Suryabhedana

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PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 6)

Original Verse：

"बद्ध्वा वज्रासनं प्रागनुपवनमुपाकृष्य बाह्याभिवाहं

मन्दंमार्तण्डनाड्यां तदनुकचखाग्रान्तमाकुम्भयेच्च

रुद्धे नाड्य यातं पवनमनुशनैह् रेचयेदेतदुलुं

वातघ्नं भालसंशोधनमसकृदहो सूर्यभेदं विधेयम् ॥ ६ ॥"

Transliteration：

"baddhvā vajrāsanaṃ prāganupavanamupākṛṣya bāhyābhivāhaṃ

mandaṃmārtaṇḍanāḍyāṃ tadanukacakhāgrāntamākumbhayecca

ruddhe nāḍya yātaṃ pavanamanuśanaih recayedetaduluṁ

vātaghnaṃ bhālasaṃśodhanamasakṛdaho sūryabhedaṃ vidheyam ॥ 6 ॥"

Translation：

"First adopt vajrasana, slowly draw the (external) air in through the right nostril and retain it to feel its sensation at the fillet of the hair and tip of the nails. When the prana is held (in this manner) it moves to the nadis and then one should gently exhale. This is said to be removing the disorders caused due to vata; cleanses the forehead (frontal sinus). This suryabhedana should be practiced several times."