Haṭhatattvakaumudī 10.45
मनुगणनैर् वा क्रमशः प्रवर्धते यत्र वै कुम्भः |
manu-gaṇanair vā kramaśaḥ, pravardhate yatra vai kumbhaḥ | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
अयम् एकमेरुर् उक्तो योगरहस्यं महेशेन ||45||
Metre: Upagīti
Or (vā) [one may establish it] by counts of fourteen [time units] (manu-gaṇanaiḥ | ins pl). Where (yatra) breath retention (kumbhaḥ | nom sg) indeed (vai) lengthens (pravardhate | 3p sg med pres) gradually (kramaśaḥ), this (ayam | nom sg m) [is] called (uktaḥ | nom sg m ppp) Ekameru (eka-meruḥ | nom sg) by Maheśa (maheśena | ins sg), [a] secret of yoga (yoga-rahasyam | nom sg).
The mātrā count in 10.44 and the subsequent increase support the numerical meaning “fourteen” for manu, rather than its other attested meaning “mantra”. I therefore translate manu-gaṇanaiḥ as “by counts of fourteen [time units]”, supplying the counting unit from context.
Counting or a repeated word can provide a point of reference in practice. Change the framework only once you can describe your experience with it so far.
ayameka GDJ2007 ] ajayameka GDJ2007-a
maheśena GDJ2007 ] maheśīnaḥ GDJ2007-b
maheśena GDJ2007 ] maheśīnaḥ GDJ2007-b
Haṭhatattvakaumudī 10.46
पूरकेणाभिवृद्धेन द्विमेरु मेरुरोहणात् |
रेचकेनापि वृद्धेन त्रिमेरुः सिद्धिदायकः ||46||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through extended inhalation (pūrakeṇābhivṛddhena | ins sg) [and] through ascending Meru (meru-rohaṇāt | abl sg), [the breath retention is called] Dvimeru (dvimeru). Through exhalation (recakena | ins sg) also (api), [when it is] extended (vṛddhena | ins sg m ppp), [it is called] Trimeru (tri-meruḥ | nom sg), [and] bestows accomplishment (siddhi-dāyakaḥ | nom sg m).
Before merurohaṇāt, dvimeru lacks the expected final r; I treat it as a quoted name and supply “[the breath retention is called]”. At trimeru, I supply the corresponding predicate.
First consider inhaling and exhaling separately: what do you notice about the course of each? The image of a gradual ascent can suggest this process of increasingly precise observation.
dvimeru GDJ2007 ] tadvimeru GDJ2007-b
Haṭhatattvakaumudī 10.46*1
इति मेरुकुम्भकः |
Metre: none
Thus (iti) [ends] the Meru breath retention (meru-kumbhakaḥ | nom sg).
At the end, note one small step you have taken in getting to know your breath. A more clearly phrased question can be such a step.
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