Udghāta

Description

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source：

Kumbhaka Paddadhi 212

Original Verse：

"पूर्णः कर्षन् प्राण-वायुस्-त्वपानं पादाङ्गुष्ठान् मूलतो वापि नाभेः ॥

आकण्ठं हृत्-खाद्-वोत्-प्रमातय्यं-पैतीत्युद्घातोऽयं योगिभिः सम्प्रदिष्टः ॥ २१२ ॥"

Transliteration：

"pūrṇaḥ karṣan prāṇa-vāyus-tvapānaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhān mūlato vāpi nābheḥ ॥

ākaṇṭhaṃ hṛt-khād-vot-pramātayyaṃ-paitītyudghāto'yaṃ Yogibhiḥ sampradiṣṭaḥ ॥ 212 ॥"

Translation：

"When one inhales prana fully and draws the apāna from the toes, anus, navel, chest and takes it up to the throat, it is called Udghāta by the Yogis."