Adhyaya 214
मन्त्रमाहात्म्यकथनम् (Account of the Greatness of Mantras)
在结束前一章关于施地之功德后，火神阿耆尼展开偏重技术与瑜伽的阐述，将布施（dāna）的外在福报重新归摄为以咒（mantra）与气息（prāṇa）为核心的内在修持。他描绘由脐下之“根结”（kanda）生起的脉轮体系，列举七万二千条脉道，并说明十条主要脉（含 iḍā、piṅgalā、suṣumṇā 等）。继而界定十种生命风：五大风（prāṇa、apāna、samāna、udāna、vyāna）与五随风（nāga、kūrma、kṛkara、devadatta、dhanañjaya），联系其生理功能，并指出 prāṇa 与 apāna 的昼夜对极。阿耆尼又将历法与象征对应（saṅkrānti、viṣuva、ayana、adhīmāsa、ṛṇa、ūnarātra、dhana）融入生理征象，提示可由呼吸与症候解读宇宙时间。修习法门以调息为纲：pūraka（充满）、kumbhaka（持息）与上行之放出，终至 ajapā-japa（将伽雅特丽 Gāyatrī 视为自发之咒）与“haṃsa”之行。教义并扩展至微细身神学：心域之昆达里尼（Kuṇḍalinī）、甘露（amṛta）观想，以及诸神在身内的安住处（梵天在心、毗湿奴在喉、鲁陀罗在上腭、摩醯湿伐罗在额）。最后，将咒视为音声构筑的“prāsāda”（咒之宫殿），论及音量长短与 pluta 延长，及其仪轨用途（phaṭ 用于 māraṇa；心咒用于 ākṛṣṭi）、持诵与火供次数、tri-śūnya 之说，并提出具格上师/阿阇梨须通达 Oṁ、Gāyatrī 与鲁陀罗之智。
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Frequently Asked Questions
A structured subtle-physiology: 72,000 nāḍīs from the kanda below the navel; ten principal nāḍīs (including iḍā, piṅgalā, suṣumṇā); and ten vāyus with precise functional definitions, integrated with prāṇāyāma steps (pūraka–kumbhaka–release).
It internalizes dharma through disciplined breath and mantra: ajapā-japa and haṃsa contemplation purify the practitioner, establish deity-awareness within the body via nyāsa, and present mantra as a ‘prāsāda’ whose correct phonetics and method lead to siddhi and, through tri-śūnya insight, liberation.
Gāyatrī is called Ajapā (spontaneous, unforced repetition), identified as embodying Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara; repeating it is said to end rebirth.
An ācārya must be endowed with the thirty-eight kalās; a true guru is described as one who knows Oṁkāra, Gāyatrī, and the Rudra-deities and their principles.