Kumbhakas at the eyes

Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

Technique

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source

Darshanopanishad VI. 30-31

Original Verse

"नासाभ्यां वायुमाकृष्य नेत्रद्वन्द्वे निरोधयेत् ॥ ३० ॥

नेत्ररोगा विनश्यन्ति तथा श्रोत्रनिरोधनात् ।

तथा वायुं समारोप्य धारयेच्छिरसि स्थितम् ॥ ३१ ॥

शिरोरोगा विनश्यन्ति सत्यमुक्तं हि सांकृते ।"

Transliteration

"nāsābhyāṃ vāyumākṛṣya netradvandve nirodhayet ॥ 30 ॥

netrarogā vinaśyanti tathā śrotranirodhanāt |

tathā vāyuṃ samāropya dhārayecchirasi sthitam ॥ 31 ॥

śirorogā vinaśyanti satyamuktaṃ hi sāṃkṛte |"

Translation

Should he confine the air in the pair of eyes, after inhaling it through the nostrils, all eye-diseases vanish; so also, by confinement (of air) in the two ears (all ear-diseases); similarly after inhaling the air, should he hold it in the head, all diseases of the head vanish. The truth has been told O Samkrti.