Below the navel is the quarter of digested maller. Above it is that for the food which is taken. In the navel reside all the forces of life that keep up the body.
पक्वाशयस्त्वधो नाभ्यामूर्ध्वमामाशय: स्थितः। नाभिमध्ये शरीरस्य सर्वे प्राणाश्च संस्थिताः॥