मनोऽचिरात्स्याद्विरजं जितश्वासस्य योगिन: । वाय्वग्निभ्यां यथा लोहं ध्मातं त्यजति वै मलम् ॥ १० ॥
mano ’cirat syad virajam jita-svasasya yoginah vayv-agnibhyam yatha loham dhmatam tyajati vai malam
- manah
- the mind
- acirat
- soon
- syat
- can be
- virajam
- free from disturbances
- jita-svasasya
- whose breathing is controlled
- yoginah
- of the yogi
- vayu-agnibhyam
- by air and fire
- yatha
- just as
- loham
- gold
- dhmatam
- fanned
- tyajati
- becomes freed from
- vai
- certainly
- malam
- impurity.
The yogis who practice such breathing exercises are very soon freed from all mental disturbances, just as gold, when put into fire and fanned with air, becomes free from all impurities.