Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.20

nabhyam sthitam hrdy adhiropya tasmad

udana-gatyorasi tam nayen munih

tato 'nusandhaya dhiya manasvi

sva-talu-mulam sanakair nayeta

SYNONYMS

nabhyam -- on the navel; sthitam -- situated; hrdi -- in the heart; adhiropya -- by placing; tasmat -- from there; udana -- soaring; gatya -- force; urasi -- on the chest; tam -- thereafter; nayet -- should draw; munih -- the meditative devotee; tatah -- them; anusandhaya -- just to search out; dhiya -- by intelligence; manasvi -- the meditative; sva-talu-mulam -- at the root of the palate; sanakaih -- slowly; nayeta -- may be brought in.

TRANSLATION

The meditative devotee should slowly push up the life air from the navel to the heart, from there to the chest and from there to the root of the palate. He should search out the proper places with intelligence.

PURPORT

There are six circles of the movement of the life air, and the intelligent bhakti-yogi should search out these places with intelligence and in a meditative mood. Among these, mentioned above is the svadhisthana-cakra, or the powerhouse of the life air, and above this, just below the abdomen and navel, is the mani-puraka-cakra. When upper space is further searched out in the heart, one reaches the anahata-cakra, and further up, when the life air is placed at the root of the palate, one reaches the visuddhi-cakra.

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