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Gheranḍa Saṁhitā on Bhastrikā

Translated by Dr. Ganesh Mohan

Chapter V: Verses 75-77

अथ भस्त्रिकाकुम्भकः।
भिवै लोहकाराणाां यथाक्रमेण सांभ्रमेत ।्
तथा वाय ां ु च नासाभ्यामभु ाभ्याां चालयेच्छन ैः ॥७५॥
atha bhastrikākumbhakaḥ |
bhastravai lohakārāṇāṁ yathākrameṇa saṁbhramet |
tathā vāyuṁ ca nāsābhyāmubhābhyāṁ cālayecchanaiḥ ||75||

Now bhastrikā kumbhaka [is explained]:

V.75: Like the bellows of the blacksmith function (expand and contract forcefully), move the air [in
and out] similarly, through both nostrils, slowly.

एवां ववशस्त्रतवारां च कृ त्वा कुयााच्च कुम्भकम ।्

तदन्ते चालयेद्वाय ां ु पूवोक्तां च यथास्त्रवस्त्रि ॥७६॥
evaṁ viṁśativāraṁ ca kṛtvā kuryācca kumbhakam |
tadante cālayedvāyuṁ pūrvoktaṁ ca yathāvidhi ||76||

V.76: Having practiced this kumbhaka (prāṇayāma) twenty times, end by breathing out the air in the
way explained earlier.

त्रिवारं साधयेदने ं भत्रिकाकुम्भकं सधु ीः ।

न च रोगो न च क्लेश आरोग्यं च त्रदने त्रदने ॥७७॥
trivāraṁ sādhayedenaṁ bhastrikākumbhakaṁ sudhīḥ |
na ca rogo na ca kleśa ārogyaṁ ca dine dine ||77||

V.77: The intelligent yogi should practice this bhastrikā kumbhaka thrice. [Such a yogi is] free from
disease and suffering, and is healthy every day.

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