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Shatachakrabheda. OUTSIDE the spine, to the left is the Ida nerve, res
plendent like the moon and to the right is the Pingala nerve, resplendent like the sun. Between these nerves, that is, within the canal of the spine is the Sushumna nerve, effulgent like the sun, moon and the fire and possessing the three attributes of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Assuming the shape of a full blown Dhatura petal towards the Muladhar Padma. (radical substratum of the psychological forces) it. extends to the crown, and within the aperture of this nerve is a nerve called Bajra extending from the Pudendum Virile to the crown. The interior of this. latter nerve is perpetually blazing.
With this blaze of the Bajra nerve is a nerve called. Chitrini, girdled by the Pranava (that is, the three powers explicated by it) and fine as the spider's web. This nerve permeates the six lotuses (the trijunction points or cells where the Ida and the Pingala nerves. meet with the Sushumna nerve) on the Sushumna nerve. Within the Chitrini is a nerve called Brahma. zerve, which extends from the mouth of the great positive force (Maha Pranava) in the first cell to the crown.
“This is a very delightful place where the mouth of the Brahma nerve emits nectre. This place is the junction of the frontal lobe with the temporal lobe, web
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