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the placement is fixation in its proper place. ### [1.197.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.5) At the end of what bestows all perfections are the fire of time, and wind below, / endowed with the sixth vowel, joined with the supreme crescent moon. ### [1.197.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.6) Divided into higher and lower, they are pronounced above and below Śiva; / with the letter 'ra' one should properly perform the placement upon all limbs according to rule. ### [1.197.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.7) In the heart, on the palm of the hand, on the body, on the ear, and on the eye he places it; / and from recitation of that four-faced \[mantra\] all success arises. ### [1.197.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.8) One should visualize the earth as square, very broad, yellow in color, / presided over by Indra; and in its center the circle of Varuṇa, ### [1.197.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.9) and in its center likewise an endowed lotus, a crescent moon, extremely cool, / having the radiance of a sapphire, gentle; or next the fire-circle: ### [1.197.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.10) triangular, marked with svastikas, blazing with wreaths of flames, one should contemplate fire; / \[and air\] resembling broken collyrium, a circle of its own, adorned with a dot; ### [1.197.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.11) resembling waves of milk, having the luster of pure crystal, / inundating the entire universe—one should contemplate the mantra of space as nectar. ### [1.197.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.12) Vāsuki and Śaṅkhapāla are situated in the circle of earth; / Karkoṭa and Padmanābha are placed in the circle of Varuṇa; ### [1.197.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.13) and in that of fire Kulika and Takṣaka, as well as Mahābja; / and residing in the circle of wind, he should place the five elements. ### [1.197.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.14) From the thumb to the little finger in regular and reverse order, / and on the joints of the digits, Jayā and Vijayā are to be placed; ### [1.197.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.15) beginning with the face, in the place of his own body, he should place the six limbs of Śiva; / beginning with the little finger, beginning with the heart, on the crest, and on the hands he should place them. ### [1.197.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.16) And the pervasive \[nyāsa\] preceded by the principles, in order on the joints of the fingers; / and again the placement of the elements and likewise the limbs of Śiva, ### [1.197.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.17) beginning with the Praṇava and ending with 'namaḥ', conjoined with the name itself— / this procedure is proclaimed for all mantras in installation and worship. ### [1.197.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.18) The first letter of that name is proclaimed as the mantra; / it is the mantra that causes the presence of the eight classes of serpents. ### [1.197.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.19) Accompanied in order by 'oṃ svāhā', preceded by the five elements, / this becomes Tārkṣya incarnate, the accomplisher of all rites. ### [1.197.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.20) Having performed the placement on the hands with vowels, one should then place it on the body; / one should visualize the blazing vital breath that purifies the self. ### [1.197.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.21) Then one should visualize the seed-syllable, consisting of nectar at the end of the rain; / having thus performed nourishment, and meditating upon one's own head, ### [1.197.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.22) he should assign the earth to the feet, possessing the brilliance of molten gold, / filled with countless worlds, accompanied by the world-guardians. ### [1.197.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.23) The wise man should place this divine earth upon his own body; / he should meditate on it as dark-colored, doubled in size from earth. ### [1.197.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.24) Raging with garlands of flames, blazing, reaching up to the world of Brahmā; / having placed between the navel and the neck the triangular circle of the sun, ### [1.197.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.25) resembling broken collyrium, standing pervading everything, / situated as one's own form, he should meditate on the fierce circle of wind, ### [1.197.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.26) residing above the crest, divine, having the luster of pure crystal, / immeasurable, pervading the great space, and resembling nectar. ### [1.197.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.27) Having first performed the placement of the elements, and of the serpents in proper order, / the mantras end in the letter 'la' and are joined with the dot, in the order of the elements. ### [1.197.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.28) Then he should give the seed-syllable of Śiva, and then he should visualize the maṇḍala; / the expert who understands the procedure should contemplate for each maṇḍala / whose order has been declared its respective color at the time of the rite. ### [1.197.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.29) Then, in cases of immobile and mobile poison, one should constantly meditate on Tārkṣya, / adorned with flashing black serpents on his feet and wings, ### [1.197.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.30) and in cases of planetary seizures, spirits, piśācas, ḍākinīs, yakṣas, and rākṣasas; / having made himself surrounded by serpents, he should place Śiva on his own body. ### [1.197.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.31) The placement of the serpents and the elements has been declared as twofold; / having meditated thus, one should perform the rite of the self-principle and the rest in order. ### [1.197.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.32) Having first assigned the triad of principles, next the principle of Śiva, / just as on the body, so on the deity and on the joints of the fingers. ### [1.197.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.33) Having first performed the placement on the body in regular and reverse order, / \[one visualizes\] the root, the stalk, likewise the lotus, dharma, and knowledge and the rest; ### [1.197.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.34) combined with the second vowel, he should worship with the end of the consonant-group; / with 'śauṃ' in the center of the pericarp, joined with 'r' upon the head. ### [1.197.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.35) The consonant classes a, ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa, ya, and śa he should place beginning in the east; / on the edges of the petals and on the edges of the filaments, two each, beginning in the east likewise; ### [1.197.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.36) and on the filament he should place the vowels, and worship the sixteen ending with Īśa; / the powers beginning with Vāmā are declared, and then he should place the triad of principles. ### [1.197.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.37) Then he should invoke Śiva upon the head, and then the limbs; / in the pericarp he should place the god together with his limbs, preceding there. ### [1.197.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.38) Earth is on the western petal, and water is situated on the north; / fire is on the southern petal, and one should worship wind on the east. ### [1.197.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.39) One should imagine one's own seed-syllable in bodily form as spoken before: / 'yaṃ' the root of wind in the southwest, and the letter 'ra' situated in fire; ### [1.197.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.40) and 'vaṃ' is always to be worshipped in the northeast, and he should worship 'oṃ' situated in the heart; / he should worship outside the subtle elements and the gross elements. ### [1.197.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.41) After that, having meditated on the limbs of Śiva, he should worship them: / having worshipped the heart in the southeast, the head in the direction of the northeast, ### [1.197.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.42) he should assign the crest in the southwest, and place the armor in the northwest; / he should assign the weapon on the outside, and the eye situated in the north. ### [1.197.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.43) On the tips of the petals and on the tip of the pericarp he should worship the seed-syllables; / the eight serpents beginning with Ananta and ending with Kulīra are placed in order. ### [1.197.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.44) In order beginning from the east and ending with the northeast, / the mantra-adept should always worship each separately according to the rule, ### [1.197.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.45) in the lotus of the heart according to rule, or on a stone or other surface where a maṇḍala is drawn; / this rite has been taught for regular as well as occasional observances. ### [1.197.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.46) He should constantly contemplate himself as assuming any form at will, charming, / inundating the entire universe, the cause of creation and dissolution, ### [1.197.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.47) blazing with garlands of flames up to the world of Brahmā, / ten-armed, four-faced, yellow-eyed, holding a trident in hand, ### [1.197.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.48) terrible with fangs, extremely fierce, three-eyed, bearing the moon on his crest; / one should remember Bhairava for success, and Garuḍa in all rites: ### [1.197.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.49) Garuḍa, terrifyingly fierce, for the destruction of the serpents; / his feet resting in Pātāla, and the directions being his wings, ### [1.197.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.50) the seven heavens on his chest, and the universe resting in his throat; / one should contemplate his head extending from the east to the northeast, ### [1.197.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.51) abiding at the crest of Sadāśiva, and the triad of powers; / the higher than the highest, Śiva himself, Tārkṣya, the lord of the worlds, ### [1.197.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.52) three-eyed, of fierce form, the destroyer of poisonous serpents, / devouring, of terrifying face, Garuḍa the embodiment of mantra; ### [1.197.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.53) and blazing like the fire of destruction, one should contemplate him in all rites. / Having thus performed the procedure of nyāsa, whatever one contemplates in mind— ### [1.197.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.54) Whatever \[is thought of\] becomes achievable; indeed, that man acts like Garuḍa. / Pretasa, bhūtas, yakṣas, nāgas, gandharvas, and rākṣasas, / along with quartan and other fevers, are destroyed at the sight of him. ### [1.197.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.55) Dhanvantari said: / Thus he spoke to Garuḍa, and Garuḍa to Kaśyapa. / Listen now to the knowledge just as Maheśvara spoke it to Gaurī. ### [1.197.55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197.55.p1) Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.197.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.197) · Pramāṇa