14-15. Sushumna, Ida, Pingala, Gandhari, Hastijihvika, Kuhu, Saraswati, Pusa, Sankhini, Payaswani, Varuni,
Alumbusa, Vishwodari, and Yasaswani. Among these Ida, Pingala and Sushumna are the chief.
16. Among these three, sushumna alone is the highest and beloved of the Yogis. Other vessels are subordinate
to it in the body.
17. All these principal nadis (vessels) have their mouths downwards, and are like thin threads of lotus. They
are all supported by the vertebral column, and represent the sun, moon and fire.
18. The innermost of these three is chitra; it is my beloved. In that there is the subtlest of all hollows called
19. Brilliant with five colours, pure, moving in the middle of sushumna, this chitra is the vital part of body and
centre of sushumna.
20. This has been called in the Shastras the Heavenly Way; this is the giver of the joy of immortality; by
contemplating it, the greatYogi destroys all sins.
21. Two digits above the rectum and two digits below the linga (penis) is the adhara lotus, having a dimension
of four digits.
22. In the pericarp of the adhara lotus there is the triangular, beautiful yoni, hidden and kept secret in all the
Tantras.
23. In it is the supreme goddess Kundalini of the form of electricity, in a coil. It has three coils and a half (like
a serpent), and is in the mouth of sushumna.
