Removes Impurities and Doshas
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PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source：
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 48
Original Verse：
"निःश्वासोच्छ्वास-कर्मास्य तज्-जये फलम्-ईर्यते
विण्-मूत्र-श्लेष्म-पित्तादि-रोग-दोष-मनो-मलाः
सप्त-धातु-मला दोषा नश्यन्तीत्याह शण्करः ॥ ४८ ॥"
Transliteration：
"niḥśvāsocchvāsa-karmāsya taj-jaye phalam-īryate
viṇ-mūtra-śleṣma-pittādi-roga-doṣa-mano-malāḥ
sapta-dhātu-malā doṣā naśyantītyāha śaṇkaraḥ ॥ 48 ॥"
Translation：
"Exhalation and inhalation are its functions. Their control leads to elimination of the impurities like feces, urine, phlegm and bile which cause diseases of the body and also the mental impurities of the seven bodily constituents and (three) doshas (humours like vata, pitta, and kapha) are removed."