Trinetra-Kumbhaka
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Description
Trinetra-Kumbhaka: pranayama
Pramana
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Apta Pramana Source
Kumbhaka Paddadhi 192
Original Verse
"सकृच्-चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्य सूर्येण पूरयेत् | नियम्य पूरयेन्-नोभ्यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ॥ त्रिनेत्र-कुम्भकः प्रोक्तस्-त्रि-नेत्रेण त्रि-सिद्धिदः ॥ १९२ ॥ "
Transliteration
"sakṛc-candreṇa cāpūrya dhārya sūryeṇa pūrayet | niyamya pūrayen-nobhyāṃ dhārayitvā yathāvidhi ॥ trinetra-Kumbhakaḥ proktas-tri-netreṇa tri-siddhidaḥ ॥ 192 ॥ "
Translation
"One should inhale through the left and hold the breath, followed by inhalation by the right nostril and retain. Then again inhale the breath through the nostrils, and hold the breath systematically (before exhalation). This is Trinetra Kumbhaka by Śiva, which gives three-fold Siddhis. "