Sadhana Pada
Sentence 50
bahya abhyantara sthambha vrittih desha kala sankhyabhih paridrishto dirgha sukshmah ||50||
बाह्याभ्यन्तरस्थम्भ वृत्तिः देशकालसन्ख्याभिः परिदृष्टो दीर्घसूक्ष्मः ॥५०॥
bāhya-ābhyantara-sthambha vṛttiḥ deśa-kāla-sankhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭo dīrgha-sūkṣmaḥ ||50||
Exhalation, inhalation, retention, technique, time and number must be very precisely regulated over a lengthy period. ||50||
bahya (बाह्य, bāhya) = external; exhalation
abhyantara (अभ्यन्तर, abhyantara) = internal; inhalation
stambha (स्तम्भ, stambha) = steadiness; restraint; suspension; stationary
vrittih (वृत्तिः, vṛttiḥ) = (nom. from vritti (वृत्ति, vṛtti)) wave; thoughts; thought waves; movement
desha (देश, deśa) = place; technique
kala (काल, kāla) = time
sankhyabhih (संख्याभिः, saṁkhyābhiḥ) = (nom. from sankhyabhi (संख्याभि, saṁkhyābhi)) number; mathematics
paridrishto (परिदृष्टो, paridṛṣṭo) = (from paridrishta (परिदृष्ट, paridṛṣṭa)) measured; regulated; precisely observed; verified
dirgha (दीर्घ, dīrgha) = long; extended
sukshmah (सूक्ष्मः, sūkṣmaḥ) = (nom. from sukshma (सूक्ष्म, sūkṣma)) subtle; fine
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