Pranava mantra with Pranayama

Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

Technique

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source

Sandilyopanishad VI. 5

Original Verse

"इडया बाह्याद्वायुमापूर्य षोडशमात्राभिरकारं चिन्तयन् पूरितं वायुं चतुःषष्टिमात्राभिः कुम्भयित्वोंकारं ध्यायन् पूरितं पिङ्गलया द्वात्रिंशन्मात्रया मकारमूर्तिध्यानेन्ऐवं क्रमेण पुनः पुनः कुर्यात् ॥ ५ ॥"

Transliteration

"iḍayā bāhyādvāyumāpūrya ṣoḍaśamātrābhirakāraṃ cintayan pūritaṃ vāyuṃ catuḥṣaṣṭimātrābhiḥ kumbhayitvoṃkāraṃ dhyāyan pūritaṃ piṅgalayā dvātriṃśanmātrayā makāramūrtidhyānenaivaṃ krameṇa punaḥ punaḥ kuryāt ॥ 5 ॥"

Translation

In-filing the air from outside, through the Ida, conceiving the syllable 'A' with sixteen Matra-s, with the in-filled air making the Kumbhaka with sixty-four Matra-s, meditating on the Om-kara, (the Yogin should expel) the in-filled air through the Pingala of thirty-six Matra-s, along with the meditation of the form of the syllable 'M'. In this manner he should again and again practice in the (aforesaid) order.