The traditional explanation to 7 chakras is as follows:
The following Rik is available in Rig Veda 1.164.6, which states that the ONE unmoving will support 6 regions.
अचिकित्वाञ्चिकितुषश्चिदत्र कवीन्पृच्छामि विद्मने न विद्वान् । वि यस्तस्तम्भ षळिमा रजांस्यजस्य रूपे किमपि स्विदेकम् ॥
acikitvāñ cikituṣaś cid atra kavīn pṛcchāmi vidmane na vidvān | vi yas
tastambha ṣaḻ imā rajāṃsy ajasya rūpe kim api svid ekam ||
English translation:
Unperceptive, I ask also the perceptive seers/rishis about this in order to know, since I am unknowing: What also is the One in the form of the Unborn [=the BRAHMAN] that has propped apart these six realms ?
My interpretation
- The "Unborn One" is Brahman or Pure Consciousness or the formless ENERGY that has propped apart these six realms.
- Some say that the Six Regions (Ṣaḷ Rajāṃsi) as the four cardinal directions (North, South, East, West) plus the vertical axis of Zenith (above) and Nadir (below). Others say that they are Six Seasons (Ritu).
- The six (6) regions/realms were also mentioned in Rig Veda 2.13.10 - Indra (the awakened divine mind/willpower) stabilizing the six regions
- Rig Veda 3.56.2 – The One, the unmoving - BRAHMAN, bears Six burdens
- Yoga shastra says the human body consists of 7 chakras, starting from Muladhara to Sahasrara.
- The Six Regions (Ṣaḷ Rajāṃsi) - as mentioned in Rig Veda 1.164.6 and reiterated in Rig Veda 2.13.10 and Rig Veda 3.56.2, can be inferred as Six chakras, with the unmoving DIVINITY or BRAHMAN, at the top at Sahasrara chakra!
- The Cosmic Pillar (Stambha): The statement of rishi in this Rig Veda 1.164.6 that, "Who is the Unborn One who propped up (tastambha) these six regions?", it is describing the Sushumna Nadi—the central spinal channel.
