Mātrās-Kumbhaka

Description

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 201

Original Verse： "पञ्च-गुर्वक्षरैर्-युक्तः पल-द्वय-मितो हि यः |

निसर्गतः कुम्भकोऽयं मतोर्धो रेचकस्-ततः ॥

अर्ध-पूरक इत्युक्तो मात्राकुम्भो विशारदैः ॥ २०१ ॥"

Transliteration： "pañca-gurvakṣarair-yuktaḥ pala-dvaya-mito hi yaḥ |

nisargataḥ kumbhako'yaṃ matordho recakas-tataḥ ॥

ardha-pūraka ityukto mātrākumbho viśāradaiḥ ॥ 201 ॥"

Translation：

"When the breath is retained without force for a period of two palas (48 seconds) or time taken for recitation of five long vowels after inhaling for half the time (of recitation) and thereafter exhaling for the same period as of Pūraka, it is called Mātrās-Kumbhaka by the learned."