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Secret 404: Lalitha Sahasranamam: Granthis, the Psychic Knots मूलाधारैक-निलया ब्रह्मग्रन्थि-विभेदिनी । मणि-पूरान्तरुदिता विष्णुग्रन्थि-विभेदिनी ॥ mūlādhāraika-nilayā brahmagranthi-vibhedinī maṇi-pūrāntaruditā viṣṇugranthi-vibhedinī .. Meaning: She resides in the Mūlādhāra chakra and breaks through the Brahm granthi (knot). She rises and becomes active in the Maṇipūra chakra, piercing through the Viṣhṇu granthi. -------------------- आज्ञा-चक्रान्तरालस्था रुद्रग्रन्थि-विभेदिनी । सहस्राराम्बुजारूढा सुधा-साराभिवर्षिणी ॥ ājñā-cakrāntarālasthā rudragranthi-vibhedinī . sahasrārāmbujārūḍhā sudhā-sārābhivarṣiṇī .. Meaning: She stays in the inner space of the Ājñā chakra and pierces the Rudra granthi. She ascends and resides in the thousand-petaled lotus (Sahasrāra), from where she showers the essence of divine nectar. -------------------- Commentary: Brahma Granthi, Vishnu Granthi, and Rudra Granthi are the three psychic/energetic “knots” (granthi = knot) in yogic and tantric physiology. They are said to obstruct the free upward flow of prana/Kundalini through the Sushumna nadi (central channel). When these knots are pierced or loosened through practice, energy can rise more freely toward the crown. > Brahma Granthi = Survival instincts, material security, bodily identification, tamas. > Vishnu Granthi = Emotional attachments, ego, relationships, desire for power/status, rajas > Rudra Granthi = Intellectual pride, residual sense of separate self, subtle ego of the knower. They are the three main energetic blockages on the central channel that a yogi works to open so prana can move freely from the base to the crown. -------------------- > Yoga to break open Brahma Granthi = Moolabandha. > Yoga to break open Vishnu Granthi = Uddiyana bandha. > Yoga to break open Rudra Granthi = Jalandhara bandha. All three Bandhas (Locks) together form a Mahabandha (Great Lock)