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पञ्चमोध्यायः,-Pranayama, (Ch.-5, V.-42)

चतुःषष्ट्या मात्रया च कुम्भकेनैव धारयेत्। द्वात्रिंशन्मात्रया वायु शशिनाड्या च रेचयेत् ॥४२॥

catuḥṣaṣṭyā mātrayā ca kumbhakenaiva dhārayet। dvātriṃśanmātrayā vāyu śaśināḍyā ca recayet ॥42॥



 

then contemplate on this mixed light. Then repeating sixteen times the Agni-Bija (?), let him draw in breath by the right nostril, and retain it for the period of sixty-four repetitions of the Mantras, and then expel it by the left nostril for a period of thirty-two repetitions of the Mantra.



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catuḥṣaṣṭyā mātrayā ca kumbhakenaiva dhārayet। dvātriṃśanmātrayā vāyu śaśināḍyā ca recayet ॥42॥


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