Controlling prana

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 12, Verse 13-15)

Original Verse：

"किञ्च प्राणजयोपायः तव वक्ष्यामि सुव्रते |

बःयात् प्राणं समारोप्य पूरयित्वोदरे स्थितम् ॥ १३ ॥

नाभिमध्ये च नासाग्रे पादाङ्गुष्ठे च यतनतः |

धारयन् मनसा प्राणं सन्ध्याकालेषु वा सदा ॥ १४ ॥

सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेद्योगी गतक्लमः |

नासाग्रधारणं गार्गि वायोर्विजयकारणम् ॥ १५ ॥"

Transliteration：

"kiñca prāṇajayopāyaḥ tava vakṣyāmi suvrate |

baḥyāt prāṇaṃ samāropya pūrayitvodare sthitam ॥ 13 ॥

nābhimadhye ca nāsāgre pādāṅguṣṭhe ca yatanataḥ |

dhārayan manasā prāṇaṃ sandhyākāleṣu vā sadā ॥ 14 ॥ sarvarogavinirmukto jīvedyogī gataklamaḥ |

nāsāgradhāraṇaṃ gārgi vāyorvijayakāraṇam ॥ 15 ॥"

Translation： "O Suvrate! Moreover, I will narrate the technique of controlling prana. Draw the external air in and fill the cavity and hold it at the navel, tip of the nose and big toes with care. One should hold the prana with attention in the morning and evening or all of the time. O Gargi! By holding (of prana) at the tip of the nose, one can control prana."