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पञ्चमोध्यायः,-Pranayama, (Ch.-5, V.-40)

चतुःष्ट्या मात्रया च कुम्भकेनैव धारयेत्। द्वात्रिंशन्मात्रया वायुं सूर्यनाड्या च रेचयेत् ॥४०॥

catuḥṣṭyā mātrayā ca kumbhakenaiva dhārayet। dvātriṃśanmātrayā vāyuṃ sūryanāḍyā ca recayet ॥40॥



 

Let him restrain the breath for a period of sixty-four repetitious of the Mantra. This is Kumbhaka. Then let him expel the air by the right nostril slowly during a period occupied by repeating the Mantra thirty-two times.

 



Commentary



catuḥṣṭyā mātrayā ca kumbhakenaiva dhārayet। dvātriṃśanmātrayā vāyuṃ sūryanāḍyā ca recayet ॥40॥


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