अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे ।
प्राणापानगती रुध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः ॥ २९ ॥
प्राणापानगती रुध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः ॥ २९ ॥
apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe’pānaṃ tathā’pare .
prāṇāpānagatī rudhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ .. 29 ..
Others offer prâna (outgoing breath) in apâna (incoming breath), and apâna in prâna, restraining the passages of prâna and apâna, absorbed in prânâyâma (restraint of breath).
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Some practise the kind of prânâyâma called Pûraka (filling in); some practise the kind of Prânâyama called Rechaka (emptying); some are engaged in the practise of Prânâyâma called Kumbhaka by impeding the outward passage of the air through nostrils and the mouth, and by impeding the inward passage of the air in the opposite direction.
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