ऊर्ध्वनाभेरधस्तालोरूर्ध्वं भानुरधः शशी । करणी विपरीताखा गुरुवाक्येन लभ्यते ॥ ३.७९ ॥

ūrdhvanābheradhastālorūrdhvaṃ bhānuradhaḥ śaśī । karaṇī viparītākhā guruvākyena labhyate ॥ 3.79 ॥

This exercise increases the appetite, and therefore one who practises it should obtain a good supply of food. If food be scarce, the bodily fire will burn him up at once.