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प्राणायामस्तत: कैश्चिदाश्रितो शक्यो नेतरथा कर्त्तुं
पंचम प्रकाश
Fifth Chapter
ध्यानसिद्धये । मनः पवननिर्जयः ॥१॥
Meaning: Having obtained mastery on various postures, Patanjali and others have advocated the pranayam (breath control) for securing meditational power; as otherwise no control over mind and breath can be established.
मनो यत्र मरुतत्र मरुद्यत्र मनस्ततः । प्रतस्तुल्यक्रियावेतौ संवीतौ क्षीरनीरवत् ||२||
Meaning: Where there is mind, there is wind; and where there is wind, there is mind. On account of this mind and wind, which have similar functions, remain intermixed like milk and water.
एकस्य नाशेऽन्यस्य स्यान्नाशो वृत्तौ च वर्तनम् । ध्वस्तयोरिन्द्रियमतिध्वंसान्मोक्षश्च
जायते ||३||
Fifth Chapter
Meaning : When one of the two (mind and wind ) is destroyed, the other also is destroyed; and when one of them exists, the other also exists.
When both
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