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XXV
ping both inhaling and exhaling for a time. 'Yogis
who enter into contemplation on your form with
the help of Kumbhaka (a pot) surely do so for
diving into the ocean of the loveliness and grace
of your limbs with their surging waves of charms.'
The commentary here informs us that concentra-
tion of Vishnu seated in the heart should be by
Kumbhakam and that upon Isvara seated in the
forehead (Lalata) should be by Rechaka.
नाभीचक्रस्थितं ध्यायेत् पूरकेण पितामहम् ।
हृदयाब्जगतं
गतं ध्यायेत् कुंभकेन जनार्दनम् ।
ललाटस्थं शिवं ध्यायेत् रेचकेन महेश्वरम् ।
Sloka 24: You bear the Lakshmis born of the
milk-ocean on your bosm only; whereas you bear
the Lakshmi of the ocean of beauty on every part
of your body. You seem therefore to have more
fondness for the latter.
Sloka 25: The lustre proceeding from your
whining limbs looks like the Jumna stream which in
emulation of the Stream of Sarasvati flowing from
your mouth and the Ganges river proceeding from
your foot appears to flow from the whole of your
body. This idea appears to have been suggested
by the following sloka of Sri Sankaracharya.
ping both inhaling and exhaling for a time. 'Yogis
who enter into contemplation on your form with
the help of Kumbhaka (a pot) surely do so for
diving into the ocean of the loveliness and grace
of your limbs with their surging waves of charms.'
The commentary here informs us that concentra-
tion of Vishnu seated in the heart should be by
Kumbhakam and that upon Isvara seated in the
forehead (Lalata) should be by Rechaka.
नाभीचक्रस्थितं ध्यायेत् पूरकेण पितामहम् ।
हृदयाब्जगतं
गतं ध्यायेत् कुंभकेन जनार्दनम् ।
ललाटस्थं शिवं ध्यायेत् रेचकेन महेश्वरम् ।
Sloka 24: You bear the Lakshmis born of the
milk-ocean on your bosm only; whereas you bear
the Lakshmi of the ocean of beauty on every part
of your body. You seem therefore to have more
fondness for the latter.
Sloka 25: The lustre proceeding from your
whining limbs looks like the Jumna stream which in
emulation of the Stream of Sarasvati flowing from
your mouth and the Ganges river proceeding from
your foot appears to flow from the whole of your
body. This idea appears to have been suggested
by the following sloka of Sri Sankaracharya.