Vital Points

Description

PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source： Kumbhaka Paddadhi 96-97

Original Verse：

"अष्टादशधा मुनयो वदन्ति दिव्यौ भिषग्-वरौ दस्त्रौ

षोडश पातञ्जलिकाः षड्-विंशच्-छम्भुना प्रोक्ताः ॥ ९६ ॥

एतत् सकलं ज्ञेयं शरीरेषु गुरोर्-अग्रे

क्रमतो व्युत्-क्रमतोऽपि प्रत्याहारो भवेद्-एषु ॥ ९७ ॥"

Transliteration：

"aṣṭādaśadhā munayo vadanti divyau bhiṣag-varau dastrau

ṣoḍaśa pātañjalikāḥ ṣaḍ-viṃśac-chambhunā proktāḥ ॥ 96 ॥

etat sakalaṃ jñeyaṃ śarīreṣu guror-agre

kramato vyut-kramato'pi pratyāhāro bhaved-eṣu ॥ 97 ॥"

Translation：

"The vital points are eighteen according to the munis and the (two) Aṣvinīkumāras, the physicians of Gods, sixteen according to the followers of Patañjali and twenty-six according to Śambhu. Knowing all these in the body from a Guru, one should practice Pratyāhāra in inverse and reverse order. "