APaaNae JauûiTa Pa[a<a& Pa[a<ae_PaaNa& TaQaaPare )
Pa[a<aaPaaNaGaTaq åd(ßa Pa[a<aaYaaMaParaYa<aa" )
APare iNaYaTaahara" Pa[a<aaNPa[a<aezu JauûiTa )) 29 ))
apäne juhvati präëaà
präëe 'pänaà tathäpare
präëäpäna-gaté ruddhvä
präëäyäma-paräyaëäù
apare niyatähäräù
präëän präëeñu juhvati
SYNONYMS
apäne-in the air which acts downward; juhvati-offer; präëam-the air which acts outward; präëe-in the air going outward; apänam-the air going downward; tathä-as also; apare-others; präëa-of the air going outward; apäna-and the air going downward; gaté-the movement; ruddhvä-checking; präëa-äyäma-trance induced by stopping all breathing; paräyaëäù-so inclined; apare-others; niyata-having controlled; ähäräù-eating; präëän-the outgoing air; präëeñu-in the outgoing air; juhvati-sacrifice.
TRANSLATION
Still others, who are inclined to the process of breath restraint to remain in trance, practice by offering the movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming breath into the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing. Others, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself as a sacrifice.
PURPORT
This system of yoga for controlling the breathing process is called präëäyäma, and in the beginning it is practiced in the haöha-yoga system through different sitting postures. All of these processes are recommended for controlling the senses and for advancement in spiritual realization. This practice involves controlling the airs within the body so as to reverse the directions of their passage. The apäna air goes downward, and the präëa air goes up. The präëäyäma-yogé practices breathing the opposite way until the currents are neutralized into püraka. equilibrium. Offering the exhaled breath into the inhaled breath is called recaka. When both air currents are completely stopped, one is said to be in kumbhaka-yoga. By practice of kumbhaka-yoga. one can increase the duration of life for perfection in spiritual realization. The intelligent yogé is interested in attaining perfection in one life, without waiting for the next. For by practicing kumbhaka-yoga. the yogés increase the duration of life by many, many years. A Kåñëa conscious person, however, being always situated in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, automatically becomes the controller of the senses. His senses, being always engaged in the service of Kåñëa, have no chance of becoming otherwise engaged. So at the end of life, he is naturally transferred to the transcendental plane of Lord Kåñëa; consequently he makes no attempt to increase his longevity. He is at once raised to the platform of liberation, as stated in Bhagavad-gétä (14.26):
mäà ca yo 'vyabhicäreëa
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa guëän samatétyaitän
brahma-bhüyäya kalpate
"One who engages in unalloyed devotional service to the Lord transcends the modes of material nature and is immediately elevated to the spiritual platform." A Kåñëa conscious person begins from the transcendental stage, and he is constantly in that consciousness. Therefore, there is no falling down, and ultimately he enters into the abode of the Lord without delay. The practice of reduced eating is automatically done when one eats only kåñëa-prasädam, or food which is offered first to the Lord. Reducing the eating process is very helpful in the matter of sense control. And without sense control there is no possibility of getting out of the material entanglement.
