Summary (of verses 19-21)

The Nābhi-padma (Navel Lotus) is of the colour of the rain-cloud and has ten petals; on each of its petals are each of the ten letters, Ḍa, Ḍha, Ṇa, Ta, Tha, Da, Dha, Na, Pa, Pha, and of a lustrous blue colour, with the Bindu above each of them. In the pericarp of this Lotus is the red Region of Fire, which is triangular in shape, and outside it, on its three sides, are three Svastika signs. Within the triangle is the Bīja of Fire—“Raṃ”, He (Bīja of Fire) is red in colour and is seated on a ram, is four-armed, and holds in his hands the Vajra (thunderbolt) and the Śakti weapon, and makes the signs of Vara and of Abhaya.^[1] In the lap of Vahni-Bīja is Rudra, red of colour, seated on the bull, who, however, appears to be white on account of the ashes which He smears on His body. He is old in appearance. On a red lotus in the pericarp of this Lotus is the Śakti Lākinī. She is blue, has three faces with three eyes in each, is four-armed, and with Her hands holds the Vajra and the Śakti weapon, and makes the signs of dispelling fear and granting boons. She has fierce projecting teeth, and is fond of eating rice and dhal, cooked and mixed with meat and blood.^[2]

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