Bhāva Dhāraṇā · Dhāraṇā 71
क्षुतादिस्थानसंक्षोभजनितशक्तिमवलम्ब्य तत् । यत् शान्तं सम्प्रपद्येत तत्र शाम्भवमाप्नुयात् ॥
kṣutādisthānasaṃkṣobha-janitaśaktim avalambya tat | yat śāntaṃ samprapadyeta tatra śāmbhavam āpnuyāt ||
Resting on the śakti born from the agitation of the place of hunger and so forth, upon reaching stillness there itself, one obtains the state of Śambhu.
Seventy-first dhāraṇā. Hunger as doorway. Kṣutādisthānasaṃkṣobha — the agitation in the place of hunger and thirst. That visceral discomfort in the stomach, that bodily urgency. Do not reject it. Do not satisfy it immediately.
Janitaśaktim avalambya — rest on the energy born from that agitation. Hunger generates an intensity, a bodily presence normally absent. The body screams. That energy is pure śakti, without direction, without name.
Yat śāntaṃ samprapadyeta — when that agitation reaches stillness by itself, without feeding or repressing it, śāmbhavam arises — the state of Śambhu, the state of grace. Hunger observed without reaction transforms. Need reveals itself as energy. Energy reveals itself as consciousness.