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The Yoga of Geometric Knowledge

(Chapter 6)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

na chedyakamṛte yasmādbhedā grahaṇayoḥ sphuṭāḥ | jñāyante tat pravakṣyāmi chedyakajñānamuttamam

Verse 2

susādhitāyāmavanau binduṃ kṛtvā tato likhet | saptavargāṅgulenādau maṇḍalaṃ valanāśritam

Verse 3

grāhya-grāhyakayogārdhasammitena dvitīyakam | maṇḍalaṃ tatsamāsākhyaṃ grāhyārdhena tṛtīyakam ||3||

Verse 4

yāmyottarāprācyaparāsādhanaṃ pūrvavat diśām | prāgindorgrahaṇaṃ paścānmokṣo'rkasya viparyāt ||

Verse 5

yathādiśaṃ prāgrahaṇaṃ valanaṃ himadīdhideḥ | maukhikaṃ tu viparyastaṃ viparītamidaṃ raveḥ || 5 ||

Verse 6

valanāgrānnayenmadhyaṃ sūtraṃ yad yatra saṃspṛśet | tatsamāse tato deyau vikṣepau grāsamaukṣikau

Verse 7

vikṣepāgrāt punaḥ sūtraṃ madhyabinduṃ praveśayet | tadgrāhyabindusaṃsparśād grāsamokṣau vinirdiśet

Verse 8

nityaśo'rkasya vikṣepāḥ parilekhe yathādiśam | viparītāḥ śaśāṅkasya tadvaśādatha madhyamam

Verse 9

valanaṁ prāṅmukhaṁ deyaṁ tadvikṣepaikatā yadi | bhede paścānmukhaṁ deyamindoḥ bhānorviparyayāt ||6||

Verse 10

valanāgrāt punaḥ sūtraṃ madhyabinduṃ praveśayet | madhyasūtreṇa vikṣepaṃ valanābhimukhaṃ nayet || 10

Verse 11

vikṣepāgrāllikhed vṛttaṃ grāhakārdhena tena yat | grāhyavṛttaṃ samākrāntaṃ tadgrastaṃ tamasā bhavet 11

Verse 12

chhedyakaṃ likhatā bhūmau phalake vā vipaścitā | viparyayo diśāṃ kāryaḥ pūrvāparakapālayoḥ || 12

Verse 13

svacchavāddvādaśāṃśo'pi grastaś candrasya dṛśyate | liptātrayam api grastaṃ tīkṣṇatvān na vivasvataḥ

Verse 14

svasaṃjñitāstrayaḥ kāryā vikṣepāgreṣu bindavaḥ | tatra prāṅgadhyayormadhye tathā maukṣikamadhyayoḥ ||14||

Verse 15

likhenmatsyau tayormadhyānmukhapucchaviniḥsṛtam | prasārya sūtradvitayaṃ tayoryatra yutirbhavet

Verse 16

Tatra sūtreṇa vilikhec cāpaṃ bindutrayaspṛśā | Sa panthā grāhakasyokto yenāsau samprayāsyati

Verse 17

grāhyagrāhakayogārdhāt projjhayeṣṭagrāsamāgatam | avaśiṣṭāṅgulasamāṁ śalāṁ madhyabindutaḥ

Verse 18

tayormārgōnmukhīṁ dadyād grāsataḥ prāg grahāśritām | vimuñcato mokṣadiśi grāhakādhvānamēva sā

Verse 19

spṛśet yatra tato vṛttaṃ grāhakārdhena saṃlikhet | tena grāhyaṃ yadākrāntaṃ tat tamograstamādiśet

Verse 20

mānāntarārdhena mitāṃ śalākāṃ grāsadiṅgurakhīm | nimīlanākhyāṃ dadyāt sā tanmārge yatra saṃspṛśet || २०