________________
Meaning : One should exhale the breath very slowly, adopting a posture as described earlier in the fourth chapter of this book), and then should fill the whole body with the breath through the left nostril, pervading even the toe.
Then, one should concentrate on the toe, and from there divert on the sole, then on the heals, on the ankles, the shanks, knees, thighs, rectum, genitals, helly, heart, throat, tongue, palate, tip of the nose, eyes, eye-brows, forehead, and head.
In this manner, one should lead his mind and breath from one place to another, till they both (breath and mind) reach the aperture in the crown of the head.
Thenceforth, one should take the breath and mind again to the great toe of the leg and from there he should lead it forward to the lotus of the navel. He should (stop here and then) exhale the breath through the nostrils.
पादांगुष्ठादो जंघायां जानरुगुदमेदने । .धारितःक्रमशो वायुः शीघ्रगत्यै बलाय च ॥३२ ।
Meaning : By holding up the breath in the great toe of the leg, shanks, ankles, thighs, rectum, and in the genitals, in due order, one will be able to acquire speedy gait and strength.
नाभौ ज्वरादिघाताय जठरे कायशुद्धये । ज्ञानाय हृत्ये कर्मनाड्यां रोगजराच्छिदे ।।३३।।
Fifth Chapter
139
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
