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Bhāvanā Upaniṣad, opening (Sanskrit Documents recension)

Canonical source text

आत्मानमखण्डमण्डलाकारमवृत्य सकलब्रह्माण्डमण्डलं स्वप्रकाशं ध्यायेत् । ॐ श्रीगुरुः सर्वकारणभूता शक्तिः । तेन नवरन्ध्ररूपो देहः । नवशक्तिरूपं श्रीचक्रम् ।

IAST transliteration

ātmānam akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāram āvṛtya sakalabrahmāṇḍamaṇḍalaṃ svaprakāśaṃ dhyāyet | oṃ śrīguruḥ sarvakāraṇabhūtā śaktiḥ | tena navarandhrarūpo dehaḥ | navaśaktirūpaṃ śrīcakram |

Close translation

One should contemplate the Self as an unbroken circle, covering the whole egg of Brahmā, self-luminous. Oṃ. The blessed Guru is the Śakti who is the cause of all. Thereby the body is of the form of nine apertures. The Śrīcakra is of the form of nine śaktis.

Reader-friendly meaning

Correspondence, cited: Guru as all-causing Śakti; nine apertures of the body; nine śaktis of the Śrīcakra.

Meenananda editorial explanation

The explorer on this path is a study table. It is not a consecrated cakra and not a paddhati.

Bhāvanā / Śrīcakra Upaniṣad opening, Sanskrit Documents recension (bhaava.html). Recensions differ. Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org). Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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বাংলা

আত্মাকে অখণ্ড মণ্ডলরূপে ধ্যান করুন, সমস্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড ঢেকে, স্বপ্রকাশ। ওঁ। শ্রীগুরু সর্বকারণ শক্তি। তাতে দেহ নয় রন্ধ্রের রূপ। শ্রীচক্র নয় শক্তির রূপ।

हिन्दी

आत्मा का अखण्ड मण्डल रूप में ध्यान करें, पूरे ब्रह्माण्ड को ढककर, स्वप्रकाश। ॐ। श्रीगुरु सर्वकारण शक्ति हैं। उससे देह नौ रन्ध्रों का रूप है। श्रीचक्र नौ शक्तियों का रूप है।