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Knowledge and the Renunciation of Action
अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः
apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe apānaṁ tathā apare prāṇa-apāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ
Others offer the outgoing breath into the incoming breath, and the incoming breath into the outgoing breath, while still others, restraining the movements of both the outgoing and incoming breaths, are wholly devoted to the control of breath. Yet others, having regulated their diet, offer the life-breaths into the life-energy — all these are knowers of sacrifice, whose impurities are destroyed by sacrifice.
apāne—into the outgoing breath (apāna) · juhvati—they offer · prāṇaṁ—the incoming breath (prāṇa) · prāṇe—into the incoming breath (prāṇa) · apānaṁ—the outgoing breath (apāna) · tathā—likewise · apare—others · prāṇa-apāna-gatī—the movements of prāṇa and apāna · ruddhvā—having restrained · prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ—wholly devoted to breath-control (prāṇāyāma)
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