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## The Nature of Padasthan Dhyana
**Yoga Shastra Ashtama Prakash Shloka 57 to 65**
||828. **Shashinibimbadoodbhutaam, sravantīm amṛtam sada.**
**Vidyaam 'kshvi' iti bhaalastam, dhyaayet kalyanakaranam.** ||57.||
**Meaning:** The practitioner should meditate on the 'Kshvi' Vidya, which is born from the disc of the moon and eternally showers nectar, establishing it on their forehead for the sake of their welfare. ||57.||
**Tatha** ||829. **Kshiraambhodher viniryanti, plavayanți sudhaambhubhih.**
**Bhale shashikalaam dhyaayet, siddhisopanapadhatim.** ||58.||
**Meaning:** One should meditate on the moon's crescent on their forehead, which emerges from the ocean of milk and floats all beings with nectar-like water, like a series of steps leading to the palace of Siddhis. ||58.||
**The fruit of this meditation is described:** ||830. **Asyaah smaranamatren, trutyadbhavanibandhanah.**
**Prayati paramānanda-karanam padam avyayam.** ||59.||
**Meaning:** By merely remembering this moon's crescent, the practitioner's bondage of birth and death, the cause of worldly existence, is destroyed, and they attain the imperishable state of liberation, the cause of supreme bliss. ||59.||
||831. **Nasagre pranavah shunyam anahatamiti trayam.**
**Dhyayan gunashtakam labdhva jnanam apnoti nirmalam.** ||60.||
**Meaning:** The one who meditates on the three (Om, 0, and Ha) - Pranava 'Om', Shunya '0', and Anahata 'Ha' - on the tip of their nose, attains eight Siddhis (powers) and pure knowledge. ||60.||
||832. **Shankha-kunda-shashankabhan, trinamoon dhyaayatah sada.**
**Samagravishayajnan-pragalbhyam jayate nrinaam.** ||61.||
**Meaning:** The person who constantly meditates on these three - Pranava, Shunya, and Anahata - which are as radiant as a conch shell, jasmine, and the moon, becomes proficient in the knowledge of all subjects. ||61.||
**Tatha** ||833. **Dwipaashvapranavadvandam prantayormāyayāvṛtam.**
**'So'ham' madhye vimurdhānam 'amli'mkaram vicintayet.** ||62.||
**Meaning:** One should meditate on this mantra: 'Hrim Om Om So Amli Om Om Hrim', where there are two Om's on either side, Hrim on both ends (edges), So'ham in the middle, and Amli in the middle of So'ham. ||62.||
||834. **Kamadhenumivācinty-phal-sampadan-kshamām.**
**Anavadyaam japeedvidyaam ganabhrud-vadanod-gatām.** ||63.||
**Meaning:** One should chant the flawless Vidya that emerged from the mouth of Lord Ganadhara, which is capable of granting unimaginable fruits like the Kamadhenu. This Vidya is: 'Om Jogge Magge Tacche Bhue Bhavve Bhavisse Ante Pakkhe Jinpase Swaha'. ||63.||
||835. **Shatkone'pratichakre, phat iti pratyekam aksharam.**
**Savye nyased 'vichakray svaha' baahye'pasavyatah.** ||64.||
||836. **Bhutaantam bindusamyuktam, tanmadhye nyasya chintayet.**
**'Namo jinaanam' ityādyaiḥ, 'Om' pūrve'shtayed bahiḥ.** ||65.||
**Meaning:** First, contemplate the six-angled Yantra. Write one of the six letters 'Apratichakre Phat' in each compartment of this Yantra. Outside this Yantra, write one letter of 'Vichakray Swaha' in reverse order near the corners. Then, place 'Om Namo Jinaanam' and the following mantras in the outer circle: 'Om Namo Ohijinaanam, Om Namo Paramohijinaanam, Om Namo Savvosahjinaanam, Om Namo Anatohibijanam, Om Namo Kottbuddhinaam, Om Namo Biybuddhinaam, Om Namo Payanusarinaam, Om Namo Sambhinnsoanaam, Om Namo Ujjumainaam, Om Namo Viulamainaam, Om Namo Daspuvinaam, Om Namo Chaudaspuvinaam, Om Namo Attungmahaanimitta-kusalaanam, Om Namo Viuvvaniddhipattanam, Om Namo Vijjahaaranaam, Om Namo Charanaanam, Om Namo Pannaasamanaanam, Om Namo Aagasgaaminaam, Om Jsoum Jsoum Shrim Hrim Dhriti-Kirti-Buddhi-Lakshmi Swaha'. This completes the outer circle. Then, by placing the five parts of the Pancha-Parameshthi-Mahamantra on the five fingers, one achieves complete activation. 'Om Namo Arihantaanam Haam Swaha' on the thumb, 'Om Namo Siddhaanam Hrim Swaha' on the index finger, 'Om Namo Ayariyaanam Ham Swaha' on the middle finger, ... ||65.||