Verse 1.159
उर्ध्वं मृत्युरधः शान्तिस्तिर्यगुच्चाटनं तथा । मध्ये स्तम्भं विजानीयान्नभः सर्वत्र मध्यमम्
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Upward is death, downward is peace, sideways is expulsion; know the middle as the suspension, for the sky is the middle in all things. This verse maps the spiritual consequences of breath movement through the three primary channels. When…
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