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कंठे क्षुत्तर्षनाशाय जिह्वाग्रे रससंविदे। गन्धज्ञानाय नासाग्ने रूपज्ञानाय चक्षुषोः ॥३४॥ भाले तद्रोगनाशाय क्रोधस्योपशमाय च । ब्रह्मरंध्र च सिद्धानां साज्ञाद्दर्शनहेतवे ॥३५॥
Meaning : For curing fever etc., for purity of the body, for increasing knowledge, for removing diseases and old age, for abolishing hunger and thirst, for acquiring knowledge of the tastes of all types, smell, the forms, and figures, one should suspend the breath respectively in the navel, stomach, heart, Kurma nadi, tip of the tongue, tip of the nose and in the eyes. For the cure of the diseases relating to the forehead, one should fix up the breath in the forehead as also for subduing anger. For the direct perception of the Siddhas (liberated soul), one should immobilize the breath in the aperture of the crown of the head.
Nature of the breath अभ्यस्य धारणामेवं सिद्धीनां कारणं परम् । चेष्टितं पवमानस्य जानीयाद्गतसंशयः ॥३६॥
Meaning : Having thus practiced the art of holding the breath, which secures for one the extraordinary Siddhis (special achievements), one should, without doubt, try to know the nature of the breath.
नाभेनिष्कामतश्चारं हृन्मध्ये नयतो गतिम् ।
तिष्ठतो द्वादशान्ते तु विन्द्यात्स्थानं नभस्वतः ॥३७॥ Meaning : It is called Char when the breath is exhaled from the region of the navel; when the breath
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