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અધ્યાત્મતવાલેક
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यः श्वास-प्रश्वासगतिरोधः स योगिभिः प्राणयमो बभाषे । स रेचकः पूरक-कुम्भको च श्वासो बहिर्वृत्तिरिहाऽऽदिमः स्यात्
11800 11 प्रपूरणं यत् पुनरस्य पूरकः स्थिरत्वसम्पादनमेव कुम्भकः । नैकस्वभावाः खलु योगसाधका गच्छन्ति केचित् तत ईदृशा पथा
11 ?o? 11 ( 7994 ) Control over inhalation and exhalation of breath is called by sayes Pränāyāma. It consists of Rechaka, Puraka and Kumbhaka. Rechaka means exhalation, Puraka means inhalation and Kumbhaka means suspension. Those who practise Yoga do not necessarily follow the same method, therefore some follow this path. ( 100-101 )
These brief notes are an abridgment of Chapters III, IV, V. in Rajayoga.
The mind whose dross has been cleared away, realises in the true transcendent nature of Soul. First the nerves are to be purified, then comes the power to practise Prānāyāma. Stopping the right nostril with the thumb with the left nostril fill in air according to capacity, then without any interval throw the air out through the right nostril closing the left one, again inhaling through the right nostril eject through the left according to capacity, practising this three or five times at four intervals of the day in fifteen days or a month the purity of the nerves is attained.
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