CHAPTER II (1) The Microcosm. 1. In this body, the mount Meru – i.e., the vertebral column – is surrounded by seven islands; there are rivers, seas, mountains, fields; and lords of the fields too. 2. There are in it seers and sages; all the stars and planets as well. There are sacred pilgrimages, shrines; and presiding deities of the shrines. 3. The sun and moon, agents of creation and destruction, also move in it. Ether, air, water and earth are also there. (2) The Nerve Centers. 4. All the beings that exist in the three worlds are also to be found in the body; surrounding the Meru they are engaged in their respective functions. 5. (But ordinary men do not know it). He who knows all this is a Yogi; there is no doubt about it. 6. In this body, which is called Brahmanda (microcosm, literally the mundane egg), there is the nectar-rayed moon, in its proper place, on the top of the spinal cord, with eight Kalas (in the shape of a semi-circle). 7. This has its face downwards, and rains nectar day and night. The ambrosia further sub-divides itself into two subtle parts: 8. One of these, through the channel named Ida, goes over the body to nourish it, like the waters of the heavenly Ganges – certainly this ambrosia nourishes the whole body through the channel of Ida. 9. This milk-ray (moon) is on the left side. The other ray, brilliant as the purest milk and fountain of great joy, enters through the middle path (called sushumna) into the spinal cord, in order to create this moon. 10. At the bottom of the Meru there is the sun having twelve Kalas. In the right side path (Pingala) the lord of creatures carries (the fluid) through its rays upwards. 11. It certainly swallows the vital secretions, and ray-exuded nectar. Together with the atmosphere, the sun moves through the whole body. 12. The right-side vessel, which is pingala is another form of the sun, and is the giver of nirvana. The lord of creation and destruction (the sun) moves in this vessel through auspicious ecliptical signs. (3) The Nerves. 13. In the body of man there are 3,500,000 nadis; of them the principal are fourteen; 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 Brahmarandhra. 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.
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