Suryabhedana-Kumbhaka

Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 126-127

Original Verse

"दिनेश-वर्त्मनाकृष्य बाह्य-वायुं सशब्दकम् ॥

यावद् हृत्-कण्ठ-योगः स्याद्-आनखाग्र-शिखाग्रकम् ॥ १२६ ॥ पूरयित्वा यथेष्टम् तं कुम्भितं चेडया त्यजेत् ॥

सूर्य-भेदाख्य-कुम्भोऽयं पुनः पुनर्-इमं चरेत् ॥ १२७ ॥"

Transliteration

"dineśa-vartmanākṛṣya bāhya-vāyuṃ saśabdakam ॥

yāvad hṛt-kaṇṭha-Yogaḥ syād-ānakhāgra-śikhāgrakam ॥ 126 ॥

pūrayitvā yatheṣṭam taṃ kumbhitaṃ ceḍayā tyajet ॥

sūrya-bhedākhya-kumbho'yaṃ punaḥ punar-imaṃ caret ॥ 127 ॥"

Translation

One should inhale the external air through the right nostril with sound, filling the throat to maximum capacity and exhale through ida (left nostril), after holding the breath. This is Suryabhedana-Kumbhaka which should be practiced again and again.