1.34
प्रच्छर्दनविधारणाभ्यां वा प्राणस्य
pracchardana-vidhāraṇābhyāṃ vā prāṇasya
The line
Or by exhaling the breath and holding it out.
नेपालीमा
अथवा श्वास बाहिर फालिन्छ र बाहिरै रोकिन्छ।
Where it sits
The book has begun a list of options. Each vā (वा) from here through 1.39 is another way to steady the mind, not a step that must follow the previous one.
Split: pracchardana (प्रच्छर्दन) + vidhāraṇa (विधारण) + -ābhyām (आभ्याम्) + vā (वा) + prāṇasya (प्राणस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pracchardana (प्रच्छर्दन) | stem | exhaling, throwing the breath out. |
| vidhāraṇa (विधारण) | stem | holding. Here, holding the breath outside. |
| -ābhyām (आभ्याम्) | instrumental dual | by the two. The same ending as in 1.12. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. Another way, beside 1.33. |
| prāṇasya (प्राणस्य) | genitive singular of prāṇa (प्राण) | of the breath. |
The phrases
pracchardana-vidhāraṇābhyām (प्रच्छर्दनविधारणाभ्याम्) is instrumental dual: by exhaling and by holding out. vā (वा) marks it as an alternative to the cultivation in 1.33. prāṇasya (प्राणस्य) is genitive, “of the breath,” so you know which exhalation is meant.
The result, a cleared mind fit for one principle, is not repeated. It carries from 1.32 and 1.33.
Sanskrit in this line
No new ending. -ābhyām (आभ्याम्) is “by the two,” from 1.12. vā (वा) is “or,” from 1.23. The genitive -sya (स्य) is “of,” from 1.15. This line is practice at reading three old endings in a new sentence.
Say it back
Say the two means with the dual ending, then whose breath: prāṇasya (प्राणस्य).
Next
1.35. Or an arisen activity that carries a sense object, and that binds the mind to steadiness.