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Kevala (alone) (not with Rechaka and Puraka) The breath of every person in entering makes the sound of 'Sah' and in coming out that of 'ham'. These two sounds make (So 'ham' I am He') or (hemsah 'The Great Swan').

54 Throughout a day and a night there are 21,600 such respirations (i.e. 15 respirations per minutes). Every living being (Jiva) performs japa (repetition) unconsciously, but constantly. This is called Ajapa jayattri. This Ajapa-japa is performed in three places i.e. in the Muladhara (the space between the anus and membranum virile), in the Anahata lotus (heart) and the Ajna lotus ( the space where the nostrils unite). This body is 96 digits long (i.e. 6 feet) as a standard (Gheranda-samhita V:84). The ordinary length of the air current when expired is 12 digits (9 inches), in singing, its length becomes 16 digits (12 inches); in eating, it is 20 digits (15 inches) in walking, it is 24 digits (18 inches), in sleep, it is 30 digits ( 22 1/2 inches); in copulation it is 36 digits (27 inches) and in taking physical exercise it is more than that. By decreasing the natural length of life; and by increasing the current, there is decrease of life, so long as breath remains in the body there is no death. When the full length of the wind is all confirmd in the body, nothing being allowed to go out, it is kevala kumbhaka (Gheranda-samhita V:87). "All Jivas are constantly and unconsciously reciting this Ajapa Mantra, only for a fixed number of times every day. But a yogin should recite this consciously and counting the numbers. By doubling the number of Ajapa (i.e. by 30 respirations per minute), the state of Manomani (fixedness of mind) is attained. There are no regular Rechaka and Paraka in this process. It is only (kevala) kumbhaka. By

55 inspiring air by nostrils, let him perform kevala kumbhaka. On the first day let him retain breath from 1 to 64 times. This kevali should be performed 8 times a day, once every 3 hours; or one may do it 5 times a day, as I shall tell the 鈥� First in the early morning, then in the noon, then in the twilight, then at midnight, and then in the fourth quarter of the night. Or one may do it thrice a day, (i.e., in the morning, noon and evening. So long as success is not obtained in Kevali, he should increase the length of ajapajapa every day, one to five times. He who knows Pranayama and Kevali is the real yogin. What can he not accomplish in this world who has acquired success in kevali kumbhaka?