Saubhagya Lakshmi Upanishad
(Chapter 3)
तृतीयः खण्डः — Khaṇḍa 3: The Nine Cakras and the Fruit of Study
Verse 1
अथ हैनं देवा ऊचुर्नवचक्रविवेकमनुब्रूहीति । तथेति स होवाच आधारे ब्रह्मचक्रं त्रिरावृत्तं भगमण्डलाकारम् । तत्र मूलकन्दे शक्तिः पावकाकारं ध्यायेत् । तत्रैव कामरूपपीठं सर्वकामप्रदं भवति । इत्याधारचक्रम् ।
atha hainaṃ devā ūcurnavacakravivekamanubrūhīti | tatheti sa hovāca ādhāre brahmacakraṃ trirāvṛttaṃ bhagamaṇḍalākāram | tatra mūlakande śaktiḥ pāvakākāraṃ dhyāyet | tatraiva kāmarūpapīṭhaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ bhavati | ityādhāracakram |
Then the gods said to him: 'Explain to us the discernment of the nine cakras (energy centres).' Saying 'So be it,' he said: At the base (ādhāra) is the Brahma-cakra, coiled three times, shaped like a triangle (bhaga-maṇḍala). There, in the root-bulb (mūlakanda), one should meditate on Śakti in the form of fire. There itself is the sacred seat Kāmarūpa-pīṭha, which grants all desires. This is the Ādhāra-cakra.
Verse 2
द्वितीयं स्वाधिष्ठानचक्रं षड्दलम् । तन्मध्ये पश्चिमाभिमुखं लिङ्गं प्रवालाङ्कुरसदृशं ध्यायेत् । तत्रैवोड्याणपीठं जगदाकर्षणसिद्धिदं भवति ।
dvitīyaṃ svādhiṣṭhānacakraṃ ṣaḍdalam | tanmadhye paścimābhimukhaṃ liṅgaṃ pravālāṅkurasadṛśaṃ dhyāyet | tatraivoḍyāṇapīṭhaṃ jagadākarṣaṇasiddhidaṃ bhavati |
The second is the Svādhiṣṭhāna-cakra, of six petals. In its centre one should meditate on the liṅga facing west, like a sprout of coral. There itself is the Uḍyāṇa-pīṭha, which grants the power of drawing the whole world towards oneself.
Verse 3
तृतीयं नाभिचक्रं पञ्चावर्तं सर्पकुटिलाकारम् । तन्मध्ये कुण्डलिनीं बालार्ककोटिप्रभां तनुमध्यां ध्यायेत् । सामर्थ्यशक्तिः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदा भवति ।
tṛtīyaṃ nābhicakraṃ pañcāvartaṃ sarpakuṭilākāram | tanmadhye kuṇḍalinīṃ bālārkakoṭiprabhāṃ tanumadhyāṃ dhyāyet | sāmarthyaśaktiḥ sarvasiddhipradā bhavati |
The third is the navel-cakra (nābhi), of five coils, curved like a serpent. In its centre one should meditate on Kuṇḍalinī, slender-waisted and radiant as ten million rising suns. She is the power of capability (sāmarthya-śakti), the giver of all perfections.
Verse 4
मणिपूरचक्रं हृदयचक्रम् । अष्टदलमधोमुखम् । तन्मध्ये ज्योतिर्मयलिङ्गाकारं ध्यायेत् । सैव हंसकला सर्वप्रिया सर्वलोकवश्यकरी भवति ।
maṇipūracakraṃ hṛdayacakram | aṣṭadalamadhomukham | tanmadhye jyotirmayaliṅgākāraṃ dhyāyet | saiva haṃsakalā sarvapriyā sarvalokavaśyakarī bhavati |
(The fourth,) the Maṇipūra-cakra, is the heart-cakra: eight-petalled and facing downward. In its centre one should meditate on a form like a liṅga made of light. That itself is the Haṃsa-kalā, beloved of all, which brings all the worlds under one's loving influence.
Verse 5
कण्ठचक्रं चतुरङ्गुलम् । तत्र वामे इडा चन्द्रनाडी दक्षिणे पिङ्गला सूर्यनाडी तन्मध्ये सुषुम्नां श्वेतवर्णां ध्यायेत् । य एवं वेदानाहता सिद्धिदा भवति ।
kaṇṭhacakraṃ caturaṅgulam | tatra vāme iḍā candranāḍī dakṣiṇe piṅgalā sūryanāḍī tanmadhye suṣumnāṃ śvetavarṇāṃ dhyāyet | ya evaṃ vedānāhatā siddhidā bhavati |
(The fifth,) the throat-cakra, is four finger-breadths in size. There, on the left, is Iḍā, the lunar channel; on the right, Piṅgalā, the solar channel; and in their middle one should meditate on the Suṣumnā, white in colour. For one who knows this, the unstruck (anāhata) power becomes the giver of perfections.
Verse 6
तालुचक्रम् । तत्रामृतधाराप्रवाहः । घण्टिकालिङ्गमूलचक्ररन्ध्रे राजदन्तावलम्बिनीविवरं दशद्वादशारम् । तत्र शून्यं ध्यायेत् । चित्तलयो भवति ।
tālucakram | tatrāmṛtadhārāpravāhaḥ | ghaṇṭikāliṅgamūlacakrarandhre rājadantāvalambinīvivaraṃ daśadvādaśāram | tatra śūnyaṃ dhyāyet | cittalayo bhavati |
(The sixth is) the palate-cakra, where the stream of nectar (amṛta) flows. At the opening of the cakra at the root of the uvula, there is an aperture hanging from the front teeth, described as 'ten- and twelve-spoked'. There one should meditate on the void; the mind then dissolves (citta-laya).
Verse 7
सप्तमं भ्रूचक्रमङ्गुष्ठमात्रम् । तत्र ज्ञाननेत्रं दीपशिखाकारं ध्यायेत् । तदेव कपालकन्दवाक्सिद्धिदं भवति ।
saptamaṃ bhrūcakramaṅguṣṭhamātram | tatra jñānanetraṃ dīpaśikhākāraṃ dhyāyet | tadeva kapālakandavāksiddhidaṃ bhavati |
The seventh is the brow-cakra, the size of a thumb. There one should meditate on the eye of knowledge (jñāna-netra), shaped like the flame of a lamp. That itself grants mastery of the 'kapāla-kanda' and perfection of speech (vāk-siddhi).
Verse 8
आज्ञाचक्रमष्टमम् । ब्रह्मरन्ध्रं निर्वाणचक्रम् । तत्र सूचिकागृहेतरं धूम्रशिखाकारं ध्यायेत् । तत्र जालन्धरपीठं मोक्षप्रदं भवतीति परब्रह्मचक्रम् ।
ājñācakramaṣṭamam | brahmarandhraṃ nirvāṇacakram | tatra sūcikāgṛhetaraṃ dhūmraśikhākāraṃ dhyāyet | tatra jālandharapīṭhaṃ mokṣapradaṃ bhavatīti parabrahmacakram |
The Ājñā-cakra is the eighth. The Brahmarandhra (the aperture at the crown) is the Nirvāṇa-cakra. There, beyond the 'needle-house' (the subtlest opening), one should meditate on a form like a wisp of smoke. There is the Jālandhara-pīṭha, which grants liberation (mokṣa). This is the cakra of the Supreme Brahman.
Verse 9
नवममाकाशचक्रम् । तत्र षोडशदलपद्ममूर्ध्वमुखं तन्मध्यकर्णिकात्रिकूटाकारम् । तन्मध्ये ऊर्ध्वशक्तिः । तां पश्यन्ध्यायेत् । तत्रैव पूर्णगिरिपीठं सर्वेच्छासिद्धिसाधनं भवति ।
navamamākāśacakram | tatra ṣoḍaśadalapadmamūrdhvamukhaṃ tanmadhyakarṇikātrikūṭākāram | tanmadhye ūrdhvaśaktiḥ | tāṃ paśyandhyāyet | tatraiva pūrṇagiripīṭhaṃ sarvecchāsiddhisādhanaṃ bhavati |
The ninth is the cakra of space (ākāśa). There is a sixteen-petalled lotus facing upward, its central pericarp shaped like a triple peak (trikūṭa). In its centre is the Upward Power (ūrdhva-śakti). Beholding her, one should meditate. There itself is the Pūrṇagiri-pīṭha, the means to the fulfilment of every wish.
Verse 10
सौभाग्यलक्ष्म्युपनिषदं नित्यमधीते योऽग्निपूतो भवति । स वायुपूतो भवति । स सकलधनधान्यसत्पुत्रकलत्रहयभूगजपशुमहिषीदासीदासयोगज्ञानवान्भवति । न स पुनरावर्तते न स पुनरावर्तत इत्युपनिषत् ।
saubhāgyalakṣmyupaniṣadaṃ nityamadhīte yo'gnipūto bhavati | sa vāyupūto bhavati | sa sakaladhanadhānyasatputrakalatrahayabhūgajapaśumahiṣīdāsīdāsayogajñānavānbhavati | na sa punarāvartate na sa punarāvartata ityupaniṣat |
Whoever studies this Saubhāgya Lakṣmī Upaniṣad every day is purified by fire; he is purified by air. He comes to possess all wealth and grain, good children and a worthy spouse, horses, land, elephants, cattle, buffaloes and attendants — and also yoga and knowledge. He does not return again (to rebirth); he does not return again. Thus the Upaniṣad.
Verse 11
ॐ वाङ्मे मनसि प्रतिष्ठिता मनो मे वाचि प्रतिष्ठितम् आविरावीर्म एधि ॥ वेदस्य म आणीस्थः श्रुतं मे मा प्रहासीरनेनाधीतेनाहोरात्रान्सन्दधाम्यृतं वदिष्यामि सत्यं वदिष्यामि ॥ तन्मामवतु तद्वक्तारमवतु अवतु मामवतु वक्तारमवतु वक्तारम् ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ इति श्रीसौभाग्यलक्ष्म्युपनिषत्समाप्ता ॥
oṃ vāṅme manasi pratiṣṭhitā mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitam āvirāvīrma edhi || vedasya ma āṇīsthaḥ śrutaṃ me mā prahāsīranenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmyṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi || tanmāmavatu tadvaktāramavatu avatu māmavatu vaktāramavatu vaktāram || oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ || iti śrīsaubhāgyalakṣmyupaniṣatsamāptā ||
Closing peace invocation (Śānti Mantra): May my speech be established in my mind, and my mind in my speech. O Self-luminous One, reveal Yourself to me. May speech and mind be the bearers of the Veda to me. May what I have heard not forsake me. Through this study I join day with night. I shall speak what is right; I shall speak the truth. May That protect me; may That protect the teacher. May it protect me, may it protect the teacher — the teacher. Oṃ, peace, peace, peace. Thus ends the sacred Saubhāgya Lakṣmī Upaniṣad.
Key Takeaways & AI Summary
This chapter explores the profound teachings of Saubhagya Lakshmi Upanishad. It includes 11 verses detailing core themes like "atha hainaṃ devā ūcurnavacakravivekamanubrūhīti | tatheti sa hovāca ādhāre brahmacakraṃ trirāvṛttaṃ bhagamaṇḍalākāram | tatra mūlakande śaktiḥ pāvakākāraṃ dhyāyet | tatraiva kāmarūpapīṭhaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ bhavati | ityādhāracakram |", "dvitīyaṃ svādhiṣṭhānacakraṃ ṣaḍdalam | tanmadhye paścimābhimukhaṃ liṅgaṃ pravālāṅkurasadṛśaṃ dhyāyet | tatraivoḍyāṇapīṭhaṃ jagadākarṣaṇasiddhidaṃ bhavati |", "tṛtīyaṃ nābhicakraṃ pañcāvartaṃ sarpakuṭilākāram | tanmadhye kuṇḍalinīṃ bālārkakoṭiprabhāṃ tanumadhyāṃ dhyāyet | sāmarthyaśaktiḥ sarvasiddhipradā bhavati |".A Shakta Upanishad of the Rig Veda in which Lord Nārāyaṇa reveals the Saubhāgya Lakṣmī Vidyā — worship of the Goddess of auspicious fortune through the Śrī Sūkta, the yoga of inner sound and samādhi, and meditation on the nine cakras — teaching that Lakṣmī's highest grace flows only to those who seek her without selfish desire.