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Bhagavad Gita 4.29

Chapter 4, Verse 29

Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
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अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः॥

Transliteration

apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣhu juhvati sarve ’pyete yajña-vido yajña-kṣhapita-kalmaṣhāḥ

Meaning

Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the restraint of the breath.

Word-by-word meaning
apāne — the incoming breathjuhvati — offerprāṇam — the outgoing breathprāṇe — in the outgoing breathapānam — incoming breathtathā — alsoapare — othersprāṇa — of the outgoing breathapāna — and the incoming breathgatī — movementruddhvā — blockingprāṇa-āyāma — control of breathparāyaṇāḥ — wholly devoted apare—othersniyata — having controlledāhārāḥ — food intakeprāṇān — life-breathsprāṇeṣhu — life-energyjuhvati — sacrificesarve — allapi — alsoete — theseyajña-vidaḥ — knowers of sacrificesyajña-kṣhapita — being cleansed by performances of sacrificeskalmaṣhāḥ — of impurities
Commentary

Some Yogis practise Puraka (inhalation), some Yogis practise Rechaka (exhalation)?,and some Yogis practise Kumbhaka (retention of breath). The five subPranas and the other Pranas are merged in the chief Prana (MukhyaPrana) by the practice of Pranayama. When the Prana is controlled, the mind also stops its wanderings and becomes steady the senses are also thinned out and merged in the Prana. It is through the vibration of Prana that the activities of the mind and the senses are kept up. If the Prana is controlled, the mind, the intellect and the senses cease to function.

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Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the restraint of the breath.
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This is verse 29 of Chapter 4 (Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.