Agni Purana

ओं तत् सद् ब्रह्मणे चैव ओं नमो विष्णवे नमः। ओं क्षों ओं नमो भगवते नरसिंहाय वै नमः

Oṃ, Tat, Sat, and to Brahman indeed; Oṃ, salutations to Viṣṇu, salutations; Oṃ, Kṣoṃ, Oṃ, salutations to the Blessed Narasiṃha, truly, salutations.

ओं भूर्नमो भगवते वराहाय नराधिपाः। जवारुणहरिद्राभा नीलश्यामललोहिताः

Oṃ Bhūḥ, salutations to the Blessed Varāha, O rulers of men; (the forms are) swift, reddish, yellow, dark-blue, black, and red.

मेघाग्निमधुपिङ्गाभा वल्लभा नव नायकाः। अङ्गानि स्वरवीजानां स्वनामान्तैर्यथाक्रमम्

Cloud-colored, fire-colored, honey-gold in hue, beloved, nine leaders; the limbs of the vowel seed-syllables, with their own names at the end, in due order.

हृदयादीनि कल्पेत विभक्तैस्तन्त्रवेदिभिः। व्यञ्चनादीनि बीजानि तेषां लक्षणमन्यथा

The heart and so on should be established, divided by those who know the tantra; the consonant seed-syllables have different characteristics.

दीर्घस्वरैस्तु भिन्नानि नमोन्तान्तस्थितानि तु। अह्गानि ह्रस्वयुक्तानि उपाङ्गानीति वर्ण्यते

Those ending with Namaḥ, joined with long vowels, are called limbs; those with short vowels are described as subsidiary limbs.

विभक्तनामवर्णान्तस्थितानि वीदमुत्तमम् । दीर्घैर्ह्रस्वैश्च संयुक्तं साङ्गोपाङ्गंस्वरैः क्रमात्

Those standing at the end of divided names and syllables are considered excellent; combined with long and short vowels, the main and subsidiary limbs are arranged in order.

व्यञ्चनानां क्रमो ह्येष हृदयादिप्रकूप्तये। स्ववीजेन स्वनामान्तैर्विभक्तान्यङ्गनाभिः

This is the sequence of consonants for the establishment of the heart and so on; divided by their own seed-syllables and their own names, with the main and subsidiary limbs.

युक्तानि हृदयादीनि द्वादशान्तादि पञ्चतः । आरभ्य कल्पयित्वा तु जपेत् सिद्ध्यनुरूपतः

The heart and so on, joined with the main and subsidiary limbs, from twelve endings and five, having established them, one should recite according to the desired accomplishment.

हृदयञ्च शिरश्चुडा कवचं नेत्रमस्तकम्। षडङ्गानि तु वीजानां मूलस्य द्वादशाङ्गकम्

The heart, head, crest, armor, eye, and crown—these are the six limbs of the seed-syllables; the root has twelve limbs.

हृच्छिरश्च शिखा वर्म्म चास्त्रनेत्रन्तथोदरम्। पृष्ठबाहूरुजानूँश्च जङ्घा पादौ क्रमान्न्यसेत्

Heart, head, crest, armor, missile, eye, and also the belly; back, arms, thighs, knees, shanks, and feet should be placed in order.

कं टं पं शं वैनतेयः खं ठं फं षं गदामनुः । गं डं बं सं पुष्टिमन्त्रो घं ढं भं हं श्रियै नमः

Kaṃ, ṭaṃ, paṃ, śaṃ—Vainateya; khaṃ, ṭhaṃ, phaṃ, ṣaṃ—Gadāmanu; gaṃ, ḍaṃ, baṃ, saṃ—the mantra of strength; ghaṃ, ḍhaṃ, bhaṃ, haṃ—salutations to Śrī.

वं शं मं क्षं पाञ्चजन्यं छं तं पं कौस्तुभाय च। जं खं वं सुदर्शनाय श्रीवत्साय सं वं दं चं लं

Vaṃ, śaṃ, maṃ, kṣaṃ—to Pāñcajanya; chaṃ, taṃ, paṃ—to Kaustubha; jaṃ, khaṃ, vaṃ—to Sudarśana; to Śrīvatsa—saṃ, vaṃ, daṃ, caṃ, laṃ.

ओं धं वं वनमालायै महानन्ताय वै नमः । निर्बीजपदमन्त्राणं पदैरङ्गानि कल्पयेत्

Oṃ, dhaṃ, vaṃ—to Vanamālā; to Mahānanta, truly, salutations; for mantras without seed-syllables, the limbs should be formed with words.

जात्यन्तैर्नामसंयुक्तैर्हृदयादीनि पञ्चधा। प्रणवं हृदयादीनि ततः प्रोक्तानि पञ्चधा

With names joined at the end of their class, the heart and so on are in fivefold form; with praṇava, the heart and so on are then stated as fivefold.

प्रणवं हृदयं पूर्वं परायेति शिरः शिखा। नाम्नात्मना तु कवचं अस्त्रं नामान्तकं भवेत्

The praṇava is the heart at first, Parā is the head and crest; the armor is by one's own name, and the missile is with the name at the end.

ओं परास्त्रादिस्वनामात्मा चतुर्थ्यन्तो नमोन्तकः। एकव्यूहादिपड्‌विशव्यूहात्तस्यात्मनो मनुः

Oṃ, Parā, missile, and one's own name, ending in the fourth case and with Namaḥ at the end; from the single vyūha up to the tenfold vyūha, his own mantra.

कनिष्ठादिकराग्रेषु प्रकृतिं देहकेर्च्चयेत्। पराय पुरुषात्मा स्यात् प्रकृत्यात्मा द्विरूपकः

On the little finger and the tips of the hands, one should worship the nature of the body; Parā is the soul of Puruṣa, and by nature, it is twofold.

ओं परायाग्न्यात्मने चैव वाय्वर्क्कौ च द्विरूपकः। अग्निं त्रिमूर्त्तौ विन्यस्य व्यापकं करदेहयोः

Om. To the supreme, to Agni as the self, and indeed to Vāyu and the Sun, who are of dual form; placing Agni, who is of triple form and all-pervading, upon the hand and the body.

वाय्वर्क्कौ करशाखासु सव्येतरकरद्वये। हृदि मूर्त्तौ तनावेष त्रिव्यूहे तुर्य्यरूपके

Vāyu and the Sun are to be placed on the branches of the hands, on both the right and left hands; the form is to be established in the heart and body, in the triple array and the fourth form.

ऋग्वेदं व्यापकं हस्ते अङ्गुलीषु यजुर्न्यसेत्। तलद्वयेथर्वरूपं शिरोहृच्चरणान्तकः

The Ṛgveda, as the all-pervading, is to be placed on the hand; the Yajurveda on the fingers; the Atharva form on both palms; and at the head, heart, and ends of the feet.

आकाशं व्यापकं न्यस्य करे देहे तु पूर्ववत्। अङ्गुलीषु च वाय्वादि शिरोहृद्‌गुह्यपादके

The all-pervading ether is to be placed on the hand and body as before; and on the fingers, Vāyu and the others; at the head, heart, secret part, and feet.

वायुर्ज्योतिर्जलं पृथ्वी पञ्चव्यूहः समीरितः। मनः श्रोत्रन्त्वग्दृग्जिह्वा घ्राणं षड्‌व्यूह ईरितः

Vāyu, fire, water, earth—these are declared as the fivefold array; mind, ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose are spoken of as the sixfold array.

व्यापकं मानसं न्यस्य ततोङ्गुष्ठादितः क्रमात्। मूर्द्धास्यहृद्‌गुह्यपत्सु कथितः करुणात्मकः

The all-pervading mind is to be placed, then, in order from the thumb onward; at the head, mouth, heart, secret part, and feet, the compassionate one is described.

आदिमूर्त्तिस्तु सर्वत्र व्यापको जीवसञ्‌ज्ञितः। भूर्भुवः स्वर्म्महर्ज्जनस्तपः सत्यञ्च सप्तधा

The primal form, all-pervading everywhere, is called the living being; Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, Svaḥ, Mahar, Jana, Tapas, and Satya—these sevenfold divisions.

करे देहे न्यसेदाद्यमङ्गुष्ठादिक्रमेण तु। तलसंस्थः सप्तमश्च लोकेशो देहके क्रमात्

On the hand and body, the primal one is to be placed in order from the thumb onward; the seventh, established at the base of the palm, is the lord of the worlds, in the body, in sequence.

देहे शिरोललाटास्यहृद्‌गुह्याङ्‌घ्रिषुसंस्थितः। अग्निष्टोमस्तथोक्थस्तु षोडशी वाजपेयकः

In the body—at the head, forehead, mouth, heart, secret part, and at the ends of the feet—are Agniṣṭoma, Uktha, Ṣoḍaśī, and Vājapeya.

अतिरात्राप्तोर्यामञ्च यज्ञात्मा सप्तरूपकः। धीरहं मनः शब्दश्च स्पर्शरूपरसास्तत

Atirātra and Aptoryāma, the essence of sacrifice, are the sevenfold forms; the steadfast self, mind, sound, touch, form, taste, and then

गन्धो बुद्धिर्व्यापकं तु करे देहे न्यसेत् क्रमात्। न्यसेदन्त्यौ च तलयोः के ललाटे मुखे हृदि

Scent and intellect, all-pervading, are to be placed on the hand and body in order; the last two are to be placed on the palms, and on the forehead, mouth, and heart.

नाभौ गुह्ये च पादे च अष्टव्यूहः पुमान् स्मृत । जीवो बुद्धिरहङ्कारो मनः शब्दो गुणोनिलः

At the navel, secret part, and feet, the eightfold array is remembered as the person: life, intellect, ego, mind, sound, quality, and air.