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| पञ्चमोध्यायः,-Pranayama, (Ch.-5, V.-53) |
अनुलोमविलोमेन वारंवारं च साधयेत्। पूरकान्ते कुम्भकान्तं धृतनासापुटद्वयम्। कनिष्ठानामिकाङ्गुष्टैः तर्जनीमध्यमे विना ॥५३॥ |
anulomavilomena vāraṃvāraṃ ca sādhayet। pūrakānte kumbhakāntaṃ dhṛtanāsāpuṭadvayam। kaniṣṭhānāmikāṅguṣṭaiḥ tarjanīmadhyame vinā ॥53॥ |
Let him practise, thus alternating the nostrils again and again. When inhalation is completed, close both nostrils, the right one by the thumb and the left one by the ring-finger and little-finger, never using the index and middle-fingers. The nostrils to be closed so long as Kumbhaka is. |
| Commentary |
anulomavilomena vāraṃvāraṃ ca sādhayet। pūrakānte kumbhakāntaṃ dhṛtanāsāpuṭadvayam। kaniṣṭhānāmikāṅguṣṭaiḥ tarjanīmadhyame vinā ॥53॥ |