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## The Order of Meditation Practice, the Nature of the Pindastha
**Yoga Shastra, Seventh Light, Verses 10 to 19**
**752.** There are five Dharanas in the Pindastha Dhyeya: 1. Parthivī, 2. Āgneya, 3. Māruti, 4. Vārunī, and 5. Tattvabhū. ||9||
**753.** The Parthivī Dharana is described in three verses. ||753||
**754.** Contemplate the Tiryanchloka, which is the size of a rope, and a vast ocean of milk, as wide and long as the Tiryanchloka. In that ocean, contemplate a lotus with a thousand petals, the size of Jambudvipa, and shining like gold. ||10||
**755.** Contemplate the golden filaments within the lotus, radiating a brilliant yellow light, and the Karnika (pedicel) as tall as Mount Sumeru, a hundred thousand yojanas high. ||11||
**756.** Contemplate your own peaceful self, seated on a white lion throne, ready to eradicate karma, within the Karnika. This is called the Parthivī Dharana. ||12||
**757.** Now, the Āgneya Dharana is described in six verses. ||756||
**758.** Contemplate a lotus with sixteen petals within your navel. Place the Maha Mantra "Aham" in the Karnika, and on each petal, place the sixteen vowels in order: "A, Ā, I, Ī, U, Ū, Ṛ, Ṛ, Lu, Lu, E, Ai, O, Au, An, Ah". ||13||
**759.** Contemplate the "Ha" letter of the Maha Mantra, which is composed of Refa, Bindu, and Kala. From the Refa, contemplate a smoke-like flame rising slowly. ||14||
**760.** Contemplate a stream of sparks emanating from the flame, followed by a continuous chain of flames. Then, contemplate these flames burning the lotus with eight petals, situated in the heart. ||15||
**761.** On each petal of this lotus, place the eight karmas in order: 1. Jñānāvaraṇa, 2. Darśanāvaraṇa, 3. Vedaniya, 4. Mohaniya, 5. Āyu, 6. Nāma, 7. Gotra, and 8. Antarāya. This lotus should be facing downwards. ||16||
**762.** Contemplate the powerful fire, born from the meditation on the Maha Mantra "Aham", burning the eight-karma lotus, which is facing downwards. ||17||
**763.** Then, contemplate a triangular fire pit outside the body, marked with a Swastika symbol, and containing the fire seed "Ra". ||18||
**764.** Contemplate the fire flame born from the meditation on the Maha Mantra within the body, and the fire pit flame outside the body, burning the body and the eight-karma lotus. Immediately, contemplate the fire extinguishing itself, leaving only ashes. This is the Āgneya Dharana. ||19||
**765.** Know the "Aham" seed, situated in the Siddha Chakra, as the Maha Mantra. ||13-18||
**766.** Now, the Vāyavī Dharana is described in two verses. ||762||
**767.** Contemplate the wind, filling the three worlds, moving mountains and oceans, and causing disturbances. ||19||