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| ,-Upadesha 1, (Ch.-1, V.-31) |
इति पश्चिमतानं आसनाग्र्यं पवनं पश्चिमवाहिनं करोति । उदयं जठरानलस्य कुर्याद् उदरे कार्श्यं अरोगतां च पुंसाम् ॥ १.३१ ॥ |
iti paścimatānaṃ āsanāgryaṃ pavanaṃ paścimavāhinaṃ karoti । udayaṃ jaṭharānalasya kuryād udare kārśyaṃ arogatāṃ ca puṃsām ॥ 1.31 ॥ |
| Iti - so, in this way;
Paścimatānam - Pashchimatana;
Āsana - body positions;
Agryaṁ - front, most forward;
Pavanaṁ - air, breath, life energy Prana;
Paścima - through the body back;
Vāhinaṁ - flowing;
Karoti - it causes, acts, makes;
Udayaṁ - rising, growing;
Jaṭhara - stomach;
Analasya - the fire;
Kuryād - it effect, acts;
Udare - in the area of the belly abdomen;
Kārśyam - Slimming, thining, loosing;
Arogatāṁ - Health, without diseases;
Ca - and;
Puṁsām - the people; |
Pashchimatánásana brings prána from the front of the body to the back (i.e., to the sushumna). It kindles the gastric fire, this agni destroys amas (toxic wastes) in th ebelly, and it cures all diseases of those who practice it. |
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