akramya japam kuryat tu
manasam madhyama akramya japam kuryad
upansukam tarjanim tu samakramya japam
naiva tu karayet ekaika manim angusthena
akarsan prajapen manum merau tu langhite
devi na mantra phala bhag bhavet
Keeping the beads on the mid of one’s ring finger, one should chant in murmuring sound.One should not keep beads on the pointing finger and chant japa. Chanting japa with the pointing finger has been rejected. One by one, putting the beads inwards and chanting japa is recommended. Oh dear wife, one should not jump over the head of japa beads. Otherwise he will not get the results of his chanting.
(Gopal Bhatta Goswami in Hari bhakti vilasa 17/114,115 from Siva agama)
anguli agresu yajjapta yajjaptam meru langhane
asankhyatan ca yajjaptam tat sarvam nisphalam bhavet
One who chants japa holding the beads on the tip of the fingers, who jumps over the
head bead or who chants japa without counting how much he has chanted, then
that japa is said to be fruitless.
(Hari bhakti vilasa 17/135 from Vyasa smrti)