Part 16 · Chapter 272

The Ari's Text

And with this you will understand the existence of the seven kings under every aspect: in Bina, and in ZA, and in Malchut, and at the end of each of them, in their three lower ones, in the posterior sides, for this is called 'under.' And in the Malchut of Assiyah, Nefashot, and in Yetzirah, Ruchin, etc. And from elsewhere you will understand what is said above, that the upper Klipa of Atzilut is called the purity of Beriah, for the purity of Beriah is called the impurity of Atzilut.

Inner Light

This commentary hasn't been matched to individual seifim yet — items are shown in reading order, and the number beside each one counts the notes themselves, not the seifim of the Ari's text.

Not matched to a seif

1The existence of the seven kings under every discernment, in Bina, in ZA, and in Malchut. The principal discernment is the anterior vessels — GE in the Rosh [head] and HGT up to the Chazeh [chest] in the Guf [body] — and under them are the posterior vessels, which are half of Bina, and ZA and Malchut, both in the Rosh and in the Guf, and they are regarded as the seven kings, which are ZAT.
2And at the Sium of each of them, and in their three lower ones, in the posterior, for this is called “under”: The half of Bina, and ZA and Malchut of the Guf [body] and Rosh [head], are called by all these names: the seven kings, ZAT, Sium, the three lower ones, posterior, and “under.” And opposite them, the anterior vessels are called the principal discernment, and are called GAR or the seven first ones.