प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 293
पादयोः पृथिवीतत्त्वं तोयतत्त्वञ्च लिङ्गके । तेजस्तत्त्वं नाभिदेशे वायुतत्त्वं हृदम्बुजे ॥ २९३ ॥
pādayōḥ pṛthivītattvaṁ tōyatattvañca liṅgakē | tējastattvaṁ nābhidēśē vāyutattvaṁ hṛdambujē || 293 ||
Translation
On the feet the principle of earth, the principle of water on the liṅga, the principle of fire at the navel, the principle of air in the lotus of the heart,
Word by word
- pādayōḥ
- (pādayoḥ) on the feet
- pṛthivī
- of earth
- tattvaṁ
- the principle
- tōya
- of water
- ca
- and
- liṅgakē
- on the liṅga
- tējaḥ
- (tejaḥ) of fire
- nābhi
- the navel
- dēśē
- at
- vāyu
- of air
- hṛd
- (hṛt) of the heart
- ambujē
- (ambuje) in the lotus
Meaning
The five elements are placed from the feet upward, as in the body's cakras.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 292.