Śivasaṃhitā 3.73

The closing of the glottis — the jālandhara bandha of the haṭhayogic tradition — is not only a retention technique but a gesture of consecration: by closing the throat passage, the yogin directs energy inward and upward. Simultaneous contemplation of Kuṇḍalinī activates the śakti channel ascending through suṣumnā. The combination of bandha + bhāvanā + khecarī creates the complete circuit of amṛtapāna, the drinking of immortality nectar.

Kuṇḍalinī — literally «she of coiled form,» the serpent of latent power in mūlādhāra — is the goddess who in her sleeping form keeps the suṣumnā orifice blocked and in her awakened form ascends piercing the granthis and filling the cakras with light. Contemplating her during practice is not decorative visualization but āvāhana (invocation): summoning the śakti to actively participate in the process.

Six months to become a kavi (sage, poet, visionary) is one of the text’s most specific timeframes. The term kavi in classical Sanskrit designates both the poet and the sage: one who sees truth clearly and can express it in language others recognize as true. The connection between the amṛta experience and creative capacity has its logic: both are manifestations of the free flow of śakti through the subtle nervous system.