Haṭhatattvakaumudī 10.6
बद्ध्वा वज्रासनं प्रागनु पवनम् उपाकृष्य बाह्याभिवाहम् मन्दं मार्तण्डनाड्यां तदनु कचनखाग्रान्तम् आकुम्भयेच्च |
baddhvā vajrāsanaṃ prāg, anu pavanam upā,kṛṣya bāhyābhivāham; mandaṃ mārtaṇḍa-nāḍyāṃ, tad anu kaca-nakhā,grāntam ākumbhayec ca | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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baddhvā
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having assumed | |
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vajra
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of the vajra | |
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āsanam
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seated posture | |
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prāk
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first | |
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anu
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afterwards | |
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pavanam
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the breath | |
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upākṛṣya
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having drawn in | |
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bāhya
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external | |
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abhivāham
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abhivāha
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flowing towards |
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mandam
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mandam
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slowly |
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mārtaṇḍa
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of the sun | |
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nāḍyām
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in the channel | |
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tat
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this | |
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anu
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after | |
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kaca
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hair | |
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nakha
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of the nail | |
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agra
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of the tip | |
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antam
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up to the end | |
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ākumbhayet
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one should retain | |
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ca
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and |
रुद्धं नाड्योदयातं पवनम् अनु शनैः रेचयेदेतदुक्तं वातघ्नं भालसंशोधनम् असकृदहो सूर्यभेदं विधेयम् ||6||
ruddhaṃ nāḍyodayātaṃ, pavanam anu śanaiḥ, recayed etad uktaṃ; vāta-ghnaṃ bhāla-saṃśo,dhanam asakṛd aho, sūrya-bhedaṃ vidheyam ||6|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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ruddham
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restrained | |
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nāḍyā
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through the energy channel | |
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udayātam
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risen | |
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pavanam
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the breath | |
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anu
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afterwards | |
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śanaiḥ
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slowly | |
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recayet
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one should release | |
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etat
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this | |
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uktam
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called | |
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vāta
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wind | |
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ghnam
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removing | |
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bhāla
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of the forehead | |
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saṃśodhanam
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purifying | |
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asakṛt
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repeatedly | |
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aho
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indeed | |
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sūrya
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of the sun | |
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bhedam
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piercing | |
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vidheyam
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to be performed |
Metre: Sragdharā
Having first (prāk) assumed (baddhvā | abs) Vajrāsana (vajrāsanam | acc sg), [one should] then (anu) draw in (upākṛṣya | abs) the breath (pavanam | acc sg) flowing in from outside (bāhyābhivāham | acc sg m), slowly (mandam), in the solar channel (mārtaṇḍa-nāḍyām | loc sg). And (ca) after (anu) that [inhalation] (tat | acc sg n), [one] should retain [it] (ākumbhayet | 3p sg act opt denom) as far as the ends of the hair and nail tips (kaca-nakhāgrāntam | acc sg).
Afterwards (anu), [one] should slowly (śanaiḥ) release (recayet | 3p sg act opt caus) the retained (ruddham | acc sg m ppp) breath (pavanam | acc sg), [which has] risen (udayātam) through the energy channel (nāḍyā | ins sg). This (etat | nom sg n) Sūryabheda (sūrya-bhedam | nom sg) is described (uktam | nom sg n ppp) [as a procedure] that removes wind (vāta-ghnam | nom sg n) [and] purifies the forehead (bhāla-saṃśodhanam | nom sg n). [It is] indeed (aho) to be performed (vidheyam | nom sg n pfp) repeatedly (asakṛt).
Afterwards (anu), [one] should slowly (śanaiḥ) release (recayet | 3p sg act opt caus) the retained (ruddham | acc sg m ppp) breath (pavanam | acc sg), [which has] risen (udayātam) through the energy channel (nāḍyā | ins sg). This (etat | nom sg n) Sūryabheda (sūrya-bhedam | nom sg) is described (uktam | nom sg n ppp) [as a procedure] that removes wind (vāta-ghnam | nom sg n) [and] purifies the forehead (bhāla-saṃśodhanam | nom sg n). [It is] indeed (aho) to be performed (vidheyam | nom sg n pfp) repeatedly (asakṛt).
I connect nāḍyā with udayātam and understand the phrase as “risen through the energy channel”.
I take sūryabhedam as a neuter name for the practice because of etad uktam and vidheyam.
Notice your breath in a quiet seated position, including your whole body in your awareness. The image of hair and fingertips encourages attention to reach the body's edges.
ruddhaṃ nāḍyodayātaṃ GDJ2007-b ] ruddhe nāḍye yātam GDJ2007
Haṭhatattvakaumudī 10.6*1
इति कफवातरोगकृमिदोषशैत्यविकारहर उष्णवीर्यः सूर्यभेदकुम्भकः |
iti kapha-vāta-roga-kṛmi-doṣa-śaitya-vikāra-hara uṣṇa-vīryaḥ sūrya-bheda-kumbhakaḥ | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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iti
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thus | |
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kapha
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phlegm, Kapha | |
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vāta
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wind, Vāta | |
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roga
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disease | |
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kṛmi
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worm (according to Meulenbeld 1974, p. 622) | |
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doṣa
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disorder | |
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śaitya
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cold | |
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vikāra
|
ailment | |
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haraḥ
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removing | |
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uṣṇa
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hot | |
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vīryaḥ
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having potency | |
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sūrya
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of the sun | |
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bheda
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piercing | |
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kumbhakaḥ
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breath retention |
Metre: none
Thus (iti) [is described] the Sūryabheda breath retention (sūrya-bheda-kumbhakaḥ | nom sg), which removes diseases of Kapha and Vāta, worm disorders and ailments of cold (kapha-vāta-roga-kṛmi-doṣa-śaitya-vikāra-haraḥ | nom sg m), [and] has heating potency (uṣṇa-vīryaḥ | nom sg m).
After practising, notice whether you feel warmth and how you experience it. Little or no change is also part of your observation.
uṣṇavīryaḥ GDJ2007 ] ruṣṇavīryaḥ GDJ2007-b
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