अध्याय ३०
श्लोक 1
मण्डलविधिः नारद उवाच मध्ये पद्मे यजेद्ब्रह्म साङ्गं पूर्वेब्जनाभकं
maṇḍalavidhiḥ nārada uvāca madhye padme yajedbrahma sāṅgaṃ pūrvebjanābhakaṃ /
हिन्दी अर्थ
इस प्रकार सुन्दर संस्कारयुक्त चरुके चार भाग करके एक भाग इष्टदेवको अर्पित करे, दूसरा भाग कलशको चढ़ावे, तीसरे भागसे अग्निमें तीन बार आहुति दे और चौथे भागको गुरु शिष्योंके
English
One has to worship Brahma in the lotus at the centre, the lotus-navelled (Visnu) with all his retinue in the east, the nature (primordial matter) in the lotus in the south-east and the supreme spirit in the lotus in the south. (One has to worship) the fire-god (in the lotus) at the south of the supreme spirit, the wind-god in the south-west and west, the sun in the lotus of the moon, the Rg- (Veda)and Yajur- (Veda) in the lotus of the lord. Having worshipped the anus and penis one as t0 ' ship the lords of the twelve months as well as the twenty.ee forms commencing with Purusottama in the external enclosure The filaments should be red and yellow-coloured. The corners should be filled with red. The yogic seat should be bedec¬ ked with any of the colours according to one's own desire. Ornamentation of all the white corners (is done) with blue (colour). It has been said that the altar bhadraka should be filled (with the colours) and in this way the other (altars) are filled. The black (coloured) radii (should be decorated) by yellow and red, the circumference with red, the lines outside (being drawn) in white, brown, red, black and yellow. (It becomes) black with Sami leaves and other (leaves), y the repetition of the basic mystic letters lakh times and of the The subtle form composed of lustre becomes the mental (figure) made up of thoughts in the heart. That (form) which is beyond thinking, is declared as the supreme. flie potential of the bear, lion and other forms are principally gross. The form of Vasudeva is declared as that be¬ yond the reach of thought. The tubular organs, having come out from the heart, come within the ken of the sense of sight. Among those (tubular organs) the two tubular organs Agni and Soma are (those which) remain at the tip of the nose. Then having conquered the wind in the body the reci¬ ter of the basic syllable engaged in the repetition and contemp¬ lation enjoys the benefits of the basic syllable. With the gross elements and subtle principles purified, contented (and) practisingj0£rt, (one) gets anima1 etc. (Remain¬ ing) detached and depending on the lord of the soul one gets free from the gross elements and subtle principles and seizure of the organs. The first among the eight kinds of superhuman powcis by which one- is able to become very minute.