प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 295
जिह्वायां रसतत्त्वञ्च स्पर्शतत्त्वं त्वचि न्यसेत् । मनस्तत्त्वं भ्रुवोर्मध्ये सहस्रदलपङ्कजे ॥ २९५ ॥
jihvāyāṁ rasatattvañca sparśatattvaṁ tvaci nyasēt | manastattvaṁ bhruvōrmadhyē sahasradalapaṅkajē || 295 ||
Translation
…the principle of taste on the tongue, the principle of touch on the skin; he should place the principle of mind between the brows; in the thousand-petalled lotus
Word by word
- jihvāyāṁ
- on the tongue
- rasa
- of taste
- tattvaṁ
- the principle
- ca
- and
- sparśa
- of touch
- tvaci
- on the skin
- nyasēt
- he should place
- manaḥ
- (manaḥ) of mind
- bhruvōḥ
- (bhruvoḥ) the brows
- madhyē
- between
- sahasra
- thousand
- dala
- petalled
- paṅkajē
- in the lotus
Meaning
Mind is placed at the ājñā cakra between the brows. The thousand-petalled lotus at the crown begins the next line.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 292.