Sat-Cakra-Narupana

By Purnananda Swami
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PART ONE
The Muladhara Cakra

[Preliminary Verse! N"w # speak "$
the $irst spr"utin% sh""t &"$ the '"%a
plant( "$ )"mplete reali*ati"n "$ the
Brahman+ whi)h is t" ,e a)hie-ed+
a))"rdin% t" the Tantras+ ,y means "$
the si. Cakras and s" $"rth in their
pr"per "rder/


Realization = nivarhah, lit., "accomplishment."



0/ #n the spa)e "utside the Meru+
pla)ed "n the le$t and the ri%ht+ are
the tw" Siras+ Sasi and Mihira/ The
Nadi Susumna+ wh"se su,stan)e is
the three$"ld 1unas+ is in the middle/
She is the $"rm "$ M""n+ Sun+ and
2ire3 4er ,"dy+ a strin% "$ ,l""min%
5hatura $l"wers+ e.tends $r"m the
middle "$ the 6anda t" the 4ead+ and
the Va7ra inside 4er e.tends+ shinin%+
$r"m the Medhra t" the 4ead/

Meru = spinal column.
Siras = nadis, i.e., subtle channels for energy.
Kanda, lit. "bulb," located in the perineum.
Medhra = penis.



8/ #nside her [Va7ra! is Citrini+ wh" is
lustr"us with the lustre "$ the
Prana-a and attaina,le in '"%a ,y
'"%is/ She &Citrini( is su,tle as a
spider9s thread+ and pier)es all the
:"tuses whi)h are pla)ed within the

Pranava = the mantra m.
!he "rahama#nadi is the hollo$ space inside
%itrini& they are not t$o separate nadis.
rifice of the mouth of 'ara = the opening at the
top of the Svayambhu#(inga in the Muladhara.
)di#deva = the supreme "indhu in the pericarp of
,a)k,"ne+ and is pure intelli%en)e/
She &Citrini( is ,eauti$ul ,y reas"n "$
these &l"tuses( whi)h are strun% "n
her/ #nside her &Citrini( is the
Brahma-nadi+ whi)h e.tends $r"m
the "ri$i)e "$ the m"uth "$ 4ara t"
the pla)e ,ey"nd+ where Adi-de-a is/
the thousand#petalled lotus.



;/ She [Citrini! is ,eauti$ul like a
)hain "$ li%htnin% and $ine like a
&l"tus( $i,re+ and shines in the minds
"$ the sa%es/ She is e.tremely su,tle3
the awakener "$ pure kn"wled%e3 the
em,"diment "$ all Bliss+ wh"se true
nature is pure C"ns)i"usness/ The
Brahma-d-ara shines in her m"uth/
This pla)e in the entran)e t" the
re%i"n sprinkled ,y am,r"sia+ and is
)alled the 6n"t+ as als" the m"uth "$
Susumna/

"liss = su*ha.
%onsciousness = Suddha#bodha#svabhava.
"raham#dvaram = door of "rahaman, through
$hich Kundalini passes.
Knot = +ranthi#sthanam& the place $here
Susumna meets Kanda.
)mbrosia = Sudha& it flo$s from the union of Siva
and Sa*ti.
!he last sentence is reproduced accurately here
from the printed original, despite its defective
synta,.



</ N"w we )"me t" the Adhara
:"tus/ #t is atta)hed t" the m"uth "$
the Susumna+ and is pla)ed ,el"w
the %enitals and a,"-e the anus/ #t
has $"ur petals "$ )rims"n hue/ #ts
head &m"uth( han%s d"wnwards/ On
its petals are the $"ur letters $r"m Va
t" Sa+ "$ the shinin% )"l"ur "$ %"ld/

)dhara (otus = Muladhara#%a*ra, the root ca*ra,
the lo$est one, located in the perineum.



=/ #n this &:"tus( is the s>uare re%i"n
&Cakra( "$ Prthi-i+ surr"unded ,y
ei%ht shinin% spears/ #t is "$ a shinin%
yell"w )"l"ur and ,eauti$ul like
li%htnin%+ as is als" the Bi7a "$ 5hara
whi)h is within/

Prthivi = earth element.
-ello$ is the color of the earth element.
"i.a of /hara = "i.a of Prthivi, the earth !attva or
"(am."



?/ Ornamented with $"ur arms and
m"unted "n the 6in% "$ Elephants+
4e )arries "n 4is lap the )hild
Creat"r+ resplendent like the y"un%
Sun+ wh" has $"ur lustr"us arms+ and
the wealth "$ wh"se l"tus-$a)e is
$"ur$"ld/

!his is the /hyana of the /hara#"i.a. !he /hara#
"i.a is identical $ith that of 0ndra.



@/ 4ere dwells the 5e-i 5akini ,y
name3 her $"ur arms shine with
,eauty+ and her eyes are ,rilliant red/
She is resplendent like the lustre "$
many Suns risin% at "ne and the
same time/ She is the )arrier "$ the
re-elati"n "$ the e-er-pure
#ntelli%en)e/

1ver#pure intelligence = sada suddha#buddeh&
even people ignorant of Sans*rit can recognize
the poetic 2uality of this phrase.
"y meditating on /a*ini#Sa*ti, the presiding
divinity of this region, one ac2uires suddha#
buddheh ## i.e., tattva#.nana or pure intelligence.




A/ Near the m"uth "$ the Nadi )alled
Va7ra+ and in the peri)arp &"$ the
Adhara :"tus(+ there )"nstantly
shines the ,eauti$ully lumin"us and
s"$t+ li%htnin%-like trian%le whi)h is
6amarupa+ and kn"wn as Traipura/
There is always and e-erywhere the
Vayu )alled 6andarpa+ wh" is "$ a
deeper red than the Bandhu7i-a
$l"wer+ and is the :"rd "$ Bein%s and
resplendent like ten milli"n suns/

3ayu called Kandarpa = a form of apana&
Kandarpa is a name of Kama, the deva of love.



B/ #nside it &the trian%le( is
S-ayam,hu in 4is :in%a-$"rm+
,eauti$ul like m"lten %"ld+ with 4is
4ead d"wnwards/ 4e is re-ealed ,y
6n"wled%e and Meditati"n+ and is "$

Svayambhu in 'is (inga#form = the self#
originated in the form of a phallus.
Shape and color of a ne$ leaf = li*e an
unopened blue#green bud, according to
commentators.
the shape and )"l"ur "$ a new lea$/
As the )""l rays "t li%htnin% and "$
the $ull m""n )harm+ s" d"es 4is
,eauty/ The 5e-a wh" resides
happily here as in 6asi is in $"rms
like a whirlp""l/

Kno$ledge = .nana
Meditation = dhyana
Kasi = Siva4s favorite abode& the meaning is that
the deva is as happy here as he is in Kasi.
"5hirlpool" refers to a depression on the top of
the linga.



0C and 00/ O-er it [S-ayam,hu-
:in%a! shines the sleepin% 6undalini+
$ine as the $i,re "$ the l"tus-stalk/
She is the w"rld-,ewilderer+ %ently
)"-erin% the m"uth "$ Brahma-d-ara
,y 4er "wn/ :ike the spiral "$ the
)"n)h-shell+ 4er shinin% snake-like
$"rm %"es three and a hal$ times
r"und Si-a+ and 4er lustre is as that
"$ a str"n% $lash "$ y"un% str"n%
li%htnin%/ 4er sweet murmur is like
the indistin)t hum "$ swarms "$ l"-e-
mad ,ees/ She pr"du)es mel"di"us
p"etry and Bandha and all "ther
)"mp"siti"ns in pr"se "r -erse in
se>uen)e "r "therwise in Samskrta+
Prakrta and "ther lan%ua%es/ #t is She
wh" maintains all the ,ein%s "$ the
w"rld ,y means "$ inspirati"n and
e.pirati"n+ and shines in the )a-ity
"$ the r""t &Mula( :"tus like a )hain
"$ ,rilliant li%hts/

"5orld#be$ilderer" because Kundalini is maya in
this $orld.
"andha = type of literary composition in $hich
the verse is arranged in a diagram or picture.





08/ Dithin it [S-ayam,hu-:in%a+
r"und whi)h 6undalini is )"iled!
rei%ns d"minant Para+ the Sri-
Parames-ari+ the Awakener "$ eternal
kn"wled%e/ She is the Omnip"tent
6ala wh" is w"nder$ully skil$ul t"
)reate+ and is su,tler than the
su,tlest/ She is the re)eptta)le "$ that
)"ntinu"us stream "$ am,r"sia whi)h
$l"ws $r"m the Eternal Bliss/ By 4er

6niverse = brahmanda, i.e., egg of "rahma
%auldon = *ataha, that is, the lo$er half of the
"rahmanada, and as such cauldron#shaped.

radian)e it is that the wh"le "$ this
Eni-erse and this Cauld"n is
illumined/



0;/ By meditatin% thus "n 4er wh"
shines within the Mula-Cakra+ with
the lustre "$ ten milli"n Suns+ a man
,e)"mes :"rd "$ spee)h and 6in%
am"n% men+ and an Adept in all
kinds "$ learnin%/ 4e ,e)"mes e-er
$ree $r"m all diseases+ and his inm"st
Spirit ,e)"mes $ull "$ %reat %ladness/
Pure "$ disp"siti"n ,y his deep and
musi)al w"rds+ he ser-es the
$"rem"st "$ the 5e-as/

7oremost of the devas = "rahma, 3isnu, Siva,
etc.