Summary (of verses 1-13)

The Mūlādhāra is a Lotus of four petals. The petals are red, and have the letters Va, Śa (palatal), Ṣa (cerebral), Sa, in colours of gold. In the pericarp is the square Dharā-maṇḍala surrounded by eight spears, and within it and in the lower part is the Dharā-Bīja^[1] who has four arms and is seated on the elephant Airāvata. He is of yellow colour, and holds the thunderbolt^[2] in his hands. Inside the Bindu of the Dharā-Bīja is the Child Brahmā, who is red in colour, and has four hands with which he holds the staff,^[3] the gourd,^[4] the Rudrākṣa rosary, and makes the gesture which dispels fear.^[5] He has four faces. In the pericarp there is a red lotus on which is the presiding Divinity of the Cakra (Cakrādhiṣṭhātrī), the Śakti Ḍākinī. She is red and has four arms, and in her hands are Śūla,^[6] Khaṭvāṅga,^[7] Khaḍga,^[8] and Caṣaka.^[9] In the pericarp there is also the lightning-like triangle, inside which are Kāma-Vāyu and Kāma-Bīja,^[10] both of which are red. Above this is the Svayaṃbhu-Liṅga which is Śyāma-varṇa,^[11] and above and round this Liṅga is Kuṇḍalinī coiled three and a half times, and above this last upstands, on the top of the Liṅga, Cit-kalā.^[12]

(This is the end of the first section.)^[13]