Shloka 48

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

मुख्यस्तु यस्त्रिरुद्धातः षट्त्रिंशन्मात्र उच्यते प्रस्वेदकम्पनोत्थानजनकश्च यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

mukhyastu yastriruddhātaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśanmātra ucyate prasvedakampanotthānajanakaśca yathākramam

Translation

Mais le ‘principal’ (vāyu), lorsqu’il est poussé vers le haut trois fois, est dit mesurer trente-six mātrās ; et, selon l’ordre, il devient la cause de la sueur, du tremblement et du redressement (du corps/de l’énergie).

Word by Word

• मुख्यः: the principal (life-wind, prāṇa)

• तु: indeed/but

• यः: which

• त्रिरुद्धातः: thrice driven/impelled upward

• षट्त्रिंशन्-मात्रः: of thirty-six mātrās (units of measure/time)

• उच्यते: is said/called

• प्रस्वेद: sweating

• कम्पन: trembling

• उत्थान: rising/uplift (standing up/energy ascent)

• जनकः: producer/cause

• च: and

• यथा-क्रमम्: in proper order/sequence

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)