Nadi Shodana Pranayama by Hatharatnavali (2)

Description

Nāḍīśodhanam: Pranayama

Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

Hatharatnavali (Chapter 3, Verse 84, 85)

Original Verse

"पद्मासनस्थितो योगी प्राणं चन्द्रेण पूरयेत्॥

प्राणं सूर्येण चाकृष्य पूरयित्वोदरं शन्ऐः॥८४॥

विधिवत्कुम्भकं कृत्वा पुनश्चन्द्रेण रेचयेत्॥

येन त्यजेत्तेनापूर्य धारयेदविरोधतः॥८५। "

Transliteration

"padmāsanasthito yogī prāṇaṃ candreṇa pūrayet ll

prāṇaṃ sūryeṇa cākṛṣya pūrayitvodaraṃ śanaiḥ ll 84 ll

vidhivatKumbhakaṃ kṛtvā punaścandreṇa recayet ll

yena tyajettenāpūrya dhārayedavirodhataḥ ll 85 ll"

Translation

Sit in padamāsana, draw prāṇa in through candra (left nostril). Gently draw the prāṇa through sūrya (right nostril) and fill up the cavity. Retain the air in the prescribed manner and exhale through candra (left nostril). Inhale through the same nostril through which exhalation is done and comfortably hold the breath. 84-85.