Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.183
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12.183.1
पार्थिवं धातुमाश्रित्य शारीरोऽग्निः कथं भवेत् ।
अवकाशविशेषेण कथं वर्तयतेऽनिलः ॥ १२.१८३.१ ॥
Resting on the earthly element, how does the bodily fire come to be? And by means of a particular space, how does the wind set it in motion?
12.183.2
वायोर्गतिमहं ब्रह्मन्कीर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ ।
प्राणिनामनिलो देहान्यथा चेष्टयते बली ॥ १२.१८३.२ ॥
O brahmin, O sinless one, I will describe to you the course of the wind, how the mighty wind moves the bodies of living beings.
12.183.3
श्रितो मूर्धानमग्निस्तु शरीरं परिपालयन् ।
प्राणो मूर्धनि चाग्नौ च वर्तमानो विचेष्टने ॥ १२.१८३.३ ॥
Resting in the head, the fire protects the body; and the breath, abiding in the head and in the fire, goes on in its movements.
12.183.4
स जन्तुः सर्वभूतात्मा पुरुषः स सनातनः ।
मनो बुद्धिरहंकारो भूतानि विषयाश्च सः ॥ १२.१८३.४ ॥
That living being, the self of all creatures, is that eternal Person; he is also the mind, intellect, ego, the elements, and the objects of the senses.
12.183.5
एवं त्विह स सर्वत्र प्राणेन परिपाल्यते ।
कोष्ठतस्तु समानेन स्वां स्वां गतिमुपाश्रितः ॥ १२.१८३.५ ॥
Thus he is protected everywhere here by the breath; and from the belly-cavity, by means of samāna, he takes on his own particular course.
12.183.6
वस्तिमूलं गुदं चैव पावकं समुपाश्रितः ।
वहन्मूत्रं पुरीषं चाप्यपानः परिवर्तते ॥ १२.१८३.६ ॥
Resting at the base of the bladder, at the anus and the fire, carrying urine and feces, apāna moves about.
12.183.7
प्रयत्ने कर्मणि बले य एकस्त्रिषु वर्तते ।
उदान इति तं प्राहुरध्यात्मकुशला जनाः ॥ १२.१८३.७ ॥
The one that alone abides in effort, action and strength — this, those skilled in the inner self call udāna.
12.183.8
संधिष्वपि च सर्वेषु सन्निविष्टस्तथाऽनिलः ।
शरीरेषु मनुष्याणां व्यान इत्युपदिश्यते ॥ १२.१८३.८ ॥
Settled likewise in all the joints, the wind is taught as vyāna in the bodies of men.
12.183.9
धातुष्वग्निस्तु विततः समानोऽग्निः समीरितः ।
रसान्धातूंश्च दोषांश्च वर्तयन्नवतिष्ठते ॥ १२.१८३.९ ॥
The fire spread through the tissues is samāna; set in motion, it stands turning the juices, the tissues and the humours.
12.183.10
अपानप्राणयोर्मध्ये प्राणापानसमाहितः ।
समन्वितस्त्वधिष्ठानं सम्यक्पचति पावकः ॥ १२.१८३.१० ॥
Between apāna and prāṇa, joined with prāṇa and apāna, the fire joined to its seat cooks well.
12.183.11
आस्यं हि पायुसंयुक्तमन्ते स्याद्गुदसंज्ञितम् ।
स्रोतस्तस्मात्प्रजायन्ते सर्वस्रोतांसि देहिनाम् ॥ १२.१८३.११ ॥
The mouth, joined with the anus, is at the end called the gud; from this the channels of all embodied beings arise.
12.183.12
प्राणानां सन्निपाताच्च सन्निपातः प्रजायते ।
ऊष्मा सोग्निरिति ज्ञेयो योऽन्नं पचति देहिनाम् ॥ १२.१८३.१२ ॥
From the union of the breaths comes union; that heat is to be known as fire, which cooks the food of embodied beings.
12.183.13
अग्निवेगवहः प्राणो गुदान्ते प्रतिहन्यते ।
स ऊर्ध्वमागम्य पुनः समुत्क्षिपति पावकम् ॥ १२.१८३.१३ ॥
The breath that carries the force of fire is checked at the end of the anus. Rising upward, it again throws the fire up.
12.183.14
पक्वाशयस्त्वधो नाभ्या ऊर्ध्वमामाशयः स्मृतः ।
नाभिमध्ये शरीरस्य सर्वे प्राणाः समाश्रिताः ॥ १२.१८३.१४ ॥
Below the navel is the lower receptacle of digestion, and above it is the stomach, the receptacle of the undigested. In the middle of the navel of the body all the vital breaths are based.
12.183.15
प्रसृता हृदयात्सर्वास्तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्तथा ।
वहन्त्यन्नरसान्नाड्यो दशप्राणप्रचोदिताः ॥ १२.१८३.१५ ॥
From the heart all the channels spread out, sideways, upward and downward likewise, and impelled by the ten vital breaths they carry the essence of food.
12.183.16
एष मार्गोऽथ योगानां येन गच्छन्ति तत्पदम् ।
जितक्लमासना धीरा सूर्धन्यात्मानमादधन् ॥ १२.१८३.१६ ॥
This is the path of the yogas by which the steadfast go to that state, having conquered fatigue, firm in posture, fixing the self at the crown of the head.
12.183.17
एवं सर्वेषु विहितः प्राणापानेषु देहिनाम् ।
तस्मिन्योऽवस्थितो नित्यमग्निः स्थाल्यामिवाहितः। ॥ १२.१८३.१७ ॥
Thus it is established in all the in-breaths and out-breaths of embodied beings; the fire that always abides in them is like a fire placed in a cooking pot.