Control over Samanavayu
Description
TYPE:Technique/Pranayama
PRAMANA:Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source:
Hathatatvakaumudi Ch40.7
Original Verse:
"नासाहृद्गलतालुचिल्लिसिरसीहास्थाप्य योगी जयेद्
ऊर्द्वाकर्षणयोगतो मुहुरमुं वायुं समानं धिया॥
मूर्ध्नः पादतलं च यावदसकृद्यातानुयातक्रिया
यातो रेचकपूरकुम्भविषय्ऐः शीघ्रं वशी योगवित् ॥७॥"
Transliteration:
"nāsāhṛdgalatālucillisirasīhāsthāpya yogī jayed
ūrdvākarṣaṇaYogato muhuramuṃ vāyuṃ samānaṃ dhiyā॥
mūrdhnaḥ pādatalaṃ ca yāvadasakṛdyātānuyātakriyā
yāto recakapūrakumbhaviṣayaiḥ śīghraṃ vaśī Yogavit ॥7॥"
Translation:
Raising up samana and holding it at nose, heart, throat, palate, eyebrows and head, a Yogi controls it with one pointedness. This technique should be repeated from head to toes through Rechaka, Kumbhaka, and Puraka. Thus one soon gains control on it.