Shloka 41
अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः
परस्परेणाभिभवं प्राणापानौ यदानिलौ कुरुतः स द्विधानेन तृतीयः संयमात् तयोः
paraspareṇābhibhavaṃ prāṇāpānau yadānilau kurutaḥ sa dvidhānena tṛtīyaḥ saṃyamāt tayoḥ
പ്രാണനും അപാനനും എന്ന രണ്ടു വായുക്കൾ പരസ്പരം മാറിമാറി മേലിടുമ്പോൾ, അവയുടെ ദ്വിവിധ നിയന്ത്രണത്തിൽ നിന്നു സംയമജന്യമായ മൂന്നാമൊരു ഗതി ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse treats prāṇa and apāna as the two primary vital airs whose disciplined alternation becomes the foundation for deeper yogic control leading toward liberation.
He frames saṃyama as the restraining and balancing of both prāṇa and apāna; from their controlled interaction a “third” regulated current/state is said to arise.
In Ansha 6 the yogic method is presented as a means of inner purification and steadiness, preparing the practitioner for realization of Vishnu as the supreme ground of order and liberation.