Utkarsa Kumbhaka

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 22)

Original Verse：

"सङ्कर्षको रोधबलं हि यावत् सम्मुह्य नासायुगरन्ध्रमूलम् ॥

कुर्यात् तदग्रे ननु रेचपूरावुत्कर्ष-कुम्भः कथितः स धात्रा ॥ २२ ॥"

Transliteration：

"saṅkarṣako rodhabalaṃ hi yāvat sammuhya nāsāyugarandhramūlam ॥

kuryāt tadagre nanu recapūrāvutkarṣa-kumbhaḥ kathitaḥ sa dhātrā ॥ 22 ॥"

Translation： "One inhales and holds (the air) to the capacity by pressing the openings of the nose and thereafter exhales and inhales. This is Utkarsa Kumbhaka propagated by the creator (Brahma)."