Shloka 61

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

Devanagari script

प्रसाद इति सम्प्रोक्तः स्वान्ते त्विह चतुष्टये प्राणो ऽपानः समानश् च उदानो व्यान एव च

Transliteration

prasāda iti samproktaḥ svānte tviha catuṣṭaye prāṇo 'pānaḥ samānaś ca udāno vyāna eva ca

Translation

Ceci est déclaré comme « prasāda » (clarté et grâce intérieures) au sein même de l’être. Ici, dans cet ensemble, se trouvent les cinq courants vitaux : prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna et vyāna.

Word by Word

• प्रसादः: inner clarity/grace

• इति: thus

• सम्प्रोक्तः: has been proclaimed/defined

• स्वान्ते: in one’s own inner being (heart-mind)

• तु: indeed

• इह: here

• चतुष्टये: in the set/quaternion (a grouped teaching-unit)

• प्राणः: the upward-moving life-breath

• अपानः: the downward-moving life-breath

• समानः: the equalizing/digestive vital current

• च: and

• उदानः: the ascending vital current (governing speech/exit upward)

• व्यानः: the pervading vital current (circulation/pervasion)

• एव: precisely/indeed

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)