Discourse on the Rising of the Breath

One who enjoys many pleasures with a youthful partner and allows the two breaths to meet and harmonize retains their own youthfulness. 61.

Chaupai
A four-line poetic meter common in Indian devotional and technical literature.
If the heat in the body increases excessively, what method provides the supreme help? Close the right nostril Dakshina-randhra; the right nasal passage associated with the solar breath and during the night, let the left breath Vama-sur; the cooling lunar breath flow without interference. 62.

When cooling arises to soothe the heat through the practice of the lunar flow, the burning sensation is replaced by the moon's coolness; in this way, one should alternate the flow of the two breaths. 63.

There is a second method for switching the breath: whatever direction the breath is currently flowing, perform your activities in that same direction. By using betel leaf and flowers yellow stain over text a person will surely gain some strength. 64.

Do not use your fingers or hands to block the nose, O great sage; instead, apply some weight or physical pressure This refers to the practice of "Yoga Danda" or lying on one's side to switch the active nostril through pressure on the armpit. to the body. In this way, the wind original: "marut," meaning the breath or vital air is brought under control. 65.

Similarly, at the time of sleep, one should change the breath in this manner. There is a saying: sleep on the side of the currently active breath; this directs the energy channel nadi upward toward the void shunya. 66.

Couplet
original: "Doha." A rhymed couplet used to summarize or emphasize a point.
But if the breath flows too rapidly, sleep on the side of the active breath to master the upper limbs and make the wind steady. 67.

Chaupai
Whoever releases the lunar breath during the day and fixes the solar wind within the heart, while remaining in constant silence—if one carries out such a practice with endurance 68, then all diseases are quickly cured, including various pains of the head and heart. If excessive heat or cold afflicts the limbs, the practice is broken. 69.

Couplet
In that state, old age does not dwell, nor does ugliness or poison take hold. Youthfulness manifests in the limbs, and bliss arises from that practice. 70.

Even white hairs will turn black. One who "drinks" from the moon original: "Mayanka," a poetic name for the moon; referring to the Ida breath during the day and follows the sun original: "Divakara," a poetic name for the sun; referring to the Pingala breath at night This describes the advanced practice of "Viparita Swara," or reversing the natural solar/lunar cycle of the breath to achieve immortality. achieves this. 71.

The breath flows as long as the stars remain, just as the sun’s radiance fills the sky... without the Ida channel...