शतं चैका च हृदयस्य नाड्य- स्तासां मूर्धानमभिनिःसृतैका । तयोर्ध्वमायन्नमृतत्वमेति विष्वङ्ङन्या उत्क्रमणे भवन्ति ॥ १६॥

śataṃ caikā ca hṛdayasya nāḍya- stāsāṃ mūrdhānamabhiniḥsṛtaikā । tayordhvamāyannamṛtatvameti viṣvaṅṅanyā utkramaṇe bhavanti ॥ 16॥

hṛdayasya nāḍyaḥ = the subtle psychic channels that are centred in the heart chakra; śataṁ = one hundred; ca eka = and one - being the sushumna nadi; tāsām = of these; eka = one; abhiniḥsṛtā = exists through; mūrdhānam = the head; tayā = through that channel; ūrdhvam āyan = going upwards (along the path of the sun); amṛtatvam eti = one goes to immortality; viṣvak anyāḥ = the other channels that branch out in different directions; utkramaṇe bhavanti = serve for death ie. rebirth.