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Śrī Brahma-saḿhitā 5.3
karnikāraḿ mahad yantraḿ
sat-konaḿ vajra-kīlakam
sad-ańga-sat-padī-sthānaḿ
prakrtyā purusena ca
premānanda-mahānanda-
rasenāvasthitaḿ hi yat
jyotī-rūpena manunā
kāma-bījena sańgatam

karnikāram — the whorl; mahat — great; yantram — figure; sat-koṇam — a hexagon; vajra — like a diamond; kīlakam — the central support; sat-ańga-sat-padī — of the eighteen-syllable mantra with sixfold divisions; sthānam — the place of manifestation; prakrtyā — along with the predominated aspect of the Absolute; purusena — along with the predominating aspect of the Absolute; ca — also; prema-ānanda — of the bliss of love of God; mahā-ānanda — of the great transcendental jubilations; rasena — with the rasa (mellow); avasthitam — situated; hi — certainly; yat — which; jyotih-rūpena — transcendental; manunā — with the mantra; kāma-bījena — with the kāma-bīja (klīḿ); sańgatam — joined.

TRANSLATION

The whorl of that transcendental lotus is the realm wherein dwells Krsna. It is a hexagonal figure, the abode of the indwelling predominated and predominating aspect of the Absolute. Like a diamond the central supporting figure of self-luminous Krsna stands as the transcendental source of all potencies. The holy name consisting of eighteen transcendental letters is manifested in a hexagonal figure with sixfold divisions.