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ध्यानं ते शीलयेयं समतनुसुखबद्धासनो नासिकाग्र-
न्यस्ताक्ष: पूरकाद्यैर्जितपवनपथश्चित्तपद्मं त्ववाञ्चम्।
ऊर्ध्वाग्रं भावयित्वा रविविधुशिखिन: संविचिन्त्योपरिष्टात्
तत्रस्थं भावये त्वां सजलजलधरश्यामलं कोमलाङ्गम् ॥७॥
dhyaanaM te shiilayeyaM samatanu sukha baddhaasanO naasikaagra
nyastaakshaH puurakaadyairjitapavanapatha shchittapadmaM tvavaa~ncham |
uurdhvaagraM bhaavayitvaa ravividhushikhinaH sanvichintyOpariShTaat
tatrasthaM bhaavaye tvaaM sajalajaladhara shyaamalaM kOmalaangam || 7
nyastaakshaH puurakaadyairjitapavanapatha shchittapadmaM tvavaa~ncham |
uurdhvaagraM bhaavayitvaa ravividhushikhinaH sanvichintyOpariShTaat
tatrasthaM bhaavaye tvaaM sajalajaladhara shyaamalaM kOmalaangam || 7
O lord! I shall practice meditation upon Thee with my body; I will sit erect in a comfortable pose (sukhaasana) and gaze on the tip of the nose. Controlling my vital breath energies by regulating the breath by the three-stepped Pranayama (Puraka or inhalation of breaththrough the left nostril, Kumbhaka or retention of the in-drawn breath with both nostrilsclosed, and Rechaka or exhalation through the right nostril, the mouth being kept shutthroughout), doing Pooraka etc., praanaayaam (breath control) I will imagine the downward lotus in the heart as facing upward. I will imagine the sun, moon and fire above it and Thee in a delicate dark blue form as the water bearing clouds, seated on the top.