Bhagavad Gita 4.29 meaningWisdom in action
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Some practise slow, calm breathing.”
What it means
“Some practise breathing exercises, carefully controlling and balancing the in-breath and the out-breath.”
The original Sanskrit
अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे । प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः ॥
apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe.apānaṃ tathāpare prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
Constantly practising control of the vital forces by stopping the movements of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, some offer as a sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming breath; while still others, the incoming breath in the outgoing breath.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अन्य (योगीजन) अपानवायु में प्राणवायु को हवन करते हैं, तथा प्राण में अपान की आहुति देते है ं, प्राण और अपान की गति को रोककर, वे प्राणायाम के ही समलक्ष्य समझने वाले होते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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