Daksinavartta Cakraka

Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Hathatatvakaumudi (Chapter 10, Verse 26)

Original Verse：

"दक्षवामावर्त्तभेदाच्चक्रशण्खौ द्विधोदितौ

सूर्येणापूर्य मरुतं कुंभयेदुदरस्थितम् ॥

रेचयेदिन्दुना भूयस्तथा दक्षेण पूरयेत्

कुम्भयेदिडया रेच्य दक्षिणावर्त्तचक्रकः ॥ २६ ॥"

Transliteration：

"dakṣavāmāvarttabhedāccakraśaṇkhau dvidhoditau

sūryeṇāpūrya marutaṃ kuṃbhayedudarasthitam ॥

recayedindunā bhūyastathā dakṣeṇa pūrayet

kumbhayediḍayā recya dakṣiṇāvarttacakrakaḥ ॥ 26 ॥"

Translation：

By the distinction of right and left, Cakra and Sankha Kumbhakas become two-fold. Drawing the air in through the surya nadi (right nostril) and after retaining it in the cavity, one exhales it through the candra nadi (left nostril). Then again one should inhale through the right nostril and exhale through the left nostril after retention. This is Daksinavartta Cakraka.