Dasakam 095 - Sloka 07

ध्यानं ते शीलयेयं समतनुसुखबद्धासनो नासिकाग्र- न्यस्ताक्ष: पूरकाद्यैर्जितपवनपथश्चित्तपद्मं त्ववाञ्चम्। ऊर्ध्वाग्रं भावयित्वा रविविधुशिखिन: संविचिन्त्योपरिष्टात् तत्रस्थं भावये त्वां सजलजलधरश्यामलं कोमलाङ्गम् ॥७॥ ध्यानं ते शीलयेयंmeditation on Thee (I) will practiceसम-तनु-सुख-बद्ध-आसन:with body erect and sitting in sukhaasanaनासिका-अग्र-न्यस्त-आक्ष:on the nose tip gazing eyesपूरक-आद्यै:-जित-पवन-पथ:-with Pooraka etc., controlling the vital breath energiesचित्त-पद्मं तु-अवाञ्चम्the heart lotus indeed facing downwardsऊर्ध्व-अग्रं भावयित्वाfully blown and upward imaginingरवि-विधु-शिखिन:in sun moon and fireसंविचिन्त्य-उपरिष्टात्imagining above itतत्रस्थं भावये त्वांthere placed will meditate on Theeसजल-जलधर-श्यामलंlike water bearing cloud dark blueकोमलाङ्गम्Thy delicate form To practice meditation, I will sit erect in a comfortable pose (sukhaasana) and gaze on the tip of the nose. Controlling my vital breath energies by doing Pooraka etc., praanaayaam (breath control) I will imagine the downward lotus in the heart as facing upward. I will imagine the sun, moon and fire above it and Thee in a delicate dark blue form as the water bearing clouds, seated on the top.