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शुक्लः समानो हन्नाभिसर्वसन्धिष्ववस्थितः । जेयः स्वस्थानयोगेनासकृद्रेचनपूरणात् ॥१७॥
Meaning : The breath called the Samana is white coloured. Its receptacle is the heart, navel, and joints. Control can be obtained on it by exhaling and inhaling at or in those places.
रक्तो हत्कण्ठतालुभ्रूमध्यमूर्धनि संस्थितः । उदानो वश्यतां नेयो गत्यागतिनियोगतः ॥१८॥
Meaning : The breath called the Udana is red coloured. Its region is the heart, the throat, the palate, the middle of the eye-brows, and the head. It can be conquered by exhaling and inhaling in and around those places. .
नासाकर्षणयोगेन स्थापयेत्तं हृदादिषु । बलादुत्कृष्यमाणं च रुद्ध्वा रुवा वशं नयेत् ।।१६।।
Meaning : By drawing the wind (from out side) through the nostrils, one should plant it or stabilize it in the region of the heart etc. One should establish mastery over it by firmly keeping it there even when it forcibly moves to other regions (limbs or organs).
सर्वत्वग्वत्तिको व्यानः शक्रकार्मकसन्निभः । जेतव्यः कुम्भकाभ्यासात् संकोचप्रसूतिकमात् ॥२०॥
Meaning : The Vyana, which is multi-coloured as the rainbow and which pervades the whole skin should
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