Chapter 3

pādmasaṃhitāyām |
tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ |
prāṇāyāmavidhiḥ |
śrībhagavān |
traivarṇika ssvavarṇoktai rāśramānuguṇai stathā |
ācārai rācaranyuktai rvāsudevārcane rataḥ || 1 ||
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viviktaṃ deśamāsādya sarvasaṃbādhavarjitam |
yogāṅgadravyasampūrṇaṃ tatra dārumaye śubhe || 2 ||
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āsane kalpite darbhavāsaḥ kṛṣṇājinādibhiḥ |
tālamātrasamutsedhe tāladvayasamāyute || 3 ||
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upaviśyāsane vaśye svastikādi yathāruci |
badhvā prāgānanassamyak ṛjukāyassamāhitaḥ || 4 ||
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nāsāgravyastanayano dantairdantānasaṃspṛśan |
rasanāṃ tāluni vyasya ślathabāhudvayānvitaḥ || 5 ||
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ākuñcataśirāḥ riñcit nibadhnan yogamudrayā |
hastau yadhokta vidhinā prāṇāyāmaṃ samācaret || 6 ||
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prāṇāyāma lakṣaṇam |
recanaṃ pūraṇaṃ vāyoḥ rodhanaṃ recanaṃ tathā |
caturbhiḥ kleśanaṃ vāyoḥ prāṇāyāma udīritaḥ || 7 ||
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plāvanaṃ recanaṃ vāyoḥ |
hastena dakṣiṇenai va pīḍayannāsikāpuṭam |
iḍayāpūra yedantarvā yumātmani kumbhayet |
śanaiśśanai ratha bahiḥ kṣipetpiṅgalayānilam || 8 ||
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dvātriṃśanmātrayaṭā kukṣau pūrayediḍayānilam |
bhūyaṣṣoḍaśamātrābhiścatuṣṣaṣṭhyātu mātrayā || 9 ||
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sampūrṇakumbhavaddhehaṃ pūrayenmātariśvanā |
pūraṇānnāḍayassarvāḥ pūryante mātariśvanā || 10 ||
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kumbhayonmātariśvanā |
prāṇāyāmaphalam |
evaṃ kṛtesati brahman carantidaśa vāyavaḥ |
hṛdayāmbhoruhaṃ cāpi vyākocaṃ bhavati sphuṭam || 11 ||
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pūraṇena tathā kumbhī karaṇā dunmukhaṃ sthitam |
galakūpavirūḍhaṃ tu tadadhomukhamambhujam || 12 ||
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dujjvalam |
nālaṃ tālanibhaṃ tasya dalāṣṭakasamanvitam |
kadalī puṣpasaṅkāśaṃ candrakāntasamaprabham || 13 ||
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tālabatam |
sandhyayormadhyarātre ca prāṇāyāmāṃstu ṣoḍaśa |
ekāhamātraṃ kurvāṇassarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 14 ||
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kimanyairbhahubhiḥ proktaiḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ |
nirdhūtasarvapāpmāno vatsaratrayapūraṇe || 15 ||
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paśyanti māmapi brahman hṛdayāmbhoruhesthitam |
saṃvatsaratrayādūdhvaṃ prāṇāyāmaparo naraḥ || 16 ||
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yogasiddho bhavedyogī vāyujidvijitendriyaḥ |
alpāśī svalpanidraśca tejasvī balavānbhavet || 17 ||
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apamutyumatikramya dīrghamāyuravāpnu yāt |
prasvedajananaṃ yasya prāṇāyāmeṣu so'dhamaḥ || 18 ||
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kampanaṃ vapuṣo yasya prāṇāyāmeṣu madhyamaḥ |
utthānaṃ vapuṣo yasya sa uttama udāhṛtaḥ || 19 ||
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adhame vyādhipāpānāṃ nāśassyānmadhyame punaḥ |
pāparogamahāvyādhi nāśassyāduttame punaḥ || 20 ||
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alpamūtro lpaviṣṭhaśca laghudeho mitāśanaḥ |
vaśyendriyaḥ paṭumatiḥ kālatrayavidātmavān || 21 ||
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paṭvindriyaḥ |
recakaṃ pūrakaṃ muktvā kumbhīkaraṇamevayaḥ |
karoti triṣulokeṣu naiva tasyāstidurlabham || 22 ||
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nābhakande ca nāsāgre pādāṅguṣṭhe ca yatnavān |
dhārayanmanasā prāṇān sandhyākāleṣu sarvadā || 23 ||
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sarvarogavinirmukto bhavedyogī gataklamaḥ |
kukṣirogavināśassyāt nābhikandeṣu dhāraṇāt || 24 ||
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jīvedyogī |
nāsāgre dhāṇāddhīrṣu māyuṣyaṃ dehalāghapam |
pādāṅgaṣṭhe bhaveddhṛtyā vāyoḥ kamalasaṃbhava || 25 ||
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māyuvain |
vāyumākṛṣya jihvāgre pibannaśramadāhābhāk |
brāhme muhorte saṃprāptevāyumākṛṣyajihvayā || 26 ||
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pibata striṣumāneṣu vāksisdhirmahatībhavet |
ābhyasyataścaṣaṇmāsā nmahārogavināśanam || 27 ||
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yatra yatra dhṛto vāmuraṅge rogādidūṣite |
dhāraṇādeva marutastattadārogyamaśrute || 28 ||
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manaso dhāraṇādeva śvasano dhārito bhavet |
manasasthairya nirūpaṇam |
manasthsāpanā heturucyate kamalāsana || 29 ||
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karaṇāni samāhṛtya viṣayebhyassamāhitaḥ |
apānamūrdhvamākṛṣya vasterupari dhārayet || 30 ||
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asānādurdhva |
badhnankarābhyāṃ śrotrāti karaṇāni yathātatham |
yuññānasya yadhoktena vartmanā svavaśaṃ manaḥ || 31 ||
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vāyujayaḥ |
manaspṛṣṭassavai vāyussvava śesthāpyate sadā |
nāsikāpuṭayoḥ prāṇaḥ paryāyeṇa pravartate || 32 ||
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tisraśca nāḍikāḥ prāṇastāvatyaśca caratyayam |
śaṃkhinīvivare yāmye prāṇaḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ satām || 33 ||
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carantyapi. 10. śitvinīvivare bāhye |
tāvantaśca punaḥ kālaṃ saumye carati santatam |
itthaṃ krameṇa caratā vāyunā vāyujinnaraḥ || 34 ||
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ahaśca rātriṃ pakṣaṃ ca māsaṛtvayanādikam |
antarmukho vijānīyātkālabhedanaṃ samāhitaḥ || 35 ||
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aṅguṣṭhādisvāvayavasphuraṇādarśanairapi |
ariṣṭairjīvitasyāpi jānīyātkṣayamātmanaḥ || 36 ||
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