214:2 The words are: Sūryāya, Somāya, Nirañjanāya, Nirabhāsāya. It is with the pronunciation of these words that the different places in the body are touched, viz., Aṅganyāsas and Karanyāsas are performed. The first word is pointed to the heart with the thumb; the second, to the head, and the third, to the hair of the head. With the last, a kavacha (armour) is made by circling the fingers round the head and then circling one hand over another. This process is carried on again after the pronunciation of Ajapā manṭra which follows. Here Soma (moon) is that which is united with Thai or the emblem of the union of the lower and higher Selves. Sūrya or Sun is the causer of the state of one-ness.

214:3 As it stands, it means "the bodiless, the subtle and the guide." The original is Aṭanu Sukshmam Prachoḍayāt.

214:4 The three eyes are the two eyes commonly now in use with the Divine eye.

214:5 Contemplation with an object as seed and the seedless one.

214:6 A state above manas or when manas is transcended.

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