बध्नाति हि सिराजालं अधोगामि नभोजलम् । ततो जालन्धरो बन्धः कण्ठदुःखौघनाशनः ॥ ३.७१ ॥

badhnāti hi sirājālaṃ adhogāmi nabhojalam । tato jālandharo bandhaḥ kaṇṭhaduḥkhaughanāśanaḥ ॥ 3.71 ॥

It stops the opening (hole) of the group of Nâdîs, through which the nectar from the "heavens" (from the Soma/ Chandra in the brain) drips down. It is, therefore, called the Jâlandhara Bandha — the destroyer of a host of diseases of the throat.