शरीराग्निः एवं मोक्षः · Chapter Overview
From The Garbha Upaniṣad — The Womb, the Body, and the Birth of Consciousness, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement">What this chapter covers | Section 5 derives the word śarīra from the three fires laid within the body — the fires of the belly, the eye, and knowledge — and then makes its boldest move: the living body is itself a fire-sacrifice, each organ mapped to the Vedic altar. It counts the body's parts (360 bones, 108) to mirror the calendar and the cosmos, closing with "Prajñānaṁ brahma" and the colophon that names the text a science of liberation.</pre>