Sahaja Kumbhaka
Description
Various Types of Pranayamas
Type
1-1 Technique
1-2 Benefit
PRAMANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
1-1 Kumbhaka Paddhatih 104
1-2 Kumbhaka Paddhatih 105
2-Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 24)
3-Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 25)
Original Verse
1-1
"नोभ्याम्-आरं समाकृष्य कुण्डलयाः पार्श्वयोः क्षिपेत्
गच्छता तिष्ठता श्वस-धारणं न बलाद्-यदा
अनिशं सहजः कुम्भः प्रोक्तः श्रि-कृत्तिवाससा ॥ १०४ ॥
1-2
नाडीशुद्धिं तथारोग्यं सुसुखं दीर्घ-जीवनम्
नादश्रुतिः पाप-नाशः सहजाभ्यासतो भवेत् ॥ १०५ ॥"
2-
"कर्षके प्रविहिते किल कुम्भे श्वासको भवति दीर्घतरोऽणुः ॥ नो बलात् स्थितिगतौ श्वसनस्य संधृतिः स सहजः शुभकुम्भः ॥ २४ ॥"
3-
"नाडीशुद्धिं तथारोग्यं सुसुखं दीर्घजीवितं | नादश्रुतिः पापनाशः सहजाभ्यासतो भवेत् ॥ २५ ॥"
Transliteration
1-1
"nobhyām-āraṃ samākṛṣya kuṇḍalayāḥ pārśvayoḥ kṣipet
gacchatā tiṣṭhatā śvasa-dhāraṇaṃ na balād-yadā
aniśaṃ sahajaḥ kumbhaḥ proktaḥ śri-kṛttivāsasā ॥ 104 ॥
1-2
nāḍīśuddhiṃ tathārogyaṃ susukhaṃ dīrgha-jīvanam
nādaśrutiḥ pāpa-nāśaḥ sahajābhyāsato bhavet ॥ 105 ॥"
2-
"karṣake pravihite kila kumbhe śvāsako bhavati dīrghataro'ṇuḥ ॥ no balāt sthitigatau śvasanasya saṃdhṛtiḥ sa sahajaḥ śubhakumbhaḥ ॥ 24 ॥"
3-
"nāḍīśuddhiṃ tathārogyaṃ susukhaṃ dīrghajīvitaṃ | nādaśrutiḥ pāpanāśaḥ sahajābhyāsato bhavet ॥ 25 ॥"
Translation
1-1
"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).
1-2
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."
2-
"Practice of Karsaka Kumbhaka renders the breathing prolonged and subtle. One retains breathing naturally without force. This is auspicious Sahaja Kumbhaka."
3-
"With the practice of Sahaja Kumbhaka, one gets purification of the nadis, health, happiness, longetivity, hearing of the mystical sounds and removal of the sins."