सदाशिवध्यानम्The meditation on Sadāśiva
Verse 32
प्रणवेन करन्यासौ प्राणायामं विधाय च । ध्यायेत् सदाशिवं शान्तं चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभम् ॥ ३२ ॥
praṇavēna karanyāsau prāṇāyāmaṁ vidhāya ca | dhyāyēt sadāśivaṁ śāntaṁ candrakōṭisamaprabham || 32 ||
Translation
Having done the placing on the hands and the placing on the body and breath-control with the praṇava, he should meditate on Sadāśiva, the peaceful, whose radiance equals ten million moons,
Word by word
- praṇavēna
- with the praṇava
- kara
- on the hands
- nyāsau
- the two placings
- prāṇāyāmaṁ
- breath-control
- vidhāya
- having done
- ca
- and
- dhyāyēt
- he should meditate on
- sadāśivaṁ
- Sadāśiva
- śāntaṁ
- the peaceful
- candra
- moons
- kōṭi
- ten million
- sama
- equal to
- prabham
- whose radiance
Meaning
The meditation (dhyāna) on Sadāśiva begins here and runs to verse 38. For Śiva the praṇava, oṁ, is used for these preparations; for the Goddess at verse 43 it will be her seed instead.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 28.