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| ,-Upadesha 1, (Ch.-1, V.-24) |
गुदं निरुध्य गुल्फाभ्यां व्युत्क्रमेण समाहितः । कूर्मासनं भवेदेतदिति योगविदो विदुः ॥ १.२४ ॥ |
Ghudam nirudhya ghulphābhyām vyutkramena samāhitah Kūrmāsanam bhavedetaditi yogavido viduh |
| Gudaṁ - (the) anus;
Nirudhya - press to close;
Gulphābhyāṁ - with both ankles;
Vyutkrameṇa - opposite ot each other;
Samāhitaḥ - fixed;
Kūrma-āsanaṁ - turtle position;
Bhavet - should be, be, or as;
Etad - that, this (position);
Iti - so;
Yoga-vidaḥ - Yogic methods;
Viduḥ - know; |
While seated, placing the right ankle (heel) on the left side of anus, and the left ankle (heel) on the right side of the anus; this is what the Yogís call Kúrmásana. |
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