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र्थसाधकनानाशक्तिमत्तया नानाप्रकारवर्णान्तरघटितत्वेन परागपरिमलादिमत्कमलोपमितत्वमिति योजनीयम् ।कमलेयथा मधुमात्रसारग्राहिणी भृङ्गी रमते सर्वपुष्परसमधुपानस्वाभाव्येन सर्वसमापि मध्वाधिक्य विविदिषया प्रभूतमधुवत्त्वेन च तस्मिन्नेव विशिष्यासक्तिमती, तथा सर्वमन्त्रबीजवाच्यदेवतात्मना सर्वानुगतापि ह्रींकारस्य विशिष्टगुणवत्त्वेन सर्वोपादानसगुणब्रह्मप्रतिपादकतया तदीयस्वरूपतटस्थलक्षणवत्त्वेन तदभिन्नस्वरूपतया सर्वशब्दजालप्रकृतित्वेन च रूढ्या लक्षणया वा तत्संबन्धिनी सती तदुपासकानां तदधिष्ठानतया च तैर्लक्ष्यत इति भृङ्ग्युपमया वर्णितेति तात्पर्यम् ॥ॐ ह्रींकाराम्भोजभृङ्गिकायै नमः ॥ह्रींकारसुमनोमाध्वी ।ह्रींकारस्य वाञ्छितफलप्रदानसाधकतया सुमनःसादृश्यम् ।अथवा, पुष्पाणि व्यवहारसमयेबहुसावधानतया व्यवहर्तव्यानि परममार्दवाधिकरणत्वेन बहुमान्यत्वात्, तथा ह्रींकारोऽप्युपासनवेलायां परब्रह्मवाचकत्वेनप्रयत्नपूर्वकमेकाग्रमनसा देवताभिन्नत्वेन ध्यातव्य इति नियमसंपादनार्थे पुष्पोपममिति विभावनीयम् ।तथा च वाय्वादिना शुष्काणि पुष्पाणि निर्मधुत्वेन फलान्यजनयित्वापरिपतन्ति फलजनकशक्तेरभावेन; तदितराणि तु तद्वत्वेन
In plain words
Just as a black bee drinks deeply from the fragrant pollen of a lotus, resting in that single flower with complete devotion because its heart is set on the sweet nectar, so too does the sacred syllable Hrīṃ reveal itself to the seeker. Pervading all mantras and standing as the very essence of the divine, this supreme syllable is approached with intense absorption. It is the matrix of all sound and the very breath of the absolute. Salutation to her who is the honeybee resting upon the lotus of Hrīṃ. Like a delicate blossom that must be handled with utmost tenderness, the sacred mantra must be held in the heart with silent, focused reverence during meditation, lest its living grace wither away.
Close to the Sanskrit
By reason of possessing various powers for achieving objectives, and by being structured with diverse letters, the comparison of the lotus possessing pollen and fragrance is to be applied. Just as on the lotus the honey-seeking bee delights naturally through drinking the nectar of all flowers, being deeply devoted precisely to it because of desiring abundance and possessing abundant sweetness; similarly, even though the syllable Hrīṃ is all-pervading in the form of the deity signified by all mantra-seeds, it is described through the analogy of the bee because it is apprehended by its worshippers as their basis through being associated with it by convention or implication, as the primary matrix of all sound-networks, as being identical in essence with Brahman, as possessing incidental characteristics of its essence, as establishing the qualified Brahman as material cause, and by possessing distinguished attributes. Salutation to her who is the bee on the lotus of the syllable Hrīṃ. The nectar of the flowers of the syllable Hrīṃ: its similarity to flowers stems from its capability of granting desired fruits. Alternatively, just as flowers must be handled with extreme care during worldly dealings due to being the locus of utmost delicacy and worthy of high reverence, so too the syllable Hrīṃ must be contemplated with diligent effort, a focused mind, and as non-different from the deity during worship, for the sake of establishing this injunction; and thus, just as dried flowers fall off without producing fruits due to the absence of the power to generate fruit, lacking sweetness, whereas others do so by possessing it...