Brahmānanda explicitly declares the practical meaning of grasping the “tail” of the sleeping serpent to be a secret that must be learned from the mouth of the guru. He likewise refers the paridhāna method named in the following verse to a teacher. At these points, the Sanskrit Jyotsnā does not provide a concrete modern description of the movement.
udbodhayed abhīḥ MBHDL2026 ] udbodhayec ca tām NS1882
pravistṛtāsyaiva phaṇāvatī sā; prātaś ca sāyaṃ praharārdha-mātram | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
prapūrya sūryāt paridhāna-yuktyā; pragṛhya tiryak paricālanīyā ||95*1|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
Brahmānanda locates the Kanda between the navel and sexual organ, approximately one span above the base region. He describes it as four fingerbreadths in size, soft, white, and resembling a rolled cloth or an egg. For a more precise location, he cites Gorakṣa and Yājñavalkya; the 72,000 Nāḍīs are said to arise from the Kanda.
For Brahmānanda, the sequence is binding. In Vajrāsana, Kuṇḍalinī is first moved, immediately followed by Bhastrā, the bellows breath. He also explains the subsequent contraction of the “sun” as drawing in the navel region. Here Kumbhaka continues Śakticālana.
nāsā-dakṣiṇa-mārga-vāhi-pavanāt, prāṇe 'ti-dīrghī-kṛte candrāmbhaḥ-paripūritāmṛta-tanuḥ, prāg ghaṇṭikāyās tathā | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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nāsā
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of the nose | |
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dakṣiṇa
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right | |
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mārga
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path | |
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vāhin
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flowing | |
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pavanāt
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through the breath wind | |
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prāṇe
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in prāṇa | |
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ati
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greatly | |
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dīrghī
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lengthened | |
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kṛte
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made | |
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candra
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of the moon | |
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ambhas
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water, nectar | |
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paripūrita
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filled | |
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amṛta
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immortal | |
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tanuḥ
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having a body | |
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prāk
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already, previously | |
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ghaṇṭikāyāḥ
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of the uvula | |
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tathā
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in this way |
siñcan kāla-viśāla-vahni-vaśagān, bhrū-randhra-nāḍī-gaṇān tat kāyaṃ kurute punar navataraṃ, jīrṇa-druma-skandha-vat ||97*1|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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siñcan
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sprinkling | |
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kāla
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of time | |
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viśāla
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great | |
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vahni
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fire | |
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vaśagān
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subject to | |
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bhrū
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of the eyebrow | |
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randhra
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of the opening | |
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nāḍī
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of the nāḍīs | |
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gaṇān
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the groups | |
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tat
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this | |
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kāyam
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body | |
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kurute
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makes | |
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punar
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again | |
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navataram
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entirely new | |
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jīrṇa
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old | |
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druma
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tree | |
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skandha
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trunk | |
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vat
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like |
kuryād bhastrīṃ MBHDL2026 ] bhastrāṃ kuryād NS1882
abhyasato MBHDL2026 ] abhyasyato NS1882
yaminaḥ śaṅkate yamaḥ MBHDL2026 ] yamino yamabhīḥ kutaḥ NS1882
Brahmānanda defines the Siddhi promised after one Maṇḍala, here forty days, as success in Prāṇāyāma. The prerequisites are Brahmacarya, which he explains as control of the sexual organ together with the other senses, and a digestible, moderate diet that leaves one quarter of the stomach free. The stated period is thus subject to clear ethical and dietary conditions.
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