há¹›dy avicchinam oá¹kÄraá¹
ghaṇá¹Ä-nÄdaá¹ bisorṇa-vat
prÄṇenodÄ«rya tatrÄtha
punaḥ saá¹veÅ›ayet svaram
há¹›di - in the heart; avicchinnam - uninterrupted, continuous; oá¹kÄram - the sacred vibration oá¹; ghaṇá¹Ä - like a bell; nÄdam - sound; bisa-Å«rṇa-vat - like the fiber running up the lotus stalk; prÄṇena - by the wind of prÄṇa; udÄ«rya - pushing upward; tatra - therein (at a distance of twelve thumb-breadths); atha - thus; punaḥ - again; saá¹veÅ›ayet - one should join together; svaram - the fifteen vibrations produced with anusvÄra.
Beginning from the mÅ«lÄdhÄra-cakra, one should move the life air continuously upward like the fibers in the lotus stalk until one reaches the heart, where the sacred syllable om is situated like the sound of a bell. One should thus continue raising the sacred syllable upward the distance of twelve aá¹…gulas, and there the oá¹kÄra should be joined together with the fifteen vibrations produced with anusvÄra.
It appears that the yoga system is somewhat technical and difficult to perform. AnusvÄra refers to a nasal vibration pronounced after the fifteen Sanskrit vowels. The complete explanation of this process is extremely complicated and obviously unsuitable for this age. From this description we can appreciate the sophisticated achievements of those who in former ages practiced mystic meditation. Despite such appreciation, however, we should stick firmly to the simple, foolproof method of meditation prescribed for the present age, the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare RÄma, Hare RÄma, RÄma RÄma, Hare Hare.
