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The Yoga of Meditative Focus on Bhairava

(Chapter 9)

Chapter 9

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

madhya jihve sphāritāsye madhye nikṣipya cetanām | hoccāraṁmanasā kurvaṁs tataḥśānte pralīyate || 81 ||

AI Translation

Having placed consciousness in the middle of the tongue, with the mouth opened wide and in the central space, and mentally uttering 'Hoṃ', thereafter one merges into the peaceful (state).

Verse 2

āsane śayane sthitvā nirādhāraṁvibhāvayan | svadehaṁmanasi kṣiṇe kṣaṇāt kṣīṇāśayo bhavet || 82 ||

AI Translation

Remaining seated or lying down, contemplating one's own body as being without support (or basis), when the mind is diminished (or calmed), one instantly becomes free from desires.

Verse 3

calāsane sthitas yātha śanair vā deha cālanāt | praśānte mānase bhāve devi divyaughamāpnuyāt || 83 ||

AI Translation

O Goddess, whether one is seated in an unsteady posture or gently moving the body, when the mental state is serene, one attains the divine current.

Verse 4

ākāśaṁvimalam paśyan kṛtvā dṛṣṭiṁnirantarām | stabdhātmā tat kṣaṇād devi bhairavaṁvapur āpnuyāt || 84 ||

AI Translation

O Goddess, by gazing at the clear sky with an unbroken gaze, one whose mind is stilled instantly attains a formidable form.

Verse 5

līnaṁmūrdhni viyat sarvam bhairavatvena bhāvayet | tat sarvam bhairavākāra tejas tattvaṁsamāviśet || 85 ||

AI Translation

One should meditate on all space, absorbed in the crown of the head, as the very nature of Bhairava. Then, all that (space) will merge into the luminous essence that embodies the form of Bhairava.

Verse 6

kiñcij jñātaṁdvaitadāyi bāhyālokas tamaḥpunaḥ | viśvādi bhairavaṁrūpaṁjñātvānanta prakāśabhṛt || 86 ||

AI Translation

What little is known gives rise to duality; external light, again, is darkness. But by knowing the universal, formidable form, one becomes a bearer of infinite light.

Verse 7

evam eva durniśāyāṁkṛṣṇa pakṣāgame ciram | taimiram bhāvayan rūpam bhairavaṁrūpam eṣyati || 87 ||

AI Translation

Just so, in a dreadful night, with the advent of the dark fortnight, continuously meditating upon the dark form, one will attain a terrifying form.

Verse 8

evam eva nimīlyādau netre kṛṣṇābhamagrataḥ | prasārya bhairavaṁrūpam bhāvayaṁs tan mayo bhavet || 88 ||

AI Translation

In this very way, having first closed the eyes, and manifesting a dark-hued, terrifying form (of Bhairava) in front, one should meditate upon it and become absorbed in it.

Verse 9

yasya kasyendriyasyāpi vyāghātāc ca nirodhataḥ | praviṣṭasyādvaye śūnye tatraivātmā prakāśate || 89 ||

AI Translation

When, through the obstruction and cessation of any sense organ whatsoever, one has entered into the non-dual void, the Self shines forth precisely there.

Verse 10

abindum avisargaṁca akāraṁjapato mahān | udeti devi sahasā jñānaughaḥparameśvaraḥ || 90 ||

AI Translation

O Goddess, for one who meditates upon the 'a-kāra' (the sound 'a') — which is without bindu and without visarga — suddenly there arises the Great (One), a flood of knowledge, the Supreme Lord.