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92 Treatment of Svara
6. ललना-चक्रम्
ललनाऽऽख्यं घण्टिकायां चक्रं द्वादशपत्रकम् ॥१३१॥
मदो मानस्ततः स्नेहः शोकः खेदश्च लुब्धता ।
अरतिः संभ्रमश्चोर्मिः श्रद्धातोषोपरोधिताः ॥१३२॥
फलानि ललनाचक्रे स्युः पूर्वादिदलेष्विति ।
humphaṭ⁴, vaṣaṭ⁵, svadhā⁶, svāhā⁷, namaḥ⁸, nectar⁹, the seven
tones ṣaḍja¹⁰ etc. and poison. (129c-131b)
6. Lalanā-cakra : 101c-133b
The psychophysical centre called lalanā¹ with twelve
petals is situated in the back of the neck. The consequences
emerging out of (concentration upon) the eastern and the
other petals respectively are—arrogance, haughtiness, affec-
tion, sorrow,² agony,³ greed, disenchantment, emotional
“He who has attained complete knowledge of the Ātman (Brahman)
becomes, by concentrating his mind (citta) on this lotus, a great sage,
eloquent and wise, and enjoys uninterrupted peace of mind. He sees
the three periods and becomes the benefactor of all, free from disease
and sorrow and long-lived, and like haṁsa, the destroyer of endless
dangers.”
The lalanā-cakra, though well-recognised, is not counted among the
six main psycho-physical centres in the body demonstrated in such
4. Humphaṭ is a non-inflectional syllable uttered while pouring
an oblation into the sacrificial fire.
5,6,7. These too are similar syllables as humphaṭ.
8. Namaḥ lit. salutation.
9. The ambrosia.
10. The names of the other notes are ṛṣabha, gāndhāra, madhyama,
pañcama, dhaivata and niṣāda as we shall come across further
in the text.

1. This word has not been translated, for it is not found worth-
   while to do so in this case The word literally means a woman,
   a wanton woman or tongue and it seems the word cannot be
   significantly interpreted in any of these terms. So the word
   has to be accepted as a technical one.
2. ‘S’ defines śoka (sorrow) as misery caused by known factors.
3. And he (‘S’) defines kheda (agony) as misery due to unknown
   causes.

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Section 2 : The Genesis of the Svara...
7. आज्ञा-चक्रम्
भ्रूमध्ये त्रिदलं चक्रमाज्ञासंज्ञं फलानि तु ॥१३३॥
आविर्भावाः सत्त्वरजस्तमसां क्रमतो मताः ।
excitement, the basic urge for living,⁴ devotion,⁵ satisfaction
and cleverness (131c-133 b).
7. Ājñā-cakra : 133c-134
The psycho-physical centre called the ‘cycle of supreme
command’¹ (ājñā cakra), having three petals is located in-
between the two eye-brows. The results of (contemplating
upon) the various petals respectively are the manifestations
of the three guṇā-s—sattva, rajas and tamas². (133c-134b)
standard works as Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇa. This centre is also called kāla-cakra
by some writers and is located at the root of the palate.
Ājñā-cakra is so called because it is said that the ājñā (command)
of the guru, the supreme preceptor is obtained directly by contemplating
in the region of this centre. (cf. Rudrayāmala Ch. XXVII, V. 68 cited
by Arthur Avalon in his English translation of the Ṣaṭcakra-nirūpaṇa,
Serpent Power, p. 395—footnote 6). This cycle is the seat of the mind,
of mahat and prakṛti, i. e., the mindstuff (consciousness), intellect. ego
and will. A successful yogi, at the time of death, establishes his vital
breath in this centre and consequently abides in the timeless being after
death. The two petals of this lotus bear the letters ha and kṣa. This
completes the garland of letters of fifty petals in all.
4. Six basic urges for life are known in the Āgama-s, as quoted
by ‘S’.
बुभुक्षा च पिपासा च शोकमोहौ जरामृती ।
ऊर्मयः षडिति प्राणबुद्धिदेहेषु संस्थिताः ॥
Hunger, thirst, sorrow, delusion, decay and death—these
are the basic urges resident in the vital breath, the mind and
the body.
5. Śraddhā also means faith, it is rather an attitude of reverence,
faith and devotion combined with love.

1. Ājñā literally means ‘command’. Concentration on this centre
   gives one the command of the body and the mind. One
   becomes the commander of one’s forces. This centre corres-
   ponds to the cerebellum, identified by some with the pineal
   gland, the centre of the third or the spiritual eye.
2. These three comprehend the entire nature.