Rṣi-Prokta-Kumbhaka
Description
PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source：
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 93-95
Original Verse：
"स्थानात् स्थानं समाकृष्य यद्-अष्ट-दशकेष्वपि
ऋषि-प्रोक्तः स कुम्भः स्यात् प्रत्याहारस्-तु कुम्भनात् ॥ ९३ ॥
पादाण्गुष्ठो गुल्फो जण्घा-मूलं चितेर्-मूलम्
मध्यं जान्वोर्-उरुपायोर्-मूलं स्वदेह-मध्यं च ॥ ९४ ॥
लिण्ग-नाभि-हृदयं कण्ठादस्-तालु-मूलं च
घोणा-मूलं नयने भ्रू-मध्यं वज्र-कन्दकम् ॥ ९५ ॥"
Transliteration：
"sthānāt sthānaṃ samākṛṣya yad-aṣṭa-daśakeṣvapi
ṛṣi-proktaḥ sa kumbhaḥ syāt pratyāhāras-tu kumbhanāt ॥ 93 ॥
pādāṇguṣṭho gulpho jaṇghā-mūlaṃ citer-mūlam
madhyaṃ jānvor-urupāyor-mūlaṃ svadeha-madhyaṃ ca ॥ 94 ॥ liṇga-nābhi-hṛdayaṃ kaṇṭhādas-tālu-mūlaṃ ca
ghoṇā-mūlaṃ nayane bhrū-madhyaṃ vajra-kandakam ॥ 95 ॥"
Translation:
"Withdrawing prana from all the eighteen vital points, one after another in sequence (during Kumbhaka), becomes ṛṣi-prokta-Kumbhaka. This process of Kumbhaka is Pratyahara. (the eighteen vital points are as follows-) toes, ankle, root of the thigh, some part of the head of tibia, center of the knee, thigh, anus, center of the body, generative organ, navel, heart, root of the throat, root of the palate, root of the nose, eyes, middle of the eyebrows and vajra-kanda (sahasrāra)."
Pramana
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 93-95
Original Verse
"स्थानात् स्थानं समाकृष्य यद्-अष्ट-दशकेष्वपि ऋषि-प्रोक्तः स कुम्भः स्यात् प्रत्याहारस्-तु कुम्भनात् ॥ ९३ ॥ पादाण्गुष्ठो गुल्फो जण्घा-मूलं चितेर्-मूलम् मध्यं जान्वोर्-उरुपायोर्-मूलं स्वदेह-मध्यं च ॥ ९४ ॥ लिण्ग-नाभि-हृदयं कण्ठादस्-तालु-मूलं च घोणा-मूलं नयने भ्रू-मध्यं वज्र-कन्दकम् ॥ ९५ ॥ "
Transliteration
"sthānāt sthānaṃ samākṛṣya yad-aṣṭa-daśakeṣvapi ṛṣi-proktaḥ sa kumbhaḥ syāt pratyāhāras-tu kumbhanāt ॥ 93 ॥ pādāṇguṣṭho gulpho jaṇghā-mūlaṃ citer-mūlam madhyaṃ jānvor-urupāyor-mūlaṃ svadeha-madhyaṃ ca ॥ 94 ॥ liṇga-nābhi-hṛdayaṃ kaṇṭhādas-tālu-mūlaṃ ca ghoṇā-mūlaṃ nayane bhrū-madhyaṃ vajra-kandakam ॥ 95 ॥
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Translation
"Withdrawing prana from all the eighteen vital points, one after another in sequence (during Kumbhaka), becomes ṛṣi-prokta-Kumbhaka. This process of Kumbhaka is Pratyahara. (the eighteen vital points are as follows-) toes, ankle, root of the thigh, some part of the head of tibia, center of the knee, thigh, anus, center of the body, generative organ, navel, heart, root of the throat, root of the palate, root of the nose, eyes, middle of the eyebrows and vajra-kanda (sahasrāra).
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