Raja-Yoga

1 86 RAJA YOGA.
the body. Prdna is not breath, though
it is usually
so translated. It is the sum-total of the cosmic energy.
It is the energy that is in each body, and its most
apparent manifestation is the motion of the lungs.
This motion is caused by Prdna drawing in the breath,
and is what we seek to control in Prdndydma. We
begin by controlling the breath, as the easiest way of
getting control of the Prdna.
50. Its modifications are either external or internal,
or motionless, regulated by place, time, and
number, either long or short.
The three sorts of motion of this Prdndydma are,
one by which we draw the breath in, another by which
we throw it out, and the third action is when the breath
is held in the lungs, or stopped from entering the lungs.
These, again, are varied by place and time. By place
is meant that the Prdna is held to some particular part
of the body. By time is meant how long the Prdna
should be confined to a certain place, and so we are
told how many seconds to keep one motion, and how
many seconds to keep another. The result of this
Prdndydma is Udghdta, awakening the Kundalini.
51. The fourth is restraining the Prana by directing
it either to the external or internal objects.
This is the fourth sort of Prdndydma.
directed either inside or outside.
Prdna can be