prāṇa

How it is translated

• functions of the life breath (1)
• of the outgoing breath (1)
• control of breath (1)
• the outgoing and incoming breaths (1)
• outgoing and incoming breath (1)
• life-airs (1)

Every verse

1. 4.27सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे।sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi chāpareOthers again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital energy, or Prana) in the fire of the Yoga of self-restraint, kindled by knowledge.Here: functions of the life breath
2. 4.29अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे।apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpareOthers offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and the incoming breaths…Here: of the outgoing breath
3. 5.27स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः।sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyānśh chakṣhuśh chaivāntare bhruvoḥShutting out all external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, realizing the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils.Here: the outgoing and incoming breaths
4. 15.14अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥHaving become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and the Apana, digest the fourfold food.Here: outgoing and incoming breath
5. 18.33धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः।dhṛityā yayā dhārayate manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥThe unwavering firmness, through which Yoga restrains the functions of the mind, life-force, and senses—that firmness, O Arjuna, is Sattvic (pure).Here: life-airs