Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.2.20

nābhyām sthitam hridy adhiropya tasmād

udāna-gatyorasi tam nayen munih

tato 'nusandhāya dhiyā manasvī

sva-tālu-mūlam śanakair nayeta

SYNONYMS

nābhyām — on the navel; sthitam — situated; hridi — in the heart; adhiropya — by placing; tasmāt — from there; udāna — soaring; gatya — force; urasi — on the chest; tam — thereafter; nayet — should draw; munih — the meditative devotee; tatah — them; anusandhāya — just to search out; dhiyā — by intelligence; manasvī — the meditative; sva-tālu-mūlam — at the root of the palate; śanakaih — 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-yogī should search out these places with intelligence and in a meditative mood. Among these, mentioned above is the svādhishthāna-cakra, or the powerhouse of the life air, and above this, just below the abdomen and navel, is the mani-pūraka-cakra. When upper space is further searched out in the heart, one reaches the anāhata-cakra, and further up, when the life air is placed at the root of the palate, one reaches the viśuddhi-cakra.

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