वामनासापुटं धृत्वा दक्षनासापुटेन च । पूरयेत् पवनं मन्त्री मूलमष्टमितं जपन् ॥ ४५ ॥
vāmanāsāpuṭaṁ dhṛtvā dakṣanāsāpuṭēna ca | pūrayēt pavanaṁ mantrī mūlamaṣṭamitaṁ japan || 45 ||
Translation
closing the left nostril, the practitioner should draw in the breath through the right nostril, repeating the root mantra eight times.
Word by word
- vāmanāsāpuṭaṁ
- the left nostril
- dhṛtvā
- closing
- dakṣanāsāpuṭēna
- through the right nostril
- ca
- and
- pūrayēt
- should fill (draw in)
- pavanaṁ
- the breath
- mantrī
- the practitioner of the mantra
- mūlamaṣṭamitaṁ
- the root mantra, eight times
- japan
- repeating
Meaning
The commentary quotes Yogi Yājñavalkya: drawing breath in through the nose is pūraka, holding it still is kumbhaka, letting it out is recaka.