Shloka 101

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

महेश्वरं हृदि ध्यायेन् नाभिपद्मे सदाशिवम् चन्द्रचूडं ललाटे तु भ्रूमध्ये शंकरं स्वयम्

Transliteration

maheśvaraṃ hṛdi dhyāyen nābhipadme sadāśivam candracūḍaṃ lalāṭe tu bhrūmadhye śaṃkaraṃ svayam

Translation

Que le sādhaka médite sur Maheśvara dans le cœur; sur Sadāśiva dans le lotus du nombril; sur Candracūḍa au front; et, dans l’espace entre les sourcils, sur Śaṅkara Lui-même—Pati, le Seigneur intérieur qui relâche les pāśa liant le paśu.

Word by Word

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara, the Great Lord

• हृदि: in the heart

• ध्यायेत्: should meditate

• नाभि-पद्मे: in the navel-lotus

• सदाशिवम्: Sadāśiva (ever-auspicious Śiva)

• चन्द्रचूडम्: Candracūḍa, the moon-crested Lord

• ललाटे: on the forehead

• तु: indeed

• भ्रू-मध्ये: in the middle of the eyebrows

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara, the beneficent Lord

• स्वयम्: Himself, directly

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva dhyana-vidhi within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)