This
body is ninety-six digits in length.
Prana
extends twelve digits beyond the body. He who through,
the
practice of yoga reduces his prana within his body to make
it
equal to or not less than the fire in it becomes the greatest
the
yogins. In
men, the region of fire which is triangular in
form
and brilliant as the molten gold is situated in the middle
of
the body
Lying
in the middle of the navel and
above
it, is the seat of kundalini. The kundalini sakti is of the
form
of eight prakrtis (matter) and coils itself eight ways or
(times).
The movement of vayus (vital airs) checks duly the
food
and drink all round by the side of skandha(the web of life)
It
closes by
its
head (the opening of) the brahmarandhra, and during the
time
of (the practice of) yoga is awakened by the fire (in the
apana);
then it shines with great brilliancy in the akas of the
heart in the shape of wisdom.
Situated
at
the
back of the anus, it is attached to the spinal column and
extends
to the brahmarandhra of the head and is invisible
and
subtle and is vaishnavi (or has the sakti force of Vishnu).
On
the left of Sushumna is situated Ida and on the right is
Pingala.
The moon moves in Ida and the sun in Pingala.
The
moon is of the nature of tamas and the sun of rajas.
The
poison share is of the sun and the nectar of the moon.
They
both direct (or indicate) time and Sushumna, is the enjoyer
(or consumer) of time.
By
the
contraction
of the muscles of the neck and by the contraction
of
the one below (viz.,) Apana, the Prana (breath) goes into the
Sushumna
which is in the middle from the west nadi.
Drawing
up the Apana and forcing down the Prana from the throat,
the
yogin free from old age becomes a youth of sixteen.
Having
by contraction opened the door of kundalini, one
should
force open the door of moksha. Closing with her mouth
the
door through which one ought to go, the kundalini sleeps
spiral
in form and coiled up like a serpent. He who causes this
kundalini
to move he is an emancipated person. If this kundalini
were
to sleep in the upper part of the neck of any yogin, it goes
towards
his emancipation. (If it were to sleep) in the lower part
(of
the body), it is for the bondage of the ignorant. Leaving the
two
nadis, Ida and the other (Pingala), it (prana) should move
in the Sushumna. That is the supreme seat of
Vishnu.
Samadhi
is the union of the Jivatma (individual self) and
the
Paramatma (higher self) without ,the threefold state, (viz.,
the
knower, the known, and the knowledge). It is of the nature
of extreme bliss and pure consciousness.
