pādyopasparśārhaṇādīn
upacārān prakalpayet
dharmādibhiś ca navabhiḥ
kalpayitvāsanaḿ mama
padmam aṣṭa-dalaḿ tatra
karṇikā-kesarojjvalam
ubhābhyāḿ veda-tantrābhyāḿ
mahyaḿ tūbhaya-siddhaye
padya -- water for washing the Lord's feet; upasparsa -- water for washing the Lord's mouth; arhana -- water presented as arghya; adin -- and other paraphernalia; upacaran -- the offerings; prakalpayet -- one should make; dharma-adibhih -- with the personifications of religion, knowledge, renunciation and opulence; ca -- and; navabhih -- with the nine (energies of the Lord); kalpayitva -- having imagined; asanam -- the seat; mama -- My; padmam -- a lotus; ashta-dalam -- having eight petals; tatra -- therein; karnika -- in the whorl; kesara -- with saffron filaments; ujjvalam -- effulgent; ubhabhyam -- by both means; veda-tantrabhyam -- of the Vedas and tantras; mahyam -- to Me; tu -- and; ubhaya -- of both (enjoyment and liberation); siddhaye -- for the achievement.
According to Srila Sridhara Svami, religion, knowledge, renunciation and opulence are the legs of the Lord's sitting platform and occupy the four corners, beginning with the southeast. Irreligion, ignorance, attachment and wretchedness are the intermediate legs, standing in the four directions beginning with the east. The nine saktis, or potencies, of the Lord are Vimala, Utkarshini, Jnana, Kriya, Yoga, Prahvi, Satya, Isana and Anugraha.