श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra
Verse 21
अथात्मयन्त्रयोर्मध्ये मायागर्भं त्रिकोणकम् । वृत्तं षट्कोणमालिख्य चतुरस्रं लिखेद्बहिः ॥ २१ ॥
athātmayantrayōrmadhyē māyāgarbhaṁ trikōṇakam | vṛttaṁ ṣaṭkōṇamālikhya caturasraṁ likhēdbahiḥ || 21 ||
Translation
Then between himself and the yantra he should draw a triangle with māyā inside, a circle, a hexagon, and outside a square.
Word by word
- atha
- then
- ātma
- himself
- yantrayōr
- (yantrayoḥ) and the yantra
- madhyē
- between
- māyā
- māyā
- garbhaṁ
- inside
- trikōṇakam
- triangle
- vṛttaṁ
- circle
- ṣaṭkōṇam
- hexagon
- ālikhya
- drawing
- caturasraṁ
- square
- likhēd
- (likhet) should draw
- bahiḥ
- outside
Meaning
The maṇḍala for the śrīpātra: hrīṁ in a triangle, inside a circle, a six-pointed figure and a square.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then, between himself and the king of yantras, he should draw a triangle with māyā, the seed hrīṁ, in its womb; around it a circle; around that a six-cornered maṇḍala; and outside that again a square, a four-cornered maṇḍala.