Śiva Sūtra 3.4
शरीरे संहारः कलानाम् ||3.4||
In the body (śarīre | loc sg) [occurs] the reabsorption (saṃhāraḥ | nom sg) of the Kalās (kalānām | gen pl).
Begin in the body: draw the scattered powers back into their common source.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: The body is where limitation is experienced concretely.
The Vārttika explains: The withdrawal of the Kalās is a meditation in which gross body, subtle body, and higher bodily centres are reabsorbed into the fire of awareness.
Śiva Sūtra 3.5
नाडीसंहारभूतजयभूतकैवल्यभूतपृथक्त्वानि ||3.5||
nāḍī-saṃhāra-bhūta-jaya-bhūta-kaivalya-bhūta-pṛthaktvāni ||3.5|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Reabsorption of the Nāḍīs (nāḍī-saṃhāra | dv), mastery of the elements (bhūta-jaya | dv), isolation of the elements (bhūta-kaivalya | dv), [and] distinction of the elements (bhūta-pṛthaktvāni | nom pl) [arise].
When the currents are gathered, the elements can be mastered, distinguished, and recognised in their own nature.
Kṣemarāja explains in the Vimarśinī: By gathering the inner currents of life, the practitioner loses blind dependence upon the elements.
The Vārttika explains: The practitioner gathers Prāṇa, withdraws the Nāḍīs into the central channel, and practises the elemental Dhāraṇās.
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