The Rule for Drawing the Renunciant's Mandala

Verse 1 (shiva.kailasa.5.1)

ईश्वर उवाच । परीक्ष्य विधिवद्भूमिं गंधवर्णरसादिभिः । मनोभिलषिते तत्र वितानवितताम्बरे

īśvara uvāca parīkṣya vidhivadbhūmiṁ gaṁdhavarṇarasādibhiḥ manobhilaṣite tatra vitānavitatāmbare

Ishvara said: Having duly examined the ground by its smell, color, taste, and the like, and having found a spot pleasing to the mind, there, with a canopy spread overhead,

Verse 2 (shiva.kailasa.5.2)

सुप्रलिप्ते महीपृष्ठे दर्पणोदरसन्निभे । अरत्नियुग्ममानेन चतुरस्रं प्रकल्पयेत्

supralipte mahīpṛṣṭhe darpaṇodarasannibhe aratniyugmamānena caturasraṁ prakalpayet

upon ground well smoothed and plastered, resembling the surface of a mirror, he should draw a square, each side measuring two cubits.

Verse 3 (shiva.kailasa.5.3)

तालपत्रं समादाय तत्समायामविस्तरम् । तस्मिन्भागान्प्रकुर्वीत त्रयोदशसमां कलाम्

tālapatraṁ samādāya tatsamāyāmavistaram tasminbhāgānprakurvīta trayodaśasamāṁ kalām

Taking a palm-leaf of that same length and breadth, he should divide it into thirteen equal parts.

Verse 4 (shiva.kailasa.5.4)

तत्पत्रं तत्र निक्षिप्य पश्चिमाभिमुखः स्थितः । तत्पूर्वभागे सुदृढं सूत्रमादाय रंजितम्

tatpatraṁ tatra nikṣipya paścimābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ tatpūrvabhāge sudṛḍhaṁ sūtramādāya raṁjitam

Having placed that leaf there, and standing facing west, he should take, on its eastern side, a strong colored thread,

Verse 5 (shiva.kailasa.5.5)

प्राक्प्रत्यग्दक्षिणोदक् च चतुर्दिशि निपातयेत् । सूत्राणि देवदेवेशि नवषष्ट्युत्तरं शतम्

prākpratyagdakṣiṇodak ca caturdiśi nipātayet sūtrāṇi devadeveśi navaṣaṣṭyuttaraṁ śatam

and lay it out in the four directions — east, west, south, and north. O queen of the gods of gods, these threads number one hundred and sixty-nine in all.

Verse 6 (shiva.kailasa.5.6)

कोष्ठानि स्युस्ततस्तस्य मध्यकोष्ठं तु कर्णिका । कोष्ठाष्टकं बहिस्तस्य दलाष्टकमिहोच्यते

koṣṭhāni syustatastasya madhyakoṣṭhaṁ tu karṇikā koṣṭhāṣṭakaṁ bahistasya dalāṣṭakamihocyate

From this, compartments are formed; the central compartment is the pericarp. The eight compartments outside it are here called the eight petals.

Verse 7 (shiva.kailasa.5.7)

दलानि श्वेतवर्णात्रि समग्राणि प्रकल्पयेत् । पीतरूपां कर्णिकां च कृत्वा रक्तं च वृत्तकम्

dalāni śvetavarṇātri samagrāṇi prakalpayet pītarūpāṁ karṇikāṁ ca kṛtvā raktaṁ ca vṛttakam

He should make the petals entirely white, and, having made the pericarp yellow and its round rim red,

Verse 8 (shiva.kailasa.5.8)

वनभिद्दलदक्षं तु समारभ्य सुरेश्वरि । रक्तकृष्णाः क्रमेणैव दलसन्धीन्विचित्रयेत्

vanabhiddaladakṣaṁ tu samārabhya sureśvari raktakṛṣṇāḥ krameṇaiva dalasandhīnvicitrayet

O queen of the gods, beginning from the petal to the right of Indra's direction, he should color the joints between the petals alternately red and black, in order.

Verse 9 (shiva.kailasa.5.9)

कर्णिकायां लिखेद्यंत्रं प्रणवार्थप्रकाशकम् । अधः पीठं समालिख्य श्रीकण्ठं च तदूर्ध्वतः

karṇikāyāṁ likhedyaṁtraṁ praṇavārthaprakāśakam adhaḥ pīṭhaṁ samālikhya śrīkaṇṭhaṁ ca tadūrdhvataḥ

On the pericarp he should draw the yantra that reveals the meaning of the Pranava; having drawn the seat below, and Shrikantha above it,

Verse 10 (shiva.kailasa.5.10)

तदुपर्य्यमरेशं च महाकालं च मध्यतः । तन्मस्तकस्थं दण्डं च तत ईश्वरमालिखेत्

taduparyyamareśaṁ ca mahākālaṁ ca madhyataḥ tanmastakasthaṁ daṇḍaṁ ca tata īśvaramālikhet

above that, Amaresha, and Mahakala in the center; and, resting at its head, the Danda, and then Ishvara, he should draw.

Verse 11 (shiva.kailasa.5.11)

श्यामेन पीठं पीतेन श्रीकण्ठं च विचित्रयेत् । अमरेशं महाकालं रक्तं कृष्णं च तौ क्रमात्

śyāmena pīṭhaṁ pītena śrīkaṇṭhaṁ ca vicitrayet amareśaṁ mahākālaṁ raktaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ ca tau kramāt

He should color the seat dark, and Shrikantha yellow; Amaresha and Mahakala, those two, in order, red and black.

Verse 12 (shiva.kailasa.5.12)

कुर्यात्सुधूम्रं दण्डं च धवलं चेश्वरं बुधः । एवं यंत्रं समालिख्य रक्तं सद्येन वेष्टयेत्

kuryātsudhūmraṁ daṇḍaṁ ca dhavalaṁ ceśvaraṁ budhaḥ evaṁ yaṁtraṁ samālikhya raktaṁ sadyena veṣṭayet

The wise one should color the Danda smoky-gray, and Ishvara white. Having thus drawn the yantra, he should encircle it in red, together with the Sadyojata mantra.

Verse 13 (shiva.kailasa.5.13)

तदुत्थेनैव नादेन विद्यादीशानमीश्वरि । तद्वासपंक्तीर्गृह्णीयादाग्नेयादिक्रमेण वै

tadutthenaiva nādena vidyādīśānamīśvari tadvāsapaṁktīrgṛhṇīyādāgneyādikrameṇa vai

O Ishvari, one should recognize Ishana by the very Nada that rises from it; and he should take up the surrounding rows of compartments in order, beginning from the south-east.

Verse 14 (shiva.kailasa.5.14)

कोष्ठानि कोणभागेषु चत्वार्येतानि सुन्दरि । शुक्लेनापूर्य्य वर्णादि चतुष्कं रक्तधातुभिः

koṣṭhāni koṇabhāgeṣu catvāryetāni sundari śuklenāpūryya varṇādi catuṣkaṁ raktadhātubhiḥ

O beautiful one, these four compartments in the corner sections should be filled with white; and the four beginning ones with red pigments —

Verse 15 (shiva.kailasa.5.15)

आपूर्य्य तानि चत्वारि द्वाराणि परिकल्पयेत् । ततस्तत्पार्श्वयोर्द्वंद्वं पीतेनैव प्रपूरयेत्

āpūryya tāni catvāri dvārāṇi parikalpayet tatastatpārśvayordvaṁdvaṁ pītenaiva prapūrayet

having filled those four, he should lay out the doorways; then he should fill the pair on either side of them with yellow alone.

Verse 16 (shiva.kailasa.5.16)

आग्नेयकोष्ठमध्ये तु पीताभे चतुरस्रके । अष्टपत्रं लिखेत्पद्मं रक्ताभं पीतकर्णिकम्

āgneyakoṣṭhamadhye tu pītābhe caturasrake aṣṭapatraṁ likhetpadmaṁ raktābhaṁ pītakarṇikam

In the middle of the south-eastern compartment, within a square of yellow hue, he should draw an eight-petaled lotus, red in color, with a yellow pericarp.

Verse 17 (shiva.kailasa.5.17)

हकारं विलिखेन्मध्ये विन्दुयुक्तं समाहितः । पद्मस्य नैर्ऋते कोष्ठे चतुरस्रन्तदा लिखेत्

hakāraṁ vilikhenmadhye vinduyuktaṁ samāhitaḥ padmasya nairṛte koṣṭhe caturasrantadā likhet

With a focused mind, he should write the letter Ha, joined with the bindu, in the middle; then, in the south-western compartment of the lotus, he should draw a square.

Verse 18 (shiva.kailasa.5.18)

पद्ममष्टदलं रक्तं पीतकिंजल्ककर्णिकम् । शवर्गस्य तृतीयन्तु षष्ठस्वरसमन्वितम्

padmamaṣṭadalaṁ raktaṁ pītakiṁjalkakarṇikam śavargasya tṛtīyantu ṣaṣṭhasvarasamanvitam

(there he should draw) an eight-petaled red lotus with a pericarp of yellow filaments; the third letter of the Sha-group, joined with the sixth vowel,

Verse 19 (shiva.kailasa.5.19)

चतुर्दशस्वरोपेतं बिन्दुनादविभूषितम् । एतद्बीजवरं भद्रे पद्ममध्ये समालिखेत्

caturdaśasvaropetaṁ bindunādavibhūṣitam etadbījavaraṁ bhadre padmamadhye samālikhet

joined with the fourteenth vowel, and adorned with bindu and nada — O auspicious one, this excellent seed-syllable he should inscribe in the middle of the lotus.

Verse 20 (shiva.kailasa.5.20)

पद्मस्येशानकोष्ठे तु तथा पद्मं समालिखेत् । कवर्गस्य तृतीयं तु पंचमस्वरसंयुतम्

padmasyeśānakoṣṭhe tu tathā padmaṁ samālikhet kavargasya tṛtīyaṁ tu paṁcamasvarasaṁyutam

In the north-eastern compartment of the lotus, he should likewise draw a lotus; the third letter of the Ka-group, joined with the fifth vowel,

Verse 21 (shiva.kailasa.5.21)

विलिखेन्मध्यतस्तस्य बिन्दुकण्ठे स्वलंकृतम् । तद्बाह्यपंक्तित्रितये पूर्वादिपरितः क्रमात्

vilikhenmadhyatastasya bindukaṇṭhe svalaṁkṛtam tadbāhyapaṁktitritaye pūrvādiparitaḥ kramāt

he should inscribe it in the middle, gracefully marked with the bindu at its throat; and in the three outer rows around it, in order, beginning from the east,

Verse 22 (shiva.kailasa.5.22)

कोष्ठानि पंच गृह्रीयाद्गिरिराजसुते शिवे । मध्ये तु कर्णिकां कुर्यात्पीतां रक्तं च वृत्तकम्

koṣṭhāni paṁca gṛhrīyādgirirājasute śive madhye tu karṇikāṁ kuryātpītāṁ raktaṁ ca vṛttakam

O auspicious daughter of the mountain-king, he should take five compartments; in the center he should make the pericarp yellow, with a red circular rim.

Verse 23 (shiva.kailasa.5.23)

दलानि रक्तवर्णानि कल्पयेत्कल्पवित्तमः । दलबाह्ये तु कृष्णेन रंध्राणि परिपूरयेत्

dalāni raktavarṇāni kalpayetkalpavittamaḥ dalabāhye tu kṛṣṇena raṁdhrāṇi paripūrayet

He who is most skilled in the procedure should make the petals red in color; and beyond the petals, he should fill the gaps between them with black.

Verse 24 (shiva.kailasa.5.24)

आग्नेयादीनि चत्वारि शुक्लेनैव प्रपूरयेत् । पूर्वे षड्बिन्दुसहितं षट्कोणं कृष्णमालिखेत्

āgneyādīni catvāri śuklenaiva prapūrayet pūrve ṣaḍbindusahitaṁ ṣaṭkoṇaṁ kṛṣṇamālikhet

He should fill the four corner compartments, beginning with the south-east, with white alone; and in the east he should draw a black hexagon accompanied by six bindus.

Verse 25 (shiva.kailasa.5.25)

रक्तवर्णं दक्षिणतस्त्रिकोणं चोत्तरे ततः । श्वेताभमर्द्धचन्द्रं च पीतवर्णं च पश्चिमे

raktavarṇaṁ dakṣiṇatastrikoṇaṁ cottare tataḥ śvetābhamarddhacandraṁ ca pītavarṇaṁ ca paścime

On the south, a red triangle; then on the north, a white crescent moon; and on the west, a yellow figure.

Verse 26 (shiva.kailasa.5.26)

चतुरस्रं क्रमात्तेषु लिखेद्बीजचतुष्टयम् । पूर्वे बिन्दुं समालिख्य शुभ्रं कृष्णं तु दक्षिणे

caturasraṁ kramātteṣu likhedbījacatuṣṭayam pūrve binduṁ samālikhya śubhraṁ kṛṣṇaṁ tu dakṣiṇe

(there he should draw) a square; and within these, in order, he should write the four seed-syllables — a white bindu in the east, a black one in the south,

Verse 27 (shiva.kailasa.5.27)

उकारमुत्तरे रक्तं मकारं पश्चिमे ततः । अकारं पीतमेवं तु कृत्वा वर्णचतुष्टयम्

ukāramuttare raktaṁ makāraṁ paścime tataḥ akāraṁ pītamevaṁ tu kṛtvā varṇacatuṣṭayam

the syllable U in red in the north, then the syllable M in the west, and the syllable A in yellow — having thus formed the four syllables,

Verse 28 (shiva.kailasa.5.28)

सर्वोर्द्ध्वपंक्त्यधः पंक्तौ समारभ्य च सुन्दरि । पीतं श्वेतं च रक्तं च कृष्णं चेति चतुष्टयम्

sarvorddhvapaṁktyadhaḥ paṁktau samārabhya ca sundari pītaṁ śvetaṁ ca raktaṁ ca kṛṣṇaṁ ceti catuṣṭayam

O beautiful one, beginning from the row beneath the topmost row, apply the four colors — yellow, white, red, and black —

Verse 29 (shiva.kailasa.5.29)

तदधो धवलं श्यामं पीतं रक्तं चतुष्टयम् । अधस्त्रिकोणके रक्तं शुक्लं पीतं वरानने

tadadho dhavalaṁ śyāmaṁ pītaṁ raktaṁ catuṣṭayam adhastrikoṇake raktaṁ śuklaṁ pītaṁ varānane

below that, white, dark, yellow, and red — these four; and, O fair-faced one, in the triangle below, red, white, and yellow.

Verse 30 (shiva.kailasa.5.30)

एवन्दक्षिणमारभ्य कुर्यात्सोमान्तमीश्वरि । तद्बाह्यपंक्तौ पूर्वादिमध्यमान्तं विचित्रयेत्

evandakṣiṇamārabhya kuryātsomāntamīśvari tadbāhyapaṁktau pūrvādimadhyamāntaṁ vicitrayet

Thus, O Ishvari, beginning from the south, he should proceed up to the Soma (north-west) direction; and in the outer row of that, he should color from the east, through the middle, to the end.

Verse 31 (shiva.kailasa.5.31)

पीतं रक्तं च कृष्णं च श्यामं श्वेतं च पीतकम् । आग्रेय्यादि समारभ्य रक्तं श्यामं सितं प्रिये

pītaṁ raktaṁ ca kṛṣṇaṁ ca śyāmaṁ śvetaṁ ca pītakam āgreyyādi samārabhya raktaṁ śyāmaṁ sitaṁ priye

Yellow, red, black, dark, white, and yellow again; O beloved, beginning from the south-east, red, dark, and white,

Verse 32 (shiva.kailasa.5.32)

रक्तं कृष्णं च रक्तं च षट्कमेव प्रकीर्तितम् । दक्षिणाद्यं महेशानि पूर्वावधि समीरितम्

raktaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ ca raktaṁ ca ṣaṭkameva prakīrtitam dakṣiṇādyaṁ maheśāni pūrvāvadhi samīritam

red, black, and red — thus a set of six is declared. O queen of Mahesha, this sequence, beginning from the south, extends as far as the east.

Verse 33 (shiva.kailasa.5.33)

नैर्ऋताद्यन्तु विज्ञेयमाग्नेयावधि चेश्वरि । वारुणं तु समारभ्य दक्षिणावधि चेरितम

nairṛtādyantu vijñeyamāgneyāvadhi ceśvari vāruṇaṁ tu samārabhya dakṣiṇāvadhi ceritama

O Ishvari, that beginning from the south-west is to be understood as extending to the south-east; and that beginning from the west is declared to extend as far as the south.

Verse 34 (shiva.kailasa.5.34)

वायव्याद्यं महादेवि नैर्ऋतावधि चेरितम् । सोमार्थं परमेशानि वारुणावधि चेरितम्

vāyavyādyaṁ mahādevi nairṛtāvadhi ceritam somārthaṁ parameśāni vāruṇāvadhi ceritam

O great goddess, that beginning from the north-west is declared to extend as far as the south-west; O supreme queen, that for the Soma (north) direction is declared to extend as far as the west.

Verse 35 (shiva.kailasa.5.35)

ईशानाद्यं तु विज्ञेयं वायव्यावधि चाम्बिके । इत्युक्तो मण्डलविधिर्मया तुभ्यं च पार्वति

īśānādyaṁ tu vijñeyaṁ vāyavyāvadhi cāmbike ityukto maṇḍalavidhirmayā tubhyaṁ ca pārvati

O Ambika, that beginning from the north-east should be understood to extend as far as the north-west. Thus, O Parvati, the rule for the mandala has been declared by Me to you.

Verse 36 (shiva.kailasa.5.36)

एवं मण्डलमालिख्य नियतात्मा यतिस्स्वतः । सौरपूजां प्रकुर्वीत स हि तद्वस्तुतत्परः

evaṁ maṇḍalamālikhya niyatātmā yatissvataḥ saurapūjāṁ prakurvīta sa hi tadvastutatparaḥ

Having thus drawn the mandala, the self-controlled ascetic should himself perform the worship of the sun; for he is devoted to that very object.