दाहभूमीरसाक्ष्मास्वैर्वशिनीबीजमीरितम्
In the subtle regions of fire, earth, and water, the seed of Vaśinī is uttered.
शून्यमंबुरसावह्निस्वयोगान्मोहनीमनुः
In the void, water, and fire, through their union, is the Mohinī mantra.
ज्यानभोदाहवह्निस्वयोगैः स्यादरुणामनुः
Through the union of knowledge, earth, fire, and their own energies, arises the Aruṇā mantra.
कं नभोदाहसहितं व्याप्तक्ष्मास्वयुतं मनुः
The Kaṃ mantra, together with ether and fire, pervades the earth and is endowed with its own force.
ग्रासो नभोदाहवह्निस्वैर्युक्तः कौलिनीमनुः
The mantra of Kaulinī is joined with ether, fire, and the act of consuming.
वाग्देवतान्तैर्न्यासः स्याद्येन देव्यात्मको भवेत्
By means of the mantras of the speech-goddesses, the nyāsa is performed, by which one becomes identified with the goddess.
नाभावाधारके पादद्वये मूलाग्रकावधि
At the navel, in the support, at both feet, and up to the tips of the roots,
लोहितां ललितां बाणचापपाशसृणीः करैः
She is red, beautiful, holding arrows, bow, noose, and goad in her hands.
मध्यस्थदेवी त्वेकैव षोडशाकारतः स्थाता
The goddess in the center alone stands in sixteen forms.
ऋषिः शिवश्छन्द उक्ता देवता ललितादिकाः
The seer is Śiva, the meter is as stated, and the deities are Lalitā and the others.
पटले तु प्रयोगांश्च वक्ष्याम्यग्रे सविस्तरम्
In the next section, I will explain in detail the applications.
कामेश्वरीति तां सर्वकामदां शृणु नारद
Now hear, O Nārada, of her called Kāmeśvarī, the bestower of all desires.
शून्यमग्नियुतं पश्चाद्रयोव्याप्तेन संयुतम्
Afterwards, united with emptiness and fire, and pervaded by rays,
नभोगोत्रा पुनश्चैषां दाहेन समयोजिता
Again, their lineages are joined by ether and by burning.
एषा कामेश्वरी नित्या कामदैकादशाक्षरी
This is Kāmeśvarī, the eternal one, the fulfiller of desires, with the eleven-syllabled mantra.
एकेन हृदयं शीर्षं तावताथो द्वयं द्वयात्
With one syllable, the heart and the head; thus, two, and from two, another pair.
दृक्श्रोत्रनासाद्वितये जिह्वाहृन्नाभिगुह्यके
To the pairs of eyes, ears, and nostrils, and to the tongue, heart, navel, and secret place.
न्यसेद्विद्याक्षराण्येषु स्थानेषु तदनन्तरम्
One should place the syllables of the mantra in these locations, in order.
अथ ध्यानं प्रवक्ष्यामि नित्यपूजासु चोदितम्
Now I will declare the meditation, as prescribed in daily worship.
बालार्ककोटिसंकाशां माणिक्यमुकुटोज्ज्वलाम्
She shines like ten million rising suns, adorned with a radiant crown of jewels.
मण्डितां रक्तवसनां रत्नाभरणशोभिताम्
She is adorned, clothed in red garments, and beautified with jeweled ornaments.
पञ्चाष्टषोडशद्वन्द्वषट्कोणचतुरस्रगाम्
She abides in the pentagon, octagon, hexagon, and square, in their pairs.
पाशाङ्कुशौ च पुण्ड्रेक्षुचापं पुष्पशिलीमुखम्
She holds a noose, a goad, a white lotus, a sugarcane bow, and flower-tipped arrows.
ततः प्रयोगान्कुर्वीत सिद्धे मत्रे तु साधकः
Then, having mastered the mantra, the practitioner should perform the rites.
कामेश्वर्यादिरादिः स्याद्रसश्चापस्थिरारसः
The beginning is Kāmeśvarī and so on; the rasa is the stable rasa of the bow.
स्थिराशून्ये ऽग्निसंयुक्ते रसः स्यात्तदनन्तरम्
In the stable void, united with fire, the rasa is then established.
नभश्च मरुता युक्तं रसवर्णसमन्वितम्
And the sky, joined with wind, endowed with the color of rasa.
अंबहंसचरो ऽथिक्तो रसो ऽथ स्यात्स्थिरा पुनः
The rasa, moving with the swan, is then bitter; again, it is stable.
रसः स्थिरा ततो व्याप्तं भूयुतं शून्यमग्नियुक्
The rasa, then stable, pervades; again, the void is joined with fire.
रयः शून्यं चाग्नियुतं हृदाहंसाच्च तत्परम्
The ray is void and joined with fire; from the heart and the swan, that is supreme.