Utkarsa Pranayama Description

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Description

TYPE:Technique/Pranayama

PRAMANA:Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source:

Hathatatvakaumudi Ch.35.16


Original Verse:

"सोदर्म् उदरवर्त्तिमिति भावः | आपूउरयेत् कुम्भयेत् | आदरेण अनुद्विग्नेन |

विकारा इन्द्रियाणि | तेषां मात्राः शब्दस्पर्शरूपगन्धरस्तन्मात्रास्तासु |

अपेततन्द्रः सावधानस् त्यक्तस्पृहः |

कालाग्निमूले भ्रुवोरन्तरे आरोपितचित्तवृत्तिः ॥ १६ ॥"


Transliteration:

"sodarm udaravarttimiti bhāvaḥ | āpūurayet kumbhayet | ādareṇa anudvignena | vikārā indriyāṇi | teṣāṃ mātrāḥ śabdasparśarūpagandharastanmātrāstāsu | apetatandraḥ sāvadhānas tyaktaspṛhaḥ | kālāgnimūle bhruvorantare āropitacittavṛttiḥ ॥ 16 ॥"


Translation: Sodaram means in the thoracic cavity; one should inhale and hold with ease. Vikaras stand for the senses. Their objects are sabda, sparsa, rupa, gandha, and rasa tanmatras. `Devoid of drowsiness’ means attentively or giving up desires. `At the root of kalagni’ means at the center of the eyebrows, wherein one would direct the mind.