Bhagavad Gita 4.29
अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः।।
apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣhu juhvati sarve ’pyete yajña-vido yajña-kṣhapita-kalmaṣhāḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| apāne | apāne | the incoming breath |
| juhvati | juhvati | offer |
| prāṇam | prāṇam | the outgoing breath |
| prāṇe | prāṇe | in the outgoing breath |
| apānam | apānam | incoming breath |
| tathā | tathā | also |
| apare | apare | others |
| prāṇa | prāṇa | of the outgoing breath |
| apāna | apāna | and the incoming breath |
| gatī | gatī | movement |
| ruddhvā | ruddhvā | blocking |
| prāṇa-āyāma | prāṇa-āyāma | control of breath |
| parāyaṇāḥ—wholly devoted apare—others | parāyaṇāḥ—wholly devoted apare—others | |
| niyata | niyata | having controlled |
| āhārāḥ | āhārāḥ | food intake |
| prāṇān | prāṇān | life-breaths |
| prāṇeṣhu | prāṇeṣhu | life-energy |
| juhvati | juhvati | sacrifice |
| sarve | sarve | all |
| api | api | also |
| ete | ete | these |
| yajña-vidaḥ | yajña-vidaḥ | knowers of sacrifices |
| yajña-kṣhapita | yajña-kṣhapita | being cleansed by performances of sacrifices |
| kalmaṣhāḥ | kalmaṣhāḥ | of impurities |
Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the restraint of the breath.
अन्य (योगीजन) अपानवायु में प्राणवायु को हवन करते हैं, तथा प्राण में अपान की आहुति देते हैं, प्राण और अपान की गति को रोककर, वे प्राणायाम के ही समलक्ष्य समझने वाले होते हैं।।