Amritnada Upanishad 12: Verse 12
उत्क्षिप्य वायुमाकाशं शून्यं कृत्वा निरात्मकम् । शून्यभावेन युञ्जीयाद्रेचकस्येति लक्षणम् ॥१२॥
उत्क्षिप्य । वायुम् । आकाशम् । शून्यम् । कृत्वा । निरात्मकम् । शून्य-भावेन । युञ्जीयात् । रेचकस्य । इति । लक्षणम् ॥
utkṣipya vāyum ākāśaṃ śūnyaṃ kṛtvā nirātmakam | śūnya-bhāvena yuñjīyād recakasye ti lakṣaṇam ||12||
साँस को बाहर निकाल दो, अंदर खाली कर दो। अपने आप को भी खाली समझो। मन को खाली पन में लगा दो। यह रेचक का तरीका है, जब साँस बाहर जाती है।
Having expelled the air, making the space empty and without (sense of) self, one should apply (the mind) with the notion of emptiness—this is the characteristic of exhalation (recaka).
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