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जानुं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य न द्रुतं न विलंबितम् ॥ अंगुलीस्फोटनं कुर्यात्सा मात्रेति प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३१ ॥
Mātrā is the unit of time required for the snapping of the fingers after moving them round the knees neither speedily nor slowly.
english translation
मात्राक्रमेण विज्ञेयाश्चोद्वातक्रमयोगतः ॥ नाडीविशुद्धिपूर्वं तु प्राणायामं समाचरेत् ॥ ३२ ॥
The duration of Prāṇāyāma shall be increased in accordance with the Mātrās and strokes. The veins shall be necessarily purified.
english translation
अगर्भश्च सगर्भश्च प्राणायामो द्विधा स्मृतः ॥ जपं ध्यानं विनागर्भः सगर्भस्तत्समन्वयात् ॥ ३३ ॥
The Prāṇāyāma is again twofold: Agarbha and Sagarbha. Restraining the breath without meditation and Japa is called Agarbha Prāṇāyāma. If they too are included it is called Sagarbha.
english translation
अगर्भाद्गर्भसंयुक्तः प्राणायामःशताधिकः ॥ तस्मात्सगर्भं कुर्वन्ति योगिनः प्राणसंयमम् ॥ ३४ ॥
The Sagarbha Prāṇāyāma is hundred times more efficacious than the Agarbha. Yogins practise Sagarbha Prāṇāyāma.
english translation
प्राणस्य विजयादेव जीयंते देह १ आयवः ॥ प्राणो ऽपानः समानश्च ह्युदानो व्यान एव च ॥ ३५ ॥
By the victory of the life-force the body 1 and the living entities live. The prana, the apana, the samana, the hyudana and the vyana are the same.
english translation