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Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 4 verse 28<\/a><\/p>\n apAnE juhvathi prANam prANE \u2019pAnam thathAparE | <\/em> aparE niyathAhArA: prANAn prANEshu juhvathi |<\/em><\/p>\n prANAyAma parAyaNA: – Those who are focussed on prANAyAma karma yOgis who are focussed on prANAyAma with regulated food habits are firmly established in pUraka (inhaling) which works on merging prANa vAyu into apAna vAyu (different types of vital-air); other similar karma yOgis are firmly established in rEchaka (exhaling) which works on merging apAna vAyu into praNa vAyu; other similar karma yOgis are firmly established in kumbhaka (holding the breath – stopping the upward flow of prANa and the downward flow of apAna) which works on uniting all prANa within itself.<\/p>\n ‘Others, the practicers of pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma[1. The controlling and regulation of breath. See Yoga Sutra I-34, and Ha\u1e6dha-yoga-prad\u012bpika and other works on Yoga. Pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> is not mere breath, but life-breath, or vital energy having intimate relation with mind, nerve-force and all forces which direct organic processes. It is called by various names, animal magnetism, aura, odic force etc.], observing food-restrictions, sacrifice pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> in ap\u0101na<\/em>, ap\u0101na<\/em> in pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, and restraining both the currents, pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and ap\u0101na<\/em>, sacrifice pr\u0101\u1e47a in pr\u0101\u1e47a.’<\/span><\/p>\n Other karma-yogis<\/em> devote themselves to pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma<\/em>[2. The controlling and regulation of breath. See Yoga Sutra I-34, and Ha\u1e6dha-yoga-prad\u012bpika and other works on Yoga. Pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> is not mere breath, but life-breath, or vital energy having intimate relation with mind, nerve-force and all forces which direct organic processes. It is called by various names, animal magnetism, aura, odic force etc.]-practices. They consist of three parts, called Rechaka, P\u016braka and Kumbhaka.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Sacrificing pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> in ap\u0101na<\/em>‘ is P\u016braka or breathing in.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Ap\u0101na<\/em> in Pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>‘ is Rechaka or breathing out.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘And restraining both the currents, pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and ap\u0101na<\/em>, and sacrificing pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101, is Kumbhaka or stopping (or holding) the breath.<\/span><\/p>\n The practicers of these require regulated diet[3. Cp. Bh: G\u012b: VI 16<\/a>; XVII-7<\/a>.].<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 4 verse 30<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 4 << Chapter 4 verse 28 SlOkam \u2013 Original apAnE juhvathi prANam prANE \u2019pAnam thathAparE | prANApAna gathI rudhvA prANAyAmaparAyaNA: || aparE niyathAhArA: prANAn prANEshu juhvathi | word-by-word meaning prANAyAma parAyaNA: – Those who are focussed on prANAyAma niyathAhArA: – with regulated food habits … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-4","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12138,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions\/12138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n prANApAna gathI rudhvA prANAyAmaparAyaNA: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nniyathAhArA: – with regulated food habits
\naparE – some karma yOgis
\napAnE prANAm juhvathi – are firmly established in pUraka (inhaling) which works on merging prANa vAyu into apAna vAyu (different types of vital-air)
\nthathA aparE – other similar karma yOgis
\nprANE apAnam juhvathi – are firmly established in rEchaka (exhaling) which works on merging apAna vAyu into praNa vAyu
\nthathA aparE – other similar karma yOgis
\nprANApAna gathI – the upward flow of prANa and the downward flow of apAna
\nrudhvA – stopping it
\nprANEshu prANAn juhvathi – are firmly established in kumbhaka (holding the breath) which works on uniting all prANa within itself.<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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