Verse 1.376
पूरकः कुम्भकश्चैव रेचकश्च तृतीयकः । ज्ञातव्यो योगिभिर्नित्यं देहसंशुद्धिहेतवे
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Puraka (inhalation), Kumbhaka (retention), and Rechaka (exhalation) as the third; these must be known constantly by yogis for the sake of the purification of the body. The verse establishes the triad of breath movement as the foundational…
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