Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori

YOGA 139
on the awakening of Kuṇ ḍ alinī had opened and turned
its flower upwards, again closes and hangs downward.
As Kuṇ ḍ alinī reaches the svādhiṣṭ hāna-cakra, that lotus
opens out, and lifts its flowers upwards. Upon the
entrance of Kuṇ ḍ alinī Mahāviṣṇ u, Mahālakṣmī, Sarasvatī,
Rākini Śakti, Deva, Mātrās and vṛ tti, Vaikunṭ hadhama,
Golaka, and the Deva and Devī residing therein
are dissolved in the body of Kuṇ ḍ alinī. The pṛ thivi, or
“earth” bīja “Laṃ” is dissolved in apas, and apas converted
into the bīja “Vaṃ” remains in the body of Kuṇ ḍ alinī.
When the Devī reaches the maṇ ipūra cakra all that is in
the cakra merges in Her body. The varuṇ a bīja “Vaṃ” is
dissolved in fire, which remains in the body of the Devī
as the Bīja “Raṃ.” The cakra is called the Brahmagranthi
(or knot of Brahma). The piercing of this cakra
may involve considerable pain, physical disorder, and
even disease. On this account the directions of an experienced
Guru are necessary, and therefore also other
modes of yoga have been recommended for those to
whom they are applicable: for in such modes, activity is
provoked directly in the higher centre and it is not
necessary that the lower cakra should be pierced.
Kuṇ ḍ alinī next reaches the anāhata cakra, where all
which is therein is merged in Her. The bīja of Tejas,
“Raṃ,” disappears in Vāyu and Vāyu converted into its
bīja “Yaṃ” merges in the body of Kuṇ ḍ alinī. This cakra
is known as Viṣṇ ugranthi (knot of Viṣṇ u). Kuṇ ḍ alinī
then ascends to the abode of Bharati (or Sarasvati) or
the viśuddha-cakra. Upon Her entrance, Arddha-nār
īśvara Śiva, Śākinī, the sixteen vowels, mantra, etc., are
dissolved in the body of Kuṇ ḍ alinī. The bīja of Vāyu,
“yaṃ,” is dissolved in ākāśa, which itself being transformed
into the bīja “Haṃ,” is merged in the body of