उदरमुपासते य ऋषिवर्त्मसु कूर्पदृश: परिसरपद्धतिं हृदयमारुणयो दहरम् । तत उदगादनन्त तव धाम शिर: परमं पुनरिह यत् समेत्य न पतन्ति कृतान्तमुखे ॥ १८ ॥
udaram upāsate ya ṛṣi-vartmasu kūrpa-dṛśaḥ parisara-paddhatiṁ hṛdayam āruṇayo daharam tata udagād ananta tava dhāma śiraḥ paramaṁ punar iha yat sametya na patanti kṛtānta-mukhe
- udaram
- the abdomen
- upāsate
- worship
- ye
- who
- ṛṣi
- of sages
- vartmasu
- according to the standard methods
- kūrpa
- gross
- dṛśaḥ
- their vision
- parisara
- from which all the prāṇic channels emanate
- paddhatim
- the node
- hṛdayam
- the heart
- āruṇayaḥ
- the Āruṇi sages
- daharam
- subtle
- tataḥ
- thence
- udagāt
- (the soul) rises up
- ananta
- O unlimited Lord
- tava
- Your
- dhāma
- place of appearance
- śiraḥ
- to the head
- paramam
- the highest destination
- punaḥ
- again
- iha
- into this world
- yat
- which
- sametya
- reaching
- na patanti
- they do not fall down
- kṛta-anta
- of death
- mukhe
- into the mouth
Among the followers of the methods set forth by great sages, those with less refined vision worship the Supreme as present in the region of the abdomen, while the Āruṇis worship Him as present in the heart, in the subtle center from which all the prāṇic channels emanate. From there, O unlimited Lord, these worshipers raise their consciousness upward to the top of the head, where they can perceive You directly. Then, passing through the top of the head toward the supreme destination, they reach that place from which they will never again fall to this world, into the mouth of death.