Kumbha-raja

Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 134-135

Original Verse

"बलाद्-आकर्षयेद्-वायुं यावद् घ्राण-सुमुद्रणम् |

कुम्भयेच्-च तथा वायुं कुम्भराजोऽयम्-ईरितः ॥ १३४ ॥

कुर्याद्-वायु-जयं वह्नि-वृद्द्रिम्-एषो हि कुम्भकः ॥ १३५॥"

Transliteration

"balād-ākarṣayed-vāyuṃ yāvad ghrāṇa-sumudraṇam |

kumbhayec-ca tathā vāyuṃ kumbharājo'yam-īritaḥ ॥ 134 ॥

kuryād-vāyu-jayaṃ vahni-vṛddrim-eṣo hi Kumbhakaḥ ॥ 135 ॥"

Translation

"One should forcefully inhale air and hold the breath by closing the nose properly. This is called Kumbha-rāja. This Kumbhaka brings control over vāyu and increases heat."