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Sutra number 29 of the vibhūti pāda of Maharishi patañjali's yoga sūtras, the yoga darśana. 29th Sutra, vibhūti pāda is
नाभिचक्रे कायव्यू॑हज्ञा॒नम् ॥ ३.२९॥
Nābhi cakre kāya vyūha jñānam.
Nābhi is the navel, the centre of our body, cakre, nābhi cakre cakre is the circle, the area, the circular area surrounding the centre of our body; nābhi cakra, the centre of the body and kāya is the body, vyūha is the systematic orderly arrangement that is the vyūha, jñānam, the knowledge. So by performing samyama on the nābhi cakra, the circular area around the nābhi, the navel region, the sādhaka gets the knowledge of the entire arrangement of his body that is the vibhūti one gets. Performing samyama on the navel region, we come to know about the entire knowledge of the body, constitution of the body, how the body is constituted, how the body is made up. We all know that the body is made out of cells, tissues, molecules, muscles, bones, blood, the saptadhātus, rakta, māṃsa and the rest. And all these seven dhātus are responsible for our physical body. Somebody is 50 kg, 60 kg or a newborn baby is just 3 kg. From 3 kgs as the baby keeps on growing, it gains weight, it becomes about 70-80 kg as the age comes on. And how this body is built, how cells are built, how muscles are built, how the molecules and tissues are built, and how various parts of the body are built. In fact, how the entire human systems, the various functioning human systems, the skeletal system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the nervous system, the ophthalmic system, the endocrine system, all these systems, how do they develop? How do they work? What a tremendous coordination between them. And all this is called as vyūha it is, an orderly systematic arrangement, an orderly systematic working, functioning. And this is known, and the entire knowledge of the structure of the body and its functioning comes to the light by performing samyama on the nābhi cakra, the center of the navel region. We should remember, when the first time the child will be growing within the womb of the mother, when the two chromosomes or two cells come in touch, the male and the female, from the male and from the female, there is a beautiful description in our upaniṣads, how the childbirth takes place, and how the growth of the fetus comes inside the body, how it grows, what happens in every day, every week, and how it gets its nourishment, isn't it? We all know, the only connection between the mother and the growing fetus in the baby, the child inside the mother's womb, is the nābhi sthāna. And performing samyama there, that nābhi sthāna, which was there, which will be there, which is there, from the beginning of our getting the worldly knowledge, and performing the samyama on that, the entire structure of the human body, the entire knowledge of the human body becomes clear to the performer of the samyama. That is the meaning of this particular Sutra. Nābhi cakra kāya vyūha jñānam, kāya is the body. Nābhi cakra kāya vyūha jñānam it is - the knowledge of the entire body becomes clear, because of the samyama on the nābhi. And nābhi deśa, nābhi sthāna is the center of our body. Whatever may be the shape of the body, whatever may be the frame of the body, the center is always nābhi. And performing samyama there, the center of our body, the knowledge of the body systems is revealed. That is the importance of this particular Sutra.
The next Sutra is the Sutra No. 30.
कण्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासा॑निवृ॒त्तिः ॥ ३.३०॥
Kaṇṭha kūpe kṣut pipāsā nivṛttiḥ.
Kaṇṭha kūpe, kaṇṭha is the throat, the gullet, kūpa is the well, the depth, the deep, kūpa is a well, a deep hole, kṣut is the hunger. pipāsā is thirst, nivṛttiḥ ceases. By performing samyama on the base root of the kaṇṭha, throat, hunger and pipāsā are lost. By performing samyama at the base of the kaṇṭha, throat, thirst and hunger are eliminated. By performing samyama at the base and root of the throat, one can conquer thirst and hunger. That is the vibhūti expressed in this particular Sutra No. 30. And we all know that thirst and hunger, wetness and dryness in the throat are all the combinations, symbols and reactions and responses. For a common man, the feeling of thirst is in the upper part of the throat, at the beginning of the pharynx. That's why a thirsty person says that his throat is dried up and needs wetting. So at least to quench, a little water is taken. But here patañjali says, perform samyama there. You should remember, again and again, samyama is a combination of dhāraṇā, dhyāna, samādhi. The sensation of hunger, the sensation of thirst and those sensations which are thrown out, pushed up at the sensational levels, can be conquered by performing samyama at the kaṇṭha kūpa. It is well known that sensations of hunger and thirst and similar phenomena depend on the secretions of the glands in various parts of our body. And the knowledge of the working of these glands and the capacity to regulate their secretions will give naturally a power to the yogi to control those sensations. And there are several glands situated in and around the throat.
In yoga, there is a beautiful technique called jālandhara bandha, it is called. Where the chin is pressed tightly against the throat. There is a particular practice. And a lot of tips of the ends of the glands, they come up at the root of the throat. And that is why kaṇṭha kūpa samyama eliminates kṣut pipāsā, thirst and hunger.
Swami Vivekananda beautifully writes a commentary for this particular sutra, it is worth. He says, “when a man is very hungry, if he can make samyama on the pit of the throat, hunger ceases.” Believe me when I say this. Swami Vivekananda is saying, there are a number of incidents in the life of Swami Vivekananda where we have examples of thirst and hunger troubling him, but he came out winning against them. And this is the sutra, kaṇṭha kūpa kṣut pipāsā nivṛttiḥ.
Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ.
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः||To Be Continued.. ---------------------------------------
These are transcription of session delivered by Vice-President of Vivekananda Rock Memorial & Vivekananda Kendra, Sri M. Hanumantha Rao Ji.
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Freed from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with courage and enthusiasm and unperturbed by success or failure, the worker is known as a pure (Sattvika) one. Four outstanding and essential qualities of a worker. - Bhagwad Gita : XVIII-26
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