Netra-Kumbhaka
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Description
Netra-Kumbhaka: pranayama
Pramana
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 191
Original Verse
"सकृत्-सूर्येण चापूर्य धार्य चन्द्रेण पूरयेत् | धारयेच्-च प्रयत्नेन रेचयेत् क्रमतस्-तथा ॥ नेत्र-कुम्भ इति ख्यातः क्रमतो व्युत्क्रमाद्-अपि ॥ १९१ ॥ "
Transliteration
"sakṛt-sūryeṇa cāpūrya dhārya candreṇa pūrayet | dhārayec-ca prayatnena recayet kramatas-tathā ॥ netra-kumbha iti khyātaḥ kramato vyutkramād-api ॥ 191 ॥ "
Translation
"One should inhale once through sūrya-nāḍī, hold the breath and again inhale through candra nadi and then after holding the breath exhale in the same order, This is known as Netra Kumbhaka. This is done also in the reverse order. "