Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

भ्रमणं स्वेदजन्या सा संविन्मूर्छा भवेद्यदा तदोत्तमोत्तमः प्रोक्तः प्राणायामः सुशोभनः

Transliteration

bhramaṇaṃ svedajanyā sā saṃvinmūrchā bhavedyadā tadottamottamaḥ proktaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ suśobhanaḥ

Translation

भ्रमणं स्वेदजन्या सा संविन्मूर्छा भवेद्यदा। तदोत्तमोत्तमः प्रोक्तः प्राणायामः सुशोभनः॥

Word by Word

• भ्रमणम्: dizziness/whirling sensation

• स्वेदजन्या: born of sweat (sveda) / sweat-induced

• सा: that (state)

• संवित्: awareness/consciousness

• मूर्छा: swoon/fainting-like absorption

• भवेत्: arises/occurs

• यदा: when

• तदा: then

• उत्तमोत्तमः: the best of the best

• प्रोक्तः: declared/taught

• प्राणायामः: breath-restraint/prāṇic regulation

• सुशोभनः: very splendid/radiant/auspicious

Speaker

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