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## The Nature of Padmastha Dhyana
**Yoga Shastra, Eighth Prakash, Verses 29-37**
**Meaning:**
**800.** One should meditate on the **Shabda Brahma**, the sole cause of creation, residing in the center of the heart lotus, composed of vowels and consonants, the speaker of the Pancha Parameshthis. ||29||
**801.** One should meditate on the **Pranava** (Om), the great mantra, emanating from the moon-like brilliance residing on the head, drenched in the nectar of the divine arts, using **Kumbhaka** (breath retention). ||30||
**802.** One should meditate on the **Om** of yellow color for **Sthambhana** (immobilization), red for **Vashya** (subjugation), coral-colored for **Kshobhana** (agitation), black for **Vidveshana** (hatred), and white like the moon for **Karmaghnata** (destruction of karma). ||31||
**Meaning:** Although it is appropriate for those seeking the destruction of karma to meditate on the **Om** that shines like the moon, in various situations involving substances, fields, time, and emotions, meditating on other colors like yellow can also be beneficial. Therefore, the practice of meditating on **Om** is prescribed here. ||31||
**Another method of meditating on the Padmaya Devata:**
**803.** The yogi should especially meditate on the **Pancha Parameshthi Namaskara Mantra**, the great, most auspicious mantra that purifies the three worlds. ||32||
**This can be done as follows:**
**804.** One should contemplate a white lotus with eight petals, and in its center, the seven-syllabled, pure mantra **"Namo Arihantaṇam"**. ||33||
**805.** Then, one should contemplate the four mantra-words **"Siddhādik"** in the petals of the four directions, and the four words of the **"Chūlā-Pāda"** in the petals of the intercardinal directions. ||34||
**Meaning:** One should contemplate **"Namo Siddhāṇam"** in the east, **"Namo Āryāṇam"** in the south, **"Namo Uvvajjhāyāṇam"** in the west, and **"Namo Loe Savvasāhūṇam"** in the north. In the intercardinal directions, one should contemplate **"Eso Panca Namukkāro"** in the southeast, **"Savvapāvappaṇāsano"** in the southwest, **"Mangalāṇam ca Savveṛsi"** in the northwest, and **"Padhamaṁ Havvai Mangalaṁ"** in the northeast. In this way, one should meditate on the **Pancha Parameshthi Namaskara Mantra**. ||34||
**Now, the fruits of contemplating the mantra are described:**
**806.** A muni who contemplates this mantra with purity of mind, speech, and body, even while eating, receives the fruit of four days of fasting by chanting it one hundred and eight times. ||35||
**807.** By properly worshipping this great mantra, yogis become highly respected in the three worlds and attain supreme prosperity. ||36||
**808.** Even those who have committed thousands of sins and killed hundreds of beings, by worshipping this mantra, attain heaven even if they are born as animals. ||37||