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| पञ्चमोध्यायः,-Pranayama, (Ch.-5, V.-87) |
गायने षोडशाङ्गुल्यो भोजने विंशतिस्तथा। चतुर्विंशाङ्गुलिः पन्थे निद्रायां त्रिंशशदङ्गुलिः। मैथुने षट्त्रिंशदुक्तं व्यायामे च ततोधिकम् ॥८७॥ |
gāyane ṣoḍaśāṅgulyo bhojane viṃśatistathā। caturviṃśāṅguliḥ panthe nidrāyāṃ triṃśaśadaṅguliḥ। maithune ṣaṭtriṃśaduktaṃ vyāyāme ca tatodhikam ॥87॥ |
in singing, its length becomes sixteen digits (one foot); in eating, it is twenty digits (15 inches); in walking, it is twenty-four digits (18 inches); in sleep, it is thirty digits (27 ½ inches); in copulation,it is thirty-six digits (27 inges) and in taking physical exercise, it is more than that. |
| Commentary |
gāyane ṣoḍaśāṅgulyo bhojane viṃśatistathā। caturviṃśāṅguliḥ panthe nidrāyāṃ triṃśaśadaṅguliḥ। maithune ṣaṭtriṃśaduktaṃ vyāyāme ca tatodhikam ॥87॥ |
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