{"key":"Matra-Kumbhaka","title":"Matra-Kumbhaka","type":"dharana","description":"Pramana Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Apta Pramana Source Kumbhaka Paddadhi 154-157 Original Verse \"मात्रा-कुम्भो हृदि कृतः शोषकः सम्प्रकीर्तितः । दाहनो नाभि-संस्थानो मात्राकुम्भः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ १५४ ॥…","lastModified":"2019-06-21T00:12:26.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Matra-Kumbhaka","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Matra-Kumbhaka.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/Matra-Kumbhaka","displayTitle":"Matra-Kumbhaka","namespace":0,"language":"sa","created":"2026-05-25T17:33:21.449Z","categories":[],"sections":[{"line":"Pramana","level":2,"anchor":"Pramana"},{"line":"Apta Pramana Source","level":2,"anchor":"Apta_Pramana_Source"},{"line":"Original Verse","level":2,"anchor":"Original_Verse"},{"line":"Transliteration","level":2,"anchor":"Transliteration"},{"line":"Translation","level":2,"anchor":"Translation"}],"infobox":null,"fields":{"type":"dharana","sourceText":"Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण","translation":"\"","transliteration":"\"mātrā-kumbho hṛdi kṛtaḥ śoṣakaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ ।"},"event":null,"leadImage":null,"format":"blocks","content":{"version":1,"converter":2,"toc":true,"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Pramana","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pramana"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Apta_Pramana_Source","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Kumbhaka Paddadhi 154-157"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Original_Verse","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"मात्रा-कुम्भो हृदि कृतः शोषकः सम्प्रकीर्तितः । दाहनो नाभि-संस्थानो मात्राकुम्भः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ १५४ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"स्वाधिष्ठाअनुगश्-चायं प्लावनोऽमृत-सेचनः। मूलाधारे कृतश्-चायं कठिनी-करणो मतः॥१५५॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"पुनः कण्ठानुगो पञ्च व्यूहनः स्यात् स Kउम्भकः । ब्रह्म-स्थान-नियोगेन मुक्तिदः परिकीरितः ॥ १५६ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"रुद्ध्वा घोणा-युगं कुर्याद्-युगपद्-यदि षट्-क्रमात् । भूत-शुद्धिर्-इति प्रोक्त आदिनाथेन शम्भुना ॥ १५७ ॥\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Transliteration","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"mātrā-kumbho hṛdi kṛtaḥ śoṣakaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ । dāhano nābhi-saṃsthāno mātrākumbhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ॥ 154 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"svādhiṣṭhāanugaś-cāyaṃ plāvano'mṛta-secanaḥ। mūlādhāre kṛtaś-cāyaṃ kaṭhinī-karaṇo mataḥ॥155॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"punaḥ kaṇṭhānugo pañca vyūhanaḥ syāt sa Kumbhakaḥ । brahma-sthāna-niyogena muktidaḥ parikīritaḥ ॥ 156 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ruddhvā ghoṇā-yugaṃ kuryād-yugapad-yadi ṣaṭ-kramāt । bhūta-śuddhir-iti prokta ādināthena śambhunā ॥ 157 ॥\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Translation","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\" If Matra-Kumbhaka is practiced in the chest region, it causes absorption and practiced in the navel region, it generates heat.154"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When practiced in Swadhisthana, it increases the flow of nectar, when practiced in muladhara, one attains stability. 155"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When practiced in the region of throat, this Kumbhaka balances the five bhūtas and practiced in the Brahmasthāna (region of Brahmarandhra), it leads to emancipation.156"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"According to Ādinātha (Śambhu), if this Kumbhaka is practiced simultaneously in the six regions (stated above) in progression, it leads to purification of the bhūtas.157\""}]}]},"images":{}}