SB 11.14.35

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Eleventh Canto, Chapter 14: Lord Kṛṣṇa Explains the Yoga System to Śrī Uddhava

SB 11.14.34

SB 11.14.36

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 35

evaṁ praṇava-saṁyuktaṁ
prāṇam eva samabhyaset
daśa-kṛtvas tri-ṣavaṇaṁ
māsād arvāg jitānilaḥ

SYNONYMS

evam—thus; praṇava—with the syllable oṁ; saṁyuktam-joined; prāṇam—the prāṇāyāma system of controlling the bodily airs; eva—indeed; samabhyaset—one should carefully practice; daśa-kṛtvaḥ—ten times; tri-savanam—at sunrise, noon and sunset; māsāt—one month; arvāk—after; jita—one will conquer; anilaḥ—the life air.

TRANSLATION

Being fixed in the oṁkāra, one should carefully practice the prāṇāyāma system ten times at each sunrise, noon and sunset. Thus, after one month one will have conquered the life air.