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,-Upadesha 3, (Ch.-3, V.-55)

अथ उड्डीयानबन्धः बद्धो येन सुषुम्णायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः । तस्मादुड्डीयनाख्योऽयं योगिभिः समुदाहृतः ॥ ३.५५ ॥

atha uḍḍīyānabandhaḥ baddho yena suṣumṇāyāṃ prāṇastūḍḍīyate yataḥ । tasmāduḍḍīyanākhyo'yaṃ yogibhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ ॥ 3.55 ॥

Atha: now (follows, Atha) Uḍḍīyāna-bandhaḥ: Uddiyana Bandha Baddhaḥ: fixed, controlled ("bound", Baddha) Yena: with this bandha ("with which", Yad) Suṇumṇāyāṁ: in the Sushumna Prāḥaḥ: (the) life energy (Prana) Tu: but (Tu) Uḍḍīyate: (and then) "auffliegt" (ud + ḍī) Yataḥ: because (Yatas) Tasmāt: therefore (tasmat) Uḍḍīyana: Uḍḍīyana (the "letting", Uddiyana) Ākhyaḥ: (with the) designation (Akhya) Ayaṁ: this (closure, Ayam) Yogibhiḥ: from the yogis Samudāhḥtaḥ: has been named (Samudahrita) || 55 ||


Uddiyâna Bandha is so called because the great bird Prâna, when tied to it, flies without becoming fatigued. This is explained below.



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