Hindu Medicine c8.7

c8.7

Brahmā abides in the head, Indra in the neck, Viṣṇu in the trunk, the Fire-god in the navel, the Sun in both eyes, Mitra in the hind-legs of the elephants. The First Demiurgic Creator (dhātṛ) and the Secondary Demiurge (vidhātṛ) dwell in both sides of the belly, the Lord-Creator (prajāpati) in the male organ. The Serpents, who support the yoke of all the worlds, dwell in the intestines. For in the elephants abides the cosmic Self which is the primary matter of the material world (pradhānātman) and is beyond age and decay. In the forelegs abide the Twin Horsemen; in the ears the divinities who preside over the directions in space.