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| ,-Upadesha 2, (Ch.-2, V.-46) |
अधस्तात्कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसङ्कोचने कृते । मध्ये पश्चिमतानेन स्यात्प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः ॥ २.४६ ॥ |
adhastātkuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṅkocane kṛte । madhye paścimatānena syātprāṇo brahmanāḍigaḥ ॥ 2.46 ॥ |
| Adhastāt - lower area
(san)Kuñcanena - contracting
Āśu - fast
Kaṇṭha - the throat
Saṅkocane - contracting (Sankochana)
Krita - to do, to perform
Madhye - middle, center
Paścima - behind, back, west
Tānena - stretching
Syāt - happens as, so
Prāḥaḥ - life energy
Brahma-nāḍi-gaḥ - flows through Brahma's energy channel || 46 || |
By drawing up the lower area (belly) and contracting the throat (Jâlandhara Bandha) the Prâna flows (enters) into the Brahma Nâdî (Sushumnâ). |
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