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Śivasvarodaya
 
श्रीशिव उवाच
 
कायानगरमध्यस्थो मारुतो रक्षपालकः ।
 
प्रवेशे दशभिः प्रोक्तो निर्गमे द्वादशांगुलः ॥२२१॥
 
Śiva said : Residing in this city-like body the Prara is its
guardian. This Prāņa measures ten fingers in inhalation
and twelve fingers in exhalation.
 
गमने तु चतुर्विंशन्नेत्रवेदास्तु धावने ।
 
मैथुने पञ्चषष्टिश्च शयने च शतांगुलम् ॥२२२॥
 
It measures twentyfour fingers when one is walking; forty-
two fingers when one is running, and sixtyfive fingers when
one is doing sexual intercourse.
 
प्राणस्य तु गतिर्देवि
 
स्वभावाद्वादशांगुला ।
 
भोजने वमने चैव गतिरष्टदशांगुला ॥ २२३ ॥
 
And O Devī! the natural length of Prāna is twelve fingers.
At the time of taking food or vomitting its length becomes
eighteen fingers.
 
एकांगुले कृते न्यूने प्राणे निष्कामता मता
 
आनन्दस्तुद्वितीये स्यात्कविशक्तिस्तृतीय ॥ २२४॥
 
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If a Yogi succeeds in reducing the length of Prāņa even by
one finger he obtains desirelessness. If he can reduce to two
fingers he gets perfect bliss; and if he succeeds in reducing
it by three fingers he gets the art of poetry.
 
वाचा सिद्धिश्चतुर्ये च दूरदृष्टिस्तु पञ्चमे ।
षष्ठे त्वाकाशगमनं चंडवेगश्च
 
सप्तमे ॥ २२५॥
 
If a Yogi reduces the length of Prana by four fingers
he obtains Siddhi over speech; if he reduces by five fingers
he gets the power of vision of far off things; if he can reduce
to six fingers he can fly in the air, and if he reduces it by
seven fingers he obtains tremendous speed.
 
अष्टमे सिद्धियश्चैव नवमे निधयो नव ।
दशमे दशमूर्तीच छाया नैकादशे भवेत् ॥२२६॥