Summary of the Ājñā Cakra (verses 31a-38)

The Ājñā Cakra has two petals and is white. The letters Ha and Kṣa, which are white,^[1] are on the two petals. The presiding Śakti of the Cakra, Hākinī, is in the pericarp. She is white, has six red-coloured faces each with three eyes, and six arms, and is seated on a white lotus. With Her hands She displays Vara-mudrā and Abhaya-mudrā,^[2] and holds a Rudrākṣa rosary, a human skull, a small drum, and a book. Above Her, within a Trikoṇa, is Itara-Liṅga, which is lightning-like, and above this again, within another Trikoṇa, is the inner Ātmā (Antar-ātmā), lustrous like a flame. On its four sides, floating in air, are sparks surrounding a light which by its own lustre makes visible all between Mūla and the Brahma- randhra. Above this, again, is Manas, and above Manas, in the region of the Moon, is Haṃsah, within whom is Parama-Śiva with His Śakti.

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[Viśvanātha,^[3] in the Commentary to the Ṣaṭcakra, gives under this verse a description, taken from the Svacchanda-saṃgraha, of the region beyond the Ājñā—that is, beyond the Samaṣṭi or collective or cosmic Ājñā: “Within the Bindu is a space a hundred million Yojanas^[4] in expanse, and bright with the brightness of ten million suns. Here is the Lord of the State beyond Śānti (Śāntyatīteśvara), with five heads and ten arms and lustrous as a mass of lightning flashes. On His left is Śāntyatītā Manon- manī. Surrounding them are Nivṛtti, Pratiṣṭhā, Vidyā, and Śāntī.^[5] Each, of these is adorned with a moon and has five heads and ten arms. This is Bindu-Tattva. Above Bindu is Ardha-candra, with the Kalās of the latter—namely, Jyotsnā, Jyotsnāvatī, Kānti, Suprabhā, Vimalā. Above Ardha-candra is Nibodhikā, with the Kalās of the latter—Bandhatī, Bodhinī, Bodhā, Jñānabodhā, Tamo'pahā. Above Nibodhikā is Nāda and its five Kalās—Indhikā, Recikā, Ūrdhvagā, Trāsā, and Paramā. On the lotus above this last is Iśvara, in extent a hundred million Yojanas, and lustrous as ten thousand moons. He is five-headed, and each head has three eyes. His hair is matted, and he holds the trident (Śūla). He is the one who goeth upwards (Ūrdhva-gāmini), and in His embrace (Utsaṅga) is the Kala Ūrdhva-gāmini.”]