Description
PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source：
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 87
Original Verse：
"सूर्येण पूरयेत् प्राणम् कुम्भयित्वा यथा-विधिः
रेचयेद्-अन्य-मार्गेण पुनस्-तेन प्रपूरयेत्
येन त्यजेत्-तेनापूर्य चाग्नि-षोमाख्य-कुम्भकः ॥ ८७ ॥"
Transliteration：
"sūryeṇa pūrayet prāṇam kumbhayitvā yathā-vidhiḥ
recayed-anya-mārgeṇa punas-tena prapūrayet
yena tyajet-tenāpūrya cāgni-ṣomākhya-Kumbhakaḥ ॥ 87 ॥"
Translation:
"Prāṇa should be inhaled through sūrya-nāḍī (right-nostril) and after retaining the same as prescribed, one should exhale through the other nostril, and again inhale by the same side though which one has exhaled. It is known as Agni-soma-Kumbhaka."
Type
Technique
Pramana
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
Kumbhaka Paddhatih 87
Original Verse
"सूर्येण पूरयेत् प्राणम् कुम्भयित्वा यथा-विधिः रेचयेद्-अन्य-मार्गेण पुनस्-तेन प्रपूरयेत् येन त्यजेत्-तेनापूर्य चाग्नि-षोमाख्य-Kउम्भकः"
Transliteration
"sūryeṇa pūrayet prāṇam kumbhayitvā yathā-vidhiḥ recayed-anya-mārgeṇa punas-tena prapūrayet yena tyajet-tenāpūrya cāgni-ṣomākhya-Kumbhakaḥ"
Translation
Prāṇa should be inhaled through sūrya-nāḍī (right-nostril) and after retaining the same as prescribed, one should exhale through the other nostril, and again inhale by the same side though which one has exhaled. It is known as Agni-soma-Kumbhaka.