Apta Pramana: Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira 62-64
ि्भ्व्पनच्व्चुृष-चेदष-देिेव्य नवव्ररूभ कुममूेजलिन ध्चेूषसम्ित ूुकुमकभ मुद्सुवकूेकुम उन्च्िो मि्फलभ एजूेपजलेूषमसवेदष-रोम-कनपेरुमोचचेूष ूमष-एव व्पकन चोग् सोऽचन िकुल्ृ-मून ूथ् ्ूुष-ूरटष-्चो वन्-द्नपभ ्ू-भग्वरोिगमष सम्ि-कुमक्भ्स्ूषफलन त्दष-इनू ृणकरभ nābhāvāpūrya vāyuś-ced-dehe vyāpya vidhāritaḥ kumbhite jvalanaṃ dhyāyet samānasya tu Kumbhakaḥ mudrāsu vakṣyate kumbha uḍḍiyāno mahāphalaḥ ejate prajvalet svidyed-roma-kūpeṣu mocayet tam-eva vyāpakaṃ yogī so'yaṃ nakulīśa mataṃ tathā kṣut-tṛṭ-kṣayo vahni-dīptiḥ kṣata bhagnāvarohaṇam samāna-kumbhakābhyāsāt phalaṃ syād-iti śaṇkaraḥ
Akashic Revelation
When the Vāyu is held with concentration on fire, it is samana kumbhaka. When it catches heat, it becomes intensified and causes perspiration through the pores.
Step 4: Breathing Technique Samana Kumbhaka
Holding the breath inside and visualizing the fire will rejuvenate all your cells. It is a very powerful process which will bring immortality to your cells
Technique
- 1. Remaining, Ardha Padmāsana,
- inhale completely.
- 2. Hold as long as you can judiciously.
- 3. While you hold, visualize the
- fire element in the navel region
- 4. When you cannot hold any
more, exhale slowly
- 5. Repeat the Kumbhaka 21 times