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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
महीं मूलाधारे कमपि मणिपूरे हुतवहं स्थितं स्वाधिष्ठाने हृदि मरुतमाकाशमुपरि । मनोऽपि भ्रूमध्ये सकलमपि भित्वा कुलपथं सहस्रारे पद्मे सह रहसि पत्या विहरसे ॥९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- मूलाधारे
- at the root support
- मणिपूरे
- at the navel centre
- भ्रूमध्ये
- between the brows
- सहस्रारे
- in the thousand-petalled lotus
This verse maps the elements through the yogic centres and pictures their transcendence in the sahasrāra. Such maps belong to a particular practice tradition; they can support meditation, while they should not be flattened into anatomy or treated as scientific claims.
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