Kundalini Yoga in Patanjali Yoga Sutras

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Date:  Posted 5 years before Feb 17, 2018

MiBeloved 5 years ago

Evidence of Kundalini Yoga in Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Chapter 1 Verse 34

प्रच्छर्दनविधारणाभ्यां वा प्राणस्य॥३४॥

pracchardana vidhāraṇābhyāṁ vā prāṇasya

pracchardana – exhalation; vidhāraṇābhyāṁ – by inhalation; vā – or; prāṇasya – of the vital energy.or by regulating the exhalation and inhalation of the vital energy.

or by regulating the inhalation and exhalation of the vital energy;

Chapter 1 Verse 49

तस्मिन्सति श्वासप्रश्वासयोर्गतिविच्छेदः प्राणायामः॥४९॥

tasmin satiśvāsa praśvāsayoḥ

gativicchedaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ

tasmin – on this; sati – being accomplished; śvāsa – inhalation; praśvāsayoḥ – of the exhalation; gati – the flow; vicchedaḥ – the separation; prāṇāyāmḥ – breath regulation.

Once this is accomplished, breath regulation, which is the separation of the flow of inhalation and exhalation, is attained.

Chapter 2 Verse 50

वाह्याभ्यन्तरस्तम्भवृत्तिः देशकालसङ्ख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः॥५०॥

bāhya ābhyantara stambha vṛttiḥ deśa kāla

saṁkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭah dīrgha sūkṣmaḥ

bāhya – external; ābhyantara – internal; stambha – restrained, suppressed, restrictive; vṛttiḥ – activity, movement operation; deśa – place; kāla – time; saṁkhyābhiḥ – with numbering accounting; paridṛṣṭah – measured, regulated; dīrgha – prolonged; sūkṣmaḥ – subtle, hardly noticeable.

It has internal, external and restrictive operations, which are regulated according to the place, time and accounting, being prolonged or hardly noticed.

Chapter 2 Verse 51

वाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः॥५१॥

bāhya ābhyantara viṣaya ākṣepī caturthaḥ

bāhya – external; ābhyantara – internal; viṣaya – objective; ākṣepī – transcending; caturthaḥ – the fourth.

That which transcends the objective, external and internal breath regulation is the fourth type of breath infusement techniques.

Chapter 2 Verse 52

ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम्॥५२॥

tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśa āvaraṇam

tataḥ – thence, from that; kṣīyate – is dissipated; prakāśa – light; āvaraṇam – covering, mental darkness.

From that is dissipated, the mental darkness which veils the light,

Chapter 3 Verse 30

नाभिचक्रे कायव्यूहज्ञानम्॥३०॥

nābhicakre kāyavyūhajñānam

nābhi – navel; cakre – on the energy gyrating center; kāya – body; vyūha – arrangement, lay out; jñānam –

By complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in relation to the focusing on the navel energy-gyrating center, the yogi gets knowledge about the layout of his body.

Chapter 3 Verse 31

कण्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासानिवृत्तिः॥३१॥

kaṇṭhakūpe kṣutpipāsā nivṛttiḥ

kaṇṭha – throat; kūpe – on the gullet; kṣut – hunger; pipāsā – thirst; nivṛttiḥ – cessation, suppression.

By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in focusing on the gullet, a yogi causes the suppression of hunger and thirst.

Chapter 3 Verse 32

कूर्मनाड्यां स्थैर्यम्॥३२॥

kūrmanāḍyāṃ sthairyam

kūrma – tortoise, a particular subtle nerve; nāḍyāṁ – on the nadi or subtle nerve; sthairyam – steadiness.

By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy in focusing on the kurma nāḍi subtle nerve, a yogi acquires steadiness of his psyche.

Chapter 3 Verse 40

उदानजयाज्जलपङ्ककण्टकादिष्वसङ्ग उत्क्रान्तिश्च॥४०॥

udānajayāt jala paṅka kaṇṭakādiṣu asaṇgaḥ utkrāntiḥ ca

udāna – air which rises from the throat and enters the head; jayāt – from the conquest of; jala – water; paṅka – mud; kaṇṭaka – thorns; ādiṣi – and similar aspects; asaṅgaḥ – non contact; utkrāntiḥ – rising above; ca – and.

By mastery over the air which rises from the throat into the head, a yogi can rise over or not have contact with water, mud or sharp objects.