Verse 22

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 22:

तस्योर्ध्वे हृदि पङ्कजं सुललितं बन्धूककान्त्युज्ज्वलं
  काद्यैर्द्वादशवर्णकैरुपहितं सिन्दूररागान्वितैः ।
नांनानाहतसंज्ञकं सुरतरुं वाच्छातिरिक्तप्रदं
  वायोर्मण्डलमत्र धूमसदृशं षट्कोणशोभान्वितं ॥ २२ ॥

tasyordhve hṛdi paṅkajaṃ sulalitaṃ bandhūkakāntyujjvalaṃ
  kādyairdvādaśavarṇakairupahitaṃ sindūrarāgānvitaiḥ |
nāṃnānāhatasaṃjñakaṃ surataruṃ vācchātiriktapradaṃ
  vāyormaṇḍalamatra dhūmasadṛśaṃ ṣaṭkoṇaśobhānvitaṃ || 22 ||

Above that, in the heart, is the charming Lotus,^[1] of the shining colour of the Bandhūka flower,^[2] with the twelve letters beginning with Ka, of the colour of vermilion, placed therein. It is known by its name of Anāhata, and is like the celestial wishing-tree,^[3] bestowing even more than (the supplicant’s) desire. The Region of Vāyu, beautiful and with six corners,^[4] which is like unto the smoke in colour, is here.

Commentary by Śrī-Kālīcaraṇa:

The Anāhata Lotus is described in the six verses beginning with this.

This Lotus should be meditated upon in the heart; the verb dhyāyet is understood. The twelve letters beginning with Ka, that is, letters Ka to Tha are on the petals.

“It is known by its name Anāhata” (Nāmnāsnāhata-saṃjñaka [saṃjñakaṃ]).—“It is so called by the Munis because it is here that the sound of Śabda

Brahman is heard, that Śabda or sound which issues without the striking, of any two things together.”^[5]

“Wishing-tree”^[6] is the tree in Heaven which grants all one asks; as it is like the Kalpa-taru so it bestows more than is desired.

“Region of Vāyu” (Vāyor maṇḍalaṃ).—In the pericarp of this, Lotus is the Vāyu-maṇḍala.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

The Anāhata, or heart Lotus, seat of the air element, the sign of which is described as hexagonal, is here. See Introduction.

[2]:

Pentapoetes phoenicea.

[3]:

Kalpa-taru. Śaṃkara says the Kalpa-taru, one of the celestial trees in Indra’s heaven, grants what is asked; but this gives more, since it leads him to Mokṣa.

[4]:

Ṣaṭkoṇa—that is, interlacing triangles. See Plate V. See Introduction and Rudra-yāmala. Ch. XXVII, v. 64.

[5]:

Viśvanātha quotes (p. 32, post, Verse 22, Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇa [Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇaṃ]) the following: “Within it is Bāṇa-Liṇga, lustrous like ten thousand suns, also Sound which is Śabda-brahmamaya (whose substance is Brahman), and is produced by no cause (Ahetuka). Such is the lotus Anāhata wherein Puruṣa (that is, the Jīvātmā) dwells.” As to Śabda-brahman see Rāghava Bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on Śāradā, Ch. I, v. 12.

[6]:

Surataru = Kalpa-taru.