Kumbhaka at brow center

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Description

Various Types of Pranayamas

Type

Technique

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source

Darshanopanishad VI. 27

Original Verse

"इडया वायुमाकृष्य भ्रूवोर्मध्ये निरोधयेत् ।

यः पिबेदमृतं शुद्धं व्याधिभिर्मुच्यते हि सः ॥ २७ ॥"

Transliteration

"iḍayā vāyumākṛṣya bhrūvormadhye nirodhayet |

yaḥ pibedamṛtaṃ śuddhaṃ vyādhibhirmucyate hi saḥ ॥ 27 ॥"

Translation

He who, after inhaling the air through the Ida, confines it at the middle of the eyebrows, will drink pure nectar and will surely be released from all diseases.