Summary (of verses 14-18)

The Svādhiṣṭhāna-Cakra is of the colour of vermilion, and has six petals. On its six petals are the six letters Ba, Bha, Ma, Ya, Ra and La, with the Bindu placed thereon. They are of the colour of lightning. In the pericarp of this Lotus is the region of water in the form of an eightpetalled Lotus, with a half-moon in its centre. This region is white. Inside this latter is the Varuṇa-Bīja “Vaṃ,” seated on a Makara, with a noose in his hand. In the lap of the latter (i.e., in the hollow of the Bindu) is Viṣṇu seated on Garuḍa. He has four hands, and is carrying the Śaṅkha. (conch shell), Cakra (discus), Gadā (mace), and Padma (lotus). He is dressed in yellow raiment, wears a long garland (Vanamālā) round his neck, the mark Śrī-vatsa and the gem Kaustubha on his breast, and is youthful in appearance. On a red lotus in the pericarp is the Śakti Rākiṇī. She is Śyāma-varṇā,^[1] and in her four hands she holds the Śūla (spear or trident), Abja (lotus), Ḍamaru (drum) and Ṭaṅka (battle-axe). She is three-eyed and has fierce projecting fangs,^[2] and is terrible to behold. She is fond of white rice,^[3] and a stream of blood runs from her nostril.

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