आद्याकालिकायाः प्रकारान्तरध्यानम्Another way of meditating on Ādyā Kālikā
Verse 65
सहस्रारे महापद्मे सुषुम्नाब्रह्मवर्त्मना । नीत्वा सानन्दितां कृत्वा बृहन्निश्वासवर्त्मना । दीपाद्दीपान्तरमिव तत्र पुष्पे नियोज्य च ॥ ६५ ॥
sahasrārē mahāpadmē suṣumnābrahmavartmanā | nītvā sānanditāṁ kṛtvā bṛhanniśvāsavartmanā | dīpāddīpāntaramiva tatra puṣpē niyōjya ca || 65 ||
Translation
Bringing her to the great lotus of a thousand petals by the path of Brahman, the suṣumnā, and making her blissful, then by the path of the long out-breath, like a lamp lit from a lamp, placing her in the flower there,
Word by word
- sahasrārē
- in the thousand-petalled
- mahā
- great
- padmē
- lotus
- suṣumnā
- suṣumnā
- brahma
- Brahman
- vartmanā
- by the path
- nītvā
- bringing
- sānanditāṁ
- blissful
- kṛtvā
- making
- bṛhan
- (bṛhat) long
- niśvāsa
- out-breath
- dīpād
- (dīpāt) from a lamp
- dīpa
- lamp
- antaram
- another
- iva
- like
- tatra
- there
- puṣpē
- in the flower
- niyōjya
- placing
- ca
- and
Meaning
Twilight language for an inner act, decoded by the commentary: the Goddess meditated on in the heart is led up the central channel (suṣumnā) to the crown, given nectar to drink, and then, as one lamp lights another without losing its own flame, a second Ādyā is breathed out through the nostril into the flower held in the hands.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Having meditated on Ādyā Kālī in the lotus of his own heart, then bringing her by the path of Brahman, the nāḍī suṣumnā, to the great lotus of a thousand petals (sahasrāra), and having made her blissful, filled with joy, by making her drink nectar; then, like a lamp lit from a lamp, bringing out another Ādyā Kālī from that same Kālī by the path of the long out-breath, through the nostril, and placing her in the flower held there in his hands, the mantrī, filled with firm devotion, should set the Goddess placed in the flower in the yantra. Then, with joined palms, he should pray to the chosen deity. (Covers verses 65 and 66.)