MANTRAMAHODADHI

Again, on the right, worship the Creator original: "Dhata," Brahma, and on the left, the Dispenser original: "Vidhata," another name for Brahma as fate-maker. (6)

Likewise, worship the Shankha conch-treasure and Padma lotus-treasure nearby; then worship the guardians of the door. Having performed the door-worship in this manner, one should enter the worship-room. (7)

Having sat upon a seat and bowed to Ganesh, the teacher, and the deities, one should perform pranayama breath control using the Tarini the savior, here referring to the Om syllable with puraka inhalation, kumbhaka retention, and rechaka exhalation. (8)

With twenty-two, sixty-four, and sixteen counts respectively, one should perform bhutashuddhi purification of the elements to attain fitness for the worship of the Divine. (9)

One should meditate with focus on the Goddess Kundalini the coiled energy, the supreme deity residing at the muladhara root chakra, who resembles a lotus fiber and shines like lightning. (10)

Having raised her from the root chakra to the heart-lotus and having taken the living soul original: "Jiva," the individual soul from the heart-lotus along the path of the sushumna central energy channel, (11)

One should imagine it, shaped like the flame of a lamp, having reached the brahmarandhra the aperture at the crown of the head. The practitioner should unite the soul with the Absolute original: "Brahman" using the hamsa-mantra the mantra 'I am He'. (12)

One should contemplate the group of elements situated from the feet up to the crown of the head, associated with their own seed-syllables original: "Bija," seed-sounds and shapes. That method is described. (13)

From the feet to the knees, one should meditate on the earth-mandala original: "Avani-mandala," the realm of earth, which is quadrilateral, marked with a vajra original: "thunderbolt symbol", endowed with the earth-seed original: "La," implied, and golden in color. (14)

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"With the weapon-water" means water consecrated with the mantra astraya phat. (4-6)

The Shankha and Padma are the treasures, similarly on the right and left. The guardians of the door are those of the respective deities, which will be mentioned later. (7-8)

Performing the breath-control means inhaling while chanting the Pranava Om twenty-two times, retaining while chanting sixty-four times, and exhaling while chanting sixteen times. (9)

Having raised the Kundalini from the root chakra, one should meditate with focus. (10)

Having taken the soul in the heart and gone through the sushumna path to the crown of the head, one should place it in the Absolute. This meaning is to be known through the teacher's instruction; in the absence of yoga, simple remembrance is to be practiced. (11-12)

The colors are yellow, etc.; the seeds are lam, etc.; the shapes are quadrilateral, etc. The group of elements is associated with them. (13)

He shows that with "From the feet..." (14)