अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणा: अपरे नियताहारा: प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषा:
apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣhu juhvati sarve ’pyete yajña-vido yajña-kṣhapita-kalmaṣhāḥ
Recitation · Text 4.29
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (25 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Breath itself becomes an offering: some offer the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining both — those devoted to prāṇāyāma. Even something wholly involuntary is described as offerable.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Even something as involuntary as breathing is described as something that can be offered.