स्वाहा शक्तिर्नियोगस्तु चतुर्वर्गप्रसिद्धये
Svāhā is the power, and the injunction is for the accomplishment of the four aims of life.
गुह्ये बीजं पदोः शक्तिं न्यसेत्साधकसत्तमः
In the secret place, the best among practitioners should place the seed and the power at the feet.
पञ्चाङ्गानि प्रविन्यस्य तत्त्वन्यासं समाचरेत्
Having placed the five limbs, one should perform the installation of the principles.
मत्यन्तानि च तत्वानि जीवाद्यानि न्यसेत्क्रमात्
He should sequentially place the ultimate principles, beginning with the living soul.
शब्दं स्पर्शं रूपरसौ गन्धं श्रोत्रं त्वचं तथा
Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell; hearing, skin likewise,
पायुं शिश्नमथाकाशं वायुं वह्निं जलं महीम्
Anus, genitals, and then ether, air, fire, water, and earth,
मूर्द्धास्यहृद्गुह्य पादेष्वथ शब्दादिकान्न्यसेत्
On the head, mouth, heart, secret place, and feet, he should place the elements beginning with sound.
तथा वागादीन्द्रियाणि स्वस्वस्थानषु विन्यसेत्
Likewise, he should place the sense organs, beginning with speech, in their respective locations.
हृत्पुण्डरीकमर्केन्दुह्निबिंबान्यनुक्रमात्
The lotus of the heart, the sun, and the moon discs, in order,
भूताष्टां गाक्षिपदगैर्वर्णैः प्रग्विन्न्यसेद्धृदि
He should place the eight elements in the heart with the syllables of the eye, foot, and others.
वासुदेवः संकर्षणः प्रद्युम्नश्चानिरुद्धकः
Vāsudeva, Saṃkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha,
परमेष्ठिपुमाञ्च्छौ चविश्वनिवृत्तिसर्वकाः
Parameṣṭhi, Pumān, Śaucya, Viśvanivṛtti, and Sarvakā,
स्वबीजाद्यं कोपतत्वं नृसिंहं व्यापकेन च
The principle of wrath, beginning from one's own seed, and Nṛsiṃha, with the all-pervading one,
मकाराद्या आद्यवर्णाः सर्वे स्युश्चन्द्रभूषिताः
All the initial syllables, beginning with 'ma', should be adorned with the moon.
प्राणायामं ततः कृत्वा पूरकुम्भकरेचकैः
Then, having performed prāṇāyāma with inhalation, retention, and exhalation,
केचिदाहुरिहाचार्याः प्राणायामोत्तरं पुनः
Some teachers here say that prāṇāyāma should be repeated again afterwards.
दशतत्त्वादि विन्यस्य वक्ष्यमाणविधानतः
Having placed the ten principles and others according to the method to be described,
सर्वाङ्गे व्यापकं कृत्वा किरीटमनुना सुधीः
The wise one should make the all-pervading principle throughout the body with the Kirīṭa mantra.
पञ्चाङ्गुलीषु करयोः पञ्चाङ्गं विन्यसेत्ततः
On the five fingers of the hands, one should arrange the five parts.
सकृद्व्यापय्य तारेण मन्त्रन्यासं ततश्चरेत्
Having spread them once with the syllable 'tāra', one should then perform the placement of the mantra.
घ्राणयोर्वदने कण्ठे हृदि नाभौ तथा पुनः
On the nostrils, mouth, throat, heart, and navel, and again likewise,
हृदन्तान्मन्त्रवर्णांश्च ततो मूर्ध्नि ध्रुवं न्यसेत्
One should place the mantra syllables ending in the heart firmly upon the head.
विन्यसेद्धृदयान्तानि मनोः पञ्चपदानि च
One should arrange the syllables ending in the heart and the five sections of the mind.
अथ वक्ष्ये महागुह्यं सर्वन्यासोत्तमोत्तमम्
Now I shall declare the supreme secret, the highest of all placements.
अणिमाद्यष्टसिद्धीनामीश्वरः स्यान्न संशयः
There is no doubt that the lord of the eight powers beginning with 'aṇimā' is attained.
ताराद्याभिर्व्याहृतिभिः संपुटं विन्यसेन्मनुम्
With the utterances beginning with 'tāra', one should enclose the mantra.
गायत्र्या पुटुतं मन्त्रं विन्यसेन्मातृकास्थले
One should place the mantra enclosed by the Gāyatrī on the seat of the mother syllables.
मातृकापुटितं मूलं विन्यसेत्साधकोत्तमः
The excellent practitioner should place the root mantra enclosed by the mother syllables.
तृचं न मातृकावर्णान्पूर्वं तत्तत्स्थले सुधीः
The wise should first place the syllables of the mother, not the threefold ones, at each respective location.
अनेन न्यासवर्येण साक्षात्कृष्णसमो भवेत्
By this excellent placement, one becomes equal to Krishna in direct realization.