Chapter 4 · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga - The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of ActionKrishna
Verse 29
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 4, श्लोक 29
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे।
प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः॥
Transliteration
Apane Juhvati Pranam Prane'panam Tatha-Apare.
Prana-Apana-Gati Ruddhva Pranayama-Parayanah.
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
अपानेapanein the outgoing breath
जुह्वतिjuhvatioffer
प्राणम्pranamthe incoming breath
प्राणेpranein the incoming breath
अपानम्apanamthe outgoing breath
तथाtathaalso
अपरेapareothers
प्राणापानगतीprana-apana-gatimovement of incoming and outgoing breath
रुद्ध्वाruddhvarestraining/stopping
प्राणायामपरायणाःpranayama-parayanahdevoted to breath control
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
कुछ लोग अपान में प्राण को और प्राण में अपान को हवन करते हैं; तथा अन्य प्राणायाम-परायण लोग प्राण और अपान की गति को रोककर साधना करते हैं।
English Translation
Some offer the incoming breath into the outgoing, and the outgoing into the incoming, while others, devoted to pranayama, restrain the movement of both breaths.
Commentary (टीका)
This verse describes the sacrifice of breath control (pranayama). Different practitioners merge the prana (inhalation) into apana (exhalation) and vice versa through various breathing techniques, while advanced practitioners suspend both movements entirely (kumbhaka). Pranayama is presented as a form of yajna where one's own life-breath becomes the offering.