Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

प्राणः स्वदेहजो वायुर् यमस्तस्य निरोधनम् त्रिधा द्विजैर्यमः प्रोक्तो मन्दो मध्योत्तमस् तथा

Transliteration

prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyur yamastasya nirodhanam tridhā dvijairyamaḥ prokto mando madhyottamas tathā

Translation

پران اپنے ہی جسم میں پیدا ہونے والی حیاتی ہوا ہے؛ اس کا روکنا ‘یَم’ ہے۔ اہلِ دِوِج نے اس یم کو تین قسم کہا ہے—ہلکا، درمیانہ اور اعلیٰ۔

Word by Word

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ): vital breath, life-force

• स्वदेहजः (svadehajaḥ): born from one’s own body, arising within

• वायुः (vāyuḥ): wind, vital air

• यमः (yamaḥ): restraint, disciplined control

• तस्य (tasya): of that (prāṇa)

• निरोधनम् (nirodhanam): checking, restraining, cessation

• त्रिधा (tridhā): threefold

• द्विजैः (dvijaiḥ): by the twice-born (learned Brahmins)

• यमः (yamaḥ): yama/discipline

• प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ): declared, taught

• मन्दः (mandaḥ): mild, gentle

• मध्यः (madhyaḥ): middle, moderate

• उत्तमः (uttamaḥ): highest, excellent

• तथा (tathā): thus, in that manner

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating yogic discipline as transmitted in the Purāṇic teaching stream)