Sahaja Kumbhaka

Description

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：Kumbhaka Paddadhi 104-105

Original Verse：

"नोभ्याम्-आरं समाकृष्य कुण्डलयाः पार्श्वयोः क्षिपेत्

गच्छता तिष्ठता श्वस-धारणं न बलाद्-यदा

अनिशं सहजः कुम्भः प्रोक्तः श्रि-कृत्तिवाससा ॥ १०४ ॥

नाडीशुद्धिं तथारोग्यं सुसुखं दीर्घ-जीवनम्

नादश्रुतिः पाप-नाशः सहजाभ्यासतो भवेत् ॥ १०५ ॥"

Transliteration

"nobhyām-āraṃ samākṛṣya kuṇḍalayāḥ pārśvayoḥ kṣipet

gacchatā tiṣṭhatā śvasa-dhāraṇaṃ na balād-yadā

aniśaṃ sahajaḥ kumbhaḥ proktaḥ śri-kṛttivāsasā ॥ 104 ॥

nāḍīśuddhiṃ tathārogyaṃ susukhaṃ dīrgha-jīvanam

nādaśrutiḥ pāpa-nāśaḥ sahajābhyāsato bhavet ॥ 105 ॥"

Translation

"Inhaling prāṇa through the nose and carrying it along the Kuṇḍalī, one should hold it comfortably off and on.

This is Sahaja-Kumbhaka narrated by Śri-kṛttivāsa (Śiva).

With the practice of this Sahaja-Kumbhaka, one gets purification of the nāḍīs, health, longevity, hearing of the mystical sounds and removal of all the blemishes."