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Sat-Cakra-NarupanaBy Purnananda Swami

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PART ONE

The Muladhara Cakra

[Preliminary Verse! N"w # speak "$the $irst spr"utin% sh""t &"$ the '"%a

plant( "$ )"mplete reali*ati"n "$ theBrahman+ whi)h is t" ,e a)hieed+a))"rdin% t" the Tantras+ ,y means "$

the si. Cakras and s" $"rth in their

pr"per "rder/

Realization = nivarhah, lit., "accomplishment."

0/ #n the spa)e "utside the Meru+

pla)ed "n the le$t and the ri%ht+ are

the tw" Siras+ Sasi and Mihira/ TheNadi Susumna+ wh"se su,stan)e is

the three$"ld 1unas+ is in the middle/

She is the $"rm "$ M""n+ Sun+ and2ire3 4er ,"dy+ a strin% "$ ,l""min%

5hatura $l"wers+ e.tends $r"m the

middle "$ the 6anda t" the 4ead+ and

the Va7ra inside 4er e.tends+ shinin%+$r"m the Medhra t" the 4ead/

Meru = spinal column.

Siras = nadis, i.e., subtle channels for energy.

Kanda, lit. "bulb," located in the perineum.

Medhra = penis.

8/ #nside her [Va7ra! is Citrini+ wh" islustr"us with the lustre "$ the

Pranaa and attaina,le in '"%a ,y

'"%is/ She &Citrini( is su,tle as aspider9s thread+ and pier)es all the

:"tuses whi)h are pla)ed within the

Pranava = the mantra m.

!he rahama#nadi is the hollo$ space inside%itrini& they are not t$o separate nadis.

rifice of the mouth of 'ara = the opening at thetop of the Svayambhu#(inga in the Muladhara.

)di#deva = the supreme indhu in the pericarp of
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,a)k,"ne+ and is pure intelli%en)e/

She &Citrini( is ,eauti$ul ,y reas"n "$

these &l"tuses( whi)h are strun% "nher/ #nside her &Citrini( is the

Brahma-nadi+ whi)h e.tends $r"mthe "ri$i)e "$ the m"uth "$ 4ara t"

the pla)e ,ey"nd+ where Adi-dea is/

the thousand#petalled lotus.

;/ She [Citrini! is ,eauti$ul like a

)hain "$ li%htnin% and $ine like a&l"tus( $i,re+ and shines in the minds

"$ the sa%es/ She is e.tremely su,tle3

the awakener "$ pure kn"wled%e3 theem,"diment "$ all Bliss+ wh"se true

nature is pure C"ns)i"usness/ The

Brahma-dara shines in her m"uth/

This pla)e in the entran)e t" there%i"n sprinkled ,y am,r"sia+ and is

)alled the 6n"t+ as als" the m"uth "$

Susumna/

liss = su*ha.

%onsciousness = Suddha#bodha#svabhava.

raham#dvaram = door of rahaman, through$hich Kundalini passes.

Knot = +ranthi#sthanam& the place $hereSusumna meets Kanda.

)mbrosia = Sudha& it flo$s from the union of Sivaand Sa*ti.

!he last sentence is reproduced accurately herefrom the printed original, despite its defectivesynta.


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?/ Ornamented with $"ur arms and

m"unted "n the 6in% "$ Elephants+4e )arries "n 4is lap the )hild

Creat"r+ resplendent like the y"un%

Sun+ wh" has $"ur lustr"us arms+ andthe wealth "$ wh"se l"tus-$a)e is

$"ur$"ld/

!his is the /hyana of the /hara#ia. !he /hara#ia is identical $ith that of 0ndra.

@/ 4ere dwells the 5ei 5akini ,y

name3 her $"ur arms shine with,eauty+ and her eyes are ,rilliant red/

She is resplendent like the lustre "$many Suns risin% at "ne and the

same time/ She is the )arrier "$ the

reelati"n "$ the eer-pure#ntelli%en)e/

1ver#pure intelligence = sada suddha#buddeh&even people ignorant of Sans*rit can recognizethe poetic 2uality of this phrase.

y meditating on /a*ini#Sa*ti, the presidingdivinity of this region, one ac2uires suddha#buddheh ## i.e., tattva#nana or pure intelligence.

/ Near the m"uth "$ the Nadi )alledVa7ra+ and in the peri)arp &"$ theAdhara :"tus(+ there )"nstantly

shines the ,eauti$ully lumin"us and

s"$t+ li%htnin%-like trian%le whi)h is6amarupa+ and kn"wn as Traipura/

There is always and eerywhere the

Vayu )alled 6andarpa+ wh" is "$ adeeper red than the Bandhu7ia

$l"wer+ and is the :"rd "$ Bein%s and

resplendent like ten milli"n suns/

3ayu called Kandarpa = a form of apana&Kandarpa is a name of Kama, the deva of love.

/ #nside it &the trian%le( is

Sayam,hu in 4is :in%a-$"rm+,eauti$ul like m"lten %"ld+ with 4is

4ead d"wnwards/ 4e is reealed ,y

6n"wled%e and Meditati"n+ and is "$

Svayambhu in 'is (inga#form = the self#originated in the form of a phallus.

Shape and color of a ne$ leaf = li*e anunopened blue#green bud, according tocommentators.


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the shape and )"l"ur "$ a new lea$/

As the )""l rays "t li%htnin% and "$

the $ull m""n )harm+ s" d"es 4is,eauty/ The 5ea wh" resides

happily here as in 6asi is in $"rms

like a whirlp""l/

Kno$ledge = nana

Meditation = dhyana

Kasi = Siva4s favorite abode& the meaning is thatthe deva is as happy here as he is in Kasi.

"5hirlpool" refers to a depression on the top ofthe linga.

0 and 00/ Oer it [Sayam,hu-:in%a! shines the sleepin% 6undalini+

$ine as the $i,re "$ the l"tus-stalk/

She is the w"rld-,ewilderer+ %ently

)"erin% the m"uth "$ Brahma-dara

,y 4er "wn/ :ike the spiral "$ the)"n)h-shell+ 4er shinin% snake-like

$"rm %"es three and a hal$ timesr"und Sia+ and 4er lustre is as that

"$ a str"n% $lash "$ y"un% str"n%

li%htnin%/ 4er sweet murmur is likethe indistin)t hum "$ swarms "$ l"e-

mad ,ees/ She pr"du)es mel"di"us

p"etry and Bandha and all "ther

)"mp"siti"ns in pr"se "r erse inse>uen)e "r "therwise in Samskrta+

Prakrta and "ther lan%ua%es/ #t is Shewh" maintains all the ,ein%s "$ thew"rld ,y means "$ inspirati"n and

e.pirati"n+ and shines in the )aity

"$ the r""t &Mula( :"tus like a )hain"$ ,rilliant li%hts/

"5orld#be$ilderer" because Kundalini is maya inthis $orld.

andha = type of literary composition in $hichthe verse is arranged in a diagram or picture.

08/ Dithin it [Sayam,hu-:in%a+r"und whi)h 6undalini is )"iled!

rei%ns d"minant Para+ the Sri-

Paramesari+ the Awakener "$ eternalkn"wled%e/ She is the Omnip"tent

6ala wh" is w"nder$ully skil$ul t"

)reate+ and is su,tler than the

su,tlest/ She is the re)eptta)le "$ that)"ntinu"us stream "$ am,r"sia whi)h

$l"ws $r"m the Eternal Bliss/ By 4er

6niverse = brahmanda, i.e., egg of rahma

%auldon = *ataha, that is, the lo$er half of therahmanada, and as such cauldron#shaped.


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radian)e it is that the wh"le "$ this

nierse and this Cauld"n is

illumined/

0;/ By meditatin% thus "n 4er wh"

shines within the Mula-Cakra+ withthe lustre "$ ten milli"n Suns+ a man

,e)"mes :"rd "$ spee)h and 6in%

am"n% men+ and an Adept in allkinds "$ learnin%/ 4e ,e)"mes eer

$ree $r"m all diseases+ and his inm"st

Spirit ,e)"mes $ull "$ %reat %ladness/Pure "$ disp"siti"n ,y his deep and

musi)al w"rds+ he seres the

$"rem"st "$ the 5eas/

7oremost of the devas = rahma, 3isnu, Siva,etc.

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