Surya Kumbhaka

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Pramana: Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Source: Yoga-Sikhopanishad 91-92

Original Verse:

"सूर्यनाड्या समाकृष्य वायुमभ्यासयोगिना ।

विधिवत् कुम्भकं कृत्वा रेचयेच्छीतरश्मिना ॥ ९१ ॥

उदरे बहुरोगघ्नं क्रिमिदोषं निहन्ति च ।

मुहुर्मुहुरिदं कार्यं सूर्यभेदमुदाहृतम् ॥ ९२ ॥ "

Transliteration:

"sūryanāḍyā samākṛṣya vāyumabhyāsaYoginā |

vidhivat Kumbhakaṃ kṛtvā recayecchītaraśminā ॥ 91 ॥

udare bahurogaghnaṃ krimidoṣaṃ nihanti ca |

muhurmuhuridaṃ kāryaṃ sūryabhedamudāhṛtam ॥ 92 ॥ "

Translation:

"By the practicing Yogin should be drawn in the vital air through the Solar Nadi.

After performing Kumbhaka as prescribed in the rule, he should expel (it) through the lunar (Nadi).

This, which kills many a disease of the belly and extirpates the malignant influence due to (intestinal) worms, should often and often be performed and is known as Surya-bheda (breaking through the Solar Nadi). "