Cakra and Śaṅkha-Kumbhaka
Description
Various Types of Pranayamas
Type
1)Description
2)Benefit
Pramana
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
1)Kumbhaka Paddadhih 110
2)Kumbhaka Paddhatih 111
Original Verse
1)
"चक्र-कुम्भं द्विधा कुर्याद्-अग्निषोमं तथैकधा
शङ्ख-कुम्भोऽयम्-ईशेन पूर्ववद् द्विविधः स्मृतः ॥ ११० ॥
2)
कौष्म्यम्-ईषच्-छितलता कुम्भयोर्-अनयोर्-भवेत् ॥ १११ ॥"
Transliteration
1)
"cakra-kumbhaṃ dvidhā kuryād-agniṣomaṃ tathaikadhā
śaṅkha-kumbho'yam-īśena pūrvavad dvividhaḥ smṛtaḥ ॥ 110 ॥
2)
kauṣmyam-īṣac-chitalatā kumbhayor-anayor-bhavet ॥ 111 ॥"
Translation
1)
"Cakra Kumbhaka should be practiced twice while agni-ṣoma one. Śaṅkha-Kumbhaka is also described two-fold as Cakra-Kumbhaka explained before.
2) With these two varieties of Kumbhaka, one experiences warmth and cold."