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Verse 1.284

आप्राणामिति पद्मस्य यावन्निद्रावशं गता । पश्चाज्जागृति वेलायां चोष्यते गलचक्षुषी

Until the breath enters the lotus [the central channel], as long as one is under the sway of sleep, and afterwards at the time of waking, the eyes in the throat are dried up. This verse describes the subtle physiology of transition between…

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