सम्पीड्य पायुं पार्ष्णिभ्यां वायुमुत्सारयञ्छनै: । नाभ्यां कोष्ठेष्ववस्थाप्य हृदुर:कण्ठशीर्षणि ॥ १४ ॥
sampidya payum parsnibhyam vayum utsarayan chanaih nabhyam kosthesv avasthapya hrd-urah-kantha-sirsani
- sampidya
- by blocking
- payum
- the door of the anus
- parsnibhyam
- by the calves
- vayum
- the air which goes up
- utsarayan
- pushing upward
- sanaih
- gradually
- nabhyam
- by the navel
- kosthesu
- in the heart and in the throat
- avasthapya
- fixing
- hrt
- in the heart
- urah
- upward
- kantha
- throat
- sirsani
- between the two eyebrows.
When Maharaja Prthu practiced a particular yogic sitting posture, he blocked the doors of his anus with his ankles, pressed his right and left calves and gradually raised his life air upward, passing it on to the circle of his navel, up to his heart and throat, and finally pushed it upward to the central position between his two eyebrows.