Precise time count for Nadi Shodana

Description

Nāḍīśodhanam: Pranayama

Type

Technique

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source

Yogatattvopanishad 40-43

Original Verse

"जानु प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य न द्रुतं न विलम्बितम् ।

अङ्गुलिस्फोटनं कुर्यात् सा मात्रा परिगीयते ॥ ४० ॥

इडया वायुमापूर्य शन्ऐः षोडशमात्रया ।

कुम्भयेत् पूरितं पश्चाच्चतुःषष्ट्या तु मात्रया ॥ ४१ ॥

रेचयेत् पिङ्गलानाड्या द्वात्रिंशन्मात्रया पुनः ।

पुनः पिङ्गलयापूर्य पूर्ववत् सुसमाहितः ॥ ४२ ॥

प्रातर्माध्यंदिने सायमर्धरात्रे च कुम्भकान् ।

शन्ऐरशीतिपर्यन्तं चतुर्वारं समभ्यसेत् ॥ ४३ ॥"

Transliteration

"jānu pradakṣiṇīkṛtya na drutaṃ na vilambitam |

aṅgulisphoṭanaṃ kuryāt sā mātrā parigīyate ॥ 40 ॥

iḍayā vāyumāpūrya śanaiḥ ṣoḍaśamātrayā |

kumbhayet pūritaṃ paścāccatuḥṣaṣṭyā tu mātrayā ॥ 41 ॥

recayet piṅgalānāḍyā dvātriṃśanmātrayā punaḥ |

punaḥ piṅgalayāpūrya pūrvavat susamāhitaḥ ॥ 42 ॥

prātarmādhyaṃdine sāyamardharātre ca kumbhakān |

śanairaśītiparyantaṃ caturvāraṃ samabhyaset ॥ 43 ॥"

Translation

"(The time taken by one), should he snap the fingers after circum-ambulation, neither too quickly nor too slowly, of the knee therewith, that is known as Matra (unit of measuring time). Filling in gradually the vital air through the Ida, for a duration of sixteen Matra-s, one should thereafter hold in the infilled air for duration of sixty-four Matra-s. He should, thereafter, expel (it) through the Pingala Nadi, for a duration of thirty-two Matra-s. Once again filling in (air) through the Pingala, (he should do) as before, with due control. He should gradually practise four times every day, up to eighty Kumbhaka-s, at daybreak, noon, sun-down and at midnight."