Vibhuti Pada

Sentence 31

kurma nadyam sthairyam ||31||

कूर्मनाड्यां स्थैर्यम् ॥३१॥

kūrma-nāḍyāṁ sthairyam ||31||

Meditation on the energy in the spine (kurma nadi) engenders steadiness. ||31||

kurma (कूर्म, kūrma) = (iic.) tortoise
nadyam (नाड्याम्, nāḍyām) = (loc. sg. f., nada (नाड, nāḍa)) energy channel
kurma nadi (कूर्मनाडी, kūrma-nāḍī) = energy channel at the sternum or along the spine (depending on the text)
sthairyam (स्थैर्यम्, sthairyam) = (acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from sthairya (स्थैर्य, sthairya)) steadiness; stability

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