Nāḍīśodhanam

Description

Nāḍīśodhanam: Pranayama

Technique

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Darshanopanishad V. 7-10

इडया प्राणमाकृष्य पूरयित्वोदरस्थितम् |

ततोऽग्निं देहमध्यस्थं ध्यायन् ज्वालावलीयुतम् ॥ ७ ॥

बिन्दुनादसमायुक्तमग्निबीजं विचिन्तयेत् |

पश्चाविरेचयेत् सम्यक् प्राणं पिङ्गलया बुधः ॥ ८ ॥

पुनः पिङ्गलयापूर्य वह्निबीजमनुस्मरेत् |

पुनर्विरेचयेद्धीमानिडयैव शनैः शनैः ॥ ९ ॥

त्रिचतुर्वासरं वाथ त्रिचतुर्वारमेव च |

षट्कृत्वो विचरेन्नित्यं रहस्येवं त्रिसंधिषु ॥ १० ॥|

iḍayā prāṇamākṛṣya pūrayitvodarasthitam |

tato'gniṃ dehamadhyasthaṃ dhyāyan jvālāvalīyutam ॥ 7 ॥

bindunādasamāyuktamagnibījaṃ vicintayet |

paścāvirecayet samyak prāṇaṃ piṅgalayā budhaḥ ॥ 8 ॥

punaḥ piṅgalayāpūrya vahnibījamanusmaret |

punarvirecayeddhīmāniḍayaiva śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ॥ 9 ॥

tricaturvāsaraṃ vātha tricaturvārameva ca |

ṣaṭkṛtvo vicarennityaṃ rahasyevaṃ trisaṃdhiṣu ॥ 10 ॥

Drawing the Prana, vital air, through the Ida, augmenting (the vital air) standing in the belly, then meditating

upon the fire flaming all round in the middle of the body, he should conceive of ("Ram") the seed of fire with

Hindu and Nada; then should the wise man expel the Prana well through the Pingala. Again, filling up through the

Pingala, he should call to memory the seed of fire. Again should the man of intellect gradually expel the air

through the Ida alone. For three or four days, or for three or four times every day, practising thus, in

seclusion, six times during each of the three Sarpdhi-s (junctions) constantly should he move about.