Dattātreyayogaśāstra 61
यथाशक्त्यविरोधेन ततः कुर्याच्च कुम्भकम् |
पुनस्त्यजेत्पिङ्गलया शनैरेव न वेगतः ||61||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Then (tataḥ) he should perform (kuryāt | 3p sg act opt) breath retention (kumbhakam | acc sg) according to his capacity (yathāśakti) and without discomfort (avirodhena | ins sg). Next (punar), he should exhale (tyajet | 3p sg act opt) through Piṅgalā (piṅgalayā | ins sg), gently (śanaiḥ), indeed (eva) not (na) forcefully (vegataḥ).
He holds his breath only as long as remains comfortable, then exhales gently through the right channel without force.
avirodhena tataḥ kuryāc ca JM2024 ] anirodhena tataḥ kuryāt tu DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 62
पुनः पिङ्गलयापूर्य पूरयेदुदरं शनैः |
धारयित्वा यथाशक्ति रेचयेदिडया शनैः ||62||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Again (punaḥ), having inhaled (āpūrya | abs) through Piṅgalā (piṅgalayā | ins sg), he should gently (śanaiḥ) fill (pūrayet | 3p sg act opt caus) his abdomen (udaram | acc sg). Having held [his breath] (dhārayitvā | abs) for as long as he can (yathāśakti), he should gently (śanaiḥ) exhale (recayet | 3p sg act opt) through Iḍā (iḍayā | ins sg).
Next he inhales through the right channel, holds the breath appropriately, and exhales slowly through the left channel.
dhārayitvā yathāśakti recayed iḍayā śanaiḥ JM2024 ] om. DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 63
यया त्यजेत्तयापूर्य धारयेदविरोधतः |
एवं प्रातः समासीनः कुर्याद्विंशति कुम्भकान् |
कुम्भकः सहितो नाम सर्वग्रहविवर्जितः ||63||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through whichever [channel] (yayā | ins sg f) he exhales (tyajet | 3p sg act opt), through that same one (tayā | ins sg f) he should inhale (āpūrya | abs) and hold [his breath] (dhārayet | 3p sg act opt caus) without discomfort (avirodhataḥ). In this way (evam), seated (samāsīnaḥ | nom sg m) in the morning (prātaḥ), he should perform (kuryāt | 3p sg act opt) twenty (viṃśati | acc pl) breath retentions (kumbhakān | acc pl). The breath retention (kumbhakaḥ | nom sg) is called (nāma) “accompanied” (sahitaḥ | nom sg m) and is said to be entirely free from grasping or malign influence (sarvagrahavivarjitaḥ | nom sg m ppp).
He inhales again through the same channel he used to exhale and holds without strain. In the morning he practises twenty such retentions; an additional line calls this accompanied kumbhaka free from every grasping or malign influence.
yayā tyajet tayāpūrya dhārayed avirodhataḥ JM2024 ] yathā tyajet tathā tena pūrayed anirodhataḥ DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 64
एवं मध्याह्नसमये कुर्याद्विंशति कुम्भकान् |
एवं सायं प्रकुर्वीत पुनर्विंशति कुम्भकान् ||64||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
In this way (evam), at midday (madhyāhnasamaye | loc sg), he should perform (kuryāt | 3p sg act opt) twenty (viṃśati) breath retentions (kumbhakān | acc pl). Likewise (evam), in the evening (sāyam) he should again (punar) perform (prakurvīta | 3p sg med opt) twenty (viṃśati) breath retentions (kumbhakān | acc pl).
At midday and again in the evening, he practises twenty breath retentions each time.
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 65
एवमेवार्धरात्रे कुर्याद्विंशति कुम्भकान् |
कुर्वीत रेचपूराभ्यां सहितान्प्रतिवासरम् ||65||
kurvīta reca-pūrābhyāṃ; sahitān prativāsaram ||65|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
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kurvīta
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he should perform | |
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reca
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exhalation | |
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pūrābhyām
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with inhalation | |
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sahitān
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accompanied, combined | |
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prativāsaram
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every day |
Metre: Anuṣṭubh; pāda 1: 7 rather than 8 syllables
In precisely the same way (evam eva), at midnight (ardharātre | loc sg), he should perform (kuryāt | 3p sg act opt) twenty (viṃśati) breath retentions (kumbhakān | acc pl). Every day (prativāsaram), he should practise (kurvīta | 3p sg med opt) [retentions] accompanied (sahitān | acc pl m) by exhalation and inhalation (recapūrābhyām | ins du).
At midnight too, he practises twenty retentions. Every day these accompanied kumbhakas include both exhalation and inhalation.
evārdharātre JM2024 ] evārdharātre ’pi DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 66
सहितो रेचपूराभ्यां तस्मात्सहितकुम्भकः |
कुर्यादेवं चतुर्वारमनालस्यो दिने दिने ||66||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Because it is accompanied (sahitaḥ | nom sg m) by exhalation and inhalation (recapūrābhyām | ins du), it is therefore (tasmāt | abl sg n) [called] accompanied breath retention (sahitakumbhakaḥ | nom sg). Energetically (anālasyaḥ | nom sg m), he should practise (kuryāt | 3p sg act opt) it in this way (evam) four times (caturvāram | acc sg) every day (dine dine | loc sg).
Because the practice is accompanied by exhalation and inhalation, it is called sahita-kumbhaka. It is practised energetically four times each day.
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