The ascending breath *[1] driven down to muladhara *[2],
The dumb *[3] mantra showered up the clouds of fire *[4] -
That practice I could not attain.
But when the Silent Guru that upadesa gave *[5]
Conferred it on me,
I tasted its sweetness.
And beyond will I taste
The ambrosia in the cranial regions *[6].
FootNotes:
[1] Prana
[2] The basic of the six centers between the anus and the genitals, the solar plexus.
[3] Ajapa or the unarticulated form of mantra, OM.
[4] Kundalini energy lying dormant in the muladhara is roused to ascend upward to the cranial regions.
[5] See footnote 1, verse 27:26 ante.
[6] The summum bonum of yogic practice.