Tṛtīyopadeśaḥ (Mudrā) · Verse 97
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छति यद्रेतो वायुना प्रेरितं हठात् | स बिन्दुरमृतं ज्ञेयः सर्वेषां चामृतं स्मृतम्
ūrdhvaṃ gacchati yad reto vāyunā preritaṃ haṭhāt | sa bindur amṛtaṃ jñeyaḥ sarveṣāṃ cāmṛtaṃ smṛtam
When the semen rises through the air with force, that bindu should be known as amṛta, remembered as nectar of immortality for all.
This verse explicitly identifies the sublimated bindu with amṛta, the nectar of immortality.Ūrdhvaṃ gacchati challenge — when the semen rises — describes the result of Vajrolī: the reversal of the normal downward flow.
Vāyunā preritaṃ haṭhāt — driven by the air with force — indicates the mechanism.The term haṭhāt (with force, vigorously) connects this practice with haṭha yoga in general.The control of prāṇa-vāyu through bandhas and the specific Vajrolī technique create the pressure necessary to raise the bindu.
Amṛtaṃ jñeyaḥ — should be known as amṛta — elevates the physical bindu to its esoteric meaning.In Tantrism, amṛta is not just a substance but a state: death-free consciousness, the experience of the eternal in the temporal.
Sarveṣāṃ amṛtam — nectar for all — suggests universality.Although Vajrolī’s techniques are specific, sublimated bindu benefits the entire being: body, energy, mind and spirit.