Word
prāṇam
Used in 3 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- the outgoing breath (1)
- life airs (1)
- the life breath (1)
Every verse
- 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: the outgoing breath
- 8.10प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेनprayāṇa-kāle manasāchalenaAt the time of death, with an unwavering mind, endowed with devotion, by the power of Yoga, fixing the whole life-breath in the middle of the two eyebrows, he reaches…Here: life airs
- 8.12सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।sarva-dvārāṇi sanyamya mano hṛidi nirudhya chaHaving closed all the gates, confined the mind in the heart, and fixed the life-breath in the head, engage in the practice of concentration.Here: the life breath