Agni Purana — Chapter 372
AgP 372.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे यमनियमा नामैकसप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :प् ३१७ छप्तेर् {३७२} :श् अथ द्विसप्त्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः आसनप्राणायामप्रत्याहाराः अग्निर् उवाच आसनं कमलाद्युक्तं तद्बद्ध्वा चिन्तयेत्परं शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yamaniyamā nāmaikasaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :p 317 chapter {372} :ś atha dvisaptyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ āsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhārāḥ agnir uvāca āsanaṃ kamalādyuktaṃ tadbaddhvā cintayetparaṃ śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the chapter called "The Restraints and Observances," the three hundred seventy-first. [p. 317] Now the three hundred seventy-second chapter: Posture, Breath-control, and Withdrawal. Agni said: The posture is that endowed with the lotus and the rest; having bound it, one should meditate on the Supreme, having established in a clean place a firm seat for oneself—
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AgP 372.2
नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चेलाजिनकुशोत्तरं तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यातचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः
nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ celājinakuśottaraṃ tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yātacittendriyakriyaḥ
—not too high, not too low, covered over with cloth, a hide, and kuśa grass. There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the activity of thought and senses controlled,
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AgP 372.3
उपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये समकायशीरग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः
upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye samakāyaśīragrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ
having sat down on the seat, he should practise yoga for the purification of the self, holding trunk, head and neck level, unmoving, steady;
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AgP 372.4
सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वन्दिशश्चानवलोकयन् पार्ष्णिभ्यां वृषणौ रक्षंस् तथा प्रजननं पुनः
samprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svandiśaścānavalokayan pārṣṇibhyāṃ vṛṣaṇau rakṣaṃs tathā prajananaṃ punaḥ
gazing at the tip of the nose and not looking about at the directions, guarding the testicles with the heels, and likewise the generative organ,
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AgP 372.5
उरुभ्यामुपरिस्थाप्य वाहू तिर्यक् प्रयत्नतः दक्षिणं करपृष्ठञ्च न्यसेद्धामतलोपरि
urubhyāmuparisthāpya vāhū tiryak prayatnataḥ dakṣiṇaṃ karapṛṣṭhañca nyaseddhāmatalopari
placing the two arms crosswise above the thighs with effort, and he should set the back of the right hand upon the palm (of the left).
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AgP 372.6
उन्नम्य शनकैर् वक्रं मुखं विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः प्राणः स्वदेहजो वायुस्तस्यायामो निरोधनं
unnamya śanakair vakraṃ mukhaṃ viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyustasyāyāmo nirodhanaṃ
Raising the face slowly, bent (forward), and propping it in front—prāṇa is the air arising from one's own body; the restraining of it is āyāma.
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AgP 372.7
नासिकापुटमङ्गुल्या पीड्यैव च परेण च आदरं रेचयेद्वायुं रेचनाद्रेचकः स्मृतः
nāsikāpuṭamaṅgulyā pīḍyaiva ca pareṇa ca ādaraṃ recayedvāyuṃ recanādrecakaḥ smṛtaḥ
Pressing the nostril with a finger, and with the other as well, he should expel the air with care; from expelling (recana) it is called recaka.
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AgP 372.8
वाह्येन वायुना देहं दृतिवत् पूरयेद्यथा तथा पुर्णश् च सन्तिष्ठेत् पूरणात् पूरकः स्मृतः
vāhyena vāyunā dehaṃ dṛtivat pūrayedyathā tathā purṇaś ca santiṣṭhet pūraṇāt pūrakaḥ smṛtaḥ
He should fill the body with the outer air as one fills a bag, and thus filled he should remain: from the filling (pūraṇa) it is called pūraka.
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AgP 372.9
न भुञ्चति न गृह्णाति वायुमन्तर्वाहिःस्थितम् सम्पूर्णकुम्भवत्तिष्ठेदचलः स तु कुम्भकः
na bhuñcati na gṛhṇāti vāyumantarvāhiḥsthitam sampūrṇakumbhavattiṣṭhedacalaḥ sa tu kumbhakaḥ
He neither expels nor draws in the air that stands within and without; he should remain motionless like a wholly filled pot—that is kumbhaka.
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AgP 372.10
:प् ३१८ कन्यकः(१) सकृदुद्घातः स वै द्वादशमात्रिकः मध्यमश् च द्विरुद्घातश् चतुर्विंशतिमात्रिकः
:p 318 kanyakaḥ(1) sakṛdudghātaḥ sa vai dvādaśamātrikaḥ madhyamaś ca dvirudghātaś caturviṃśatimātrikaḥ
[p. 318] The lowest (breath-control) has a single stroke (udghāta) and is of twelve measures; the middling has two strokes and is of twenty-four measures;
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AgP 372.11
उत्तमश् च त्रिरुद्घातः षट्त्रिंशत्तालमात्रिकः स्वेदकम्पाभिधातानाम् जननश्चोत्तमोत्तमः
uttamaś ca trirudghātaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśattālamātrikaḥ svedakampābhidhātānām jananaścottamottamaḥ
and the highest has three strokes and is of thirty-six tāla-measures; the very highest is the producer of sweat, trembling and shocks.
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AgP 372.12
अजितान्नारुहेद्भूमिं हिक्काश्वासादयस् तथा जिते प्राणे खल्पदोजविन्मूत्रादि प्रजायते
ajitānnāruhedbhūmiṃ hikkāśvāsādayas tathā jite prāṇe khalpadojavinmūtrādi prajāyate
From (breath) unconquered arise hiccup, laboured breathing and the rest; when the breath is conquered, (only) slight faeces, urine and the like are produced.
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AgP 372.13
आरोग्यं शीघ्रगामित्वमुत्साहः स्वरसौष्ठवम् बलवर्णप्रसादश् च सर्वदोषक्षयः फलं
ārogyaṃ śīghragāmitvamutsāhaḥ svarasauṣṭhavam balavarṇaprasādaś ca sarvadoṣakṣayaḥ phalaṃ
Health, swift movement, energy, excellence of voice, strength and clearness of complexion, and the destruction of all defects—that is the fruit.
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AgP 372.14
जपध्यानं विनागर्भः स गर्भस्तत्समन्वितः इन्द्रियाणां जयार्थाय स गर्भं धारयेत्परं
japadhyānaṃ vināgarbhaḥ sa garbhastatsamanvitaḥ indriyāṇāṃ jayārthāya sa garbhaṃ dhārayetparaṃ
Without recitation and meditation it is 'without embryo' (agarbha); joined with them it is 'with embryo' (sagarbha). For the sake of conquering the senses he should practise the supreme sagarbha (breath-control).
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AgP 372.15
ज्ञानवैराग्ययुक्ताभ्यां प्राणायामवशेन च इन्द्रियांश् च विनिर्जित्य सर्वमेव जितं भवेत्
jñānavairāgyayuktābhyāṃ prāṇāyāmavaśena ca indriyāṃś ca vinirjitya sarvameva jitaṃ bhavet
By the two, joined with knowledge and dispassion, and by the power of breath-control, having wholly conquered the senses, everything indeed becomes conquered.
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AgP 372.16
इन्द्रियाण्येव तत्सर्वं यत् स्वर्गनरकावुभौ निगृहीतविसृष्टानि स्वर्गाय नरकाय च
indriyāṇyeva tatsarvaṃ yat svarganarakāvubhau nigṛhītavisṛṣṭāni svargāya narakāya ca
The senses alone are all that which is both heaven and hell: restrained and let loose, they lead to heaven and to hell.
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AgP 372.17
शरीरं रथमित्याहुरिन्द्रियाण्यस्य वाजिनः मनश् च सारथिः प्रोक्तः प्राणायामः कशः(२)स्मृतः
śarīraṃ rathamityāhurindriyāṇyasya vājinaḥ manaś ca sārathiḥ proktaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ kaśaḥ(2)smṛtaḥ
They call the body a chariot, its senses the horses; the mind is declared the charioteer, and breath-control is held to be the whip.
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AgP 372.18
ज्ञानवैराग्यरश्मिभ्यां सायया विधृतं मनः शनैर् निश्चलताम् एति प्राणायामैकसंहितम्
jñānavairāgyaraśmibhyāṃ sāyayā vidhṛtaṃ manaḥ śanair niścalatām eti prāṇāyāmaikasaṃhitam
The mind, held fast by the two reins of knowledge and dispassion, gradually comes to stillness, being made one with the restraint of breath.
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AgP 372.19
जलविन्दुं कुशाग्रेण मासे मासे पिवेत्तु यः संवत्सरशतं साग्रं प्राणयामश् च तत्समः
jalavinduṃ kuśāgreṇa māse māse pivettu yaḥ saṃvatsaraśataṃ sāgraṃ prāṇayāmaś ca tatsamaḥ
He who drinks a drop of water on the tip of a kuśa blade, month after month, for a full hundred years — one prāṇāyāma equals that.
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AgP 372.20
इन्द्रियाणि प्रसक्तानि प्रविश्य विषयोदधौ :न् १ कन्यस इति ञ॥ २ प्राणायामो ऽङ्कुश इति झ॥ :प् ३१९ आहृत्य यो निगृह्णाति प्रत्याहारः स उच्यते
indriyāṇi prasaktāni praviśya viṣayodadhau :n 1 kanyasa iti ña.. 2 prāṇāyāmo 'ṅkuśa iti jha.. :p 319 āhṛtya yo nigṛhṇāti pratyāhāraḥ sa ucyate
When the senses have entered the ocean of sense-objects and become attached (to them), he who draws them back and restrains them — that is called pratyāhāra. [Editorial notes: 1 'kanyasa' in ms. ña; 2 'prāṇāyāma is the goad' in ms. jha; page 319]
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AgP 372.21
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं मज्जमानं यथाम्भसि भोगनद्यतिवेगेन(१) ज्ञानवृक्षं समाश्रयेत्
uddharedātmanātmānaṃ majjamānaṃ yathāmbhasi bhoganadyativegena(1) jñānavṛkṣaṃ samāśrayet
One should lift oneself up by oneself when sinking, as (a man sinking) in water; when swept along by the great force of the river of enjoyments, one should take hold of the tree of knowledge.
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