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पञ्चमोध्यायः,-Pranayama, (Ch.-5, V.-54)

प्राणायामो निगर्भस्तु विना बीजेन जायते। वामजानूपरिन्यस्तवामपाणितलं भ्रमेत्। एकादिशतपर्यन्तं पूरकुम्भकरेचनम् ॥५४॥

prāṇāyāmo nigarbhastu vinā bījena jāyate। vāmajānūparinyastavāmapāṇitalaṃ bhramet। ekādiśataparyantaṃ pūrakumbhakarecanam ॥54॥



 

The Nirgarbha (or simple or mantraless) Pranayama is performed without the repetition of Bija mantra; and the period of Puraka (inhalation or inspiration), Kumbhaka (retention), and Rechaka (expiration), may be extended from one to hundred matras.



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prāṇāyāmo nigarbhastu vinā bījena jāyate। vāmajānūparinyastavāmapāṇitalaṃ bhramet। ekādiśataparyantaṃ pūrakumbhakarecanam ॥54॥


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