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Yoga Sutra 2:51
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
BAHYABHYANTARA VISAYAKSEPI CATURTHAH.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
There is a fourth kind of pranayama that occurs during concentration on an internal or external object.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
bahya abhyantara visaya aksepi caturthah
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
The fourth type of pranayama transcends the external and internal pranayamas, and appears effortless and non-deliberate.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
The fourth kind of pranayama is the stoppage of the breath which is caused by concentration upon external or internal objects.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
Then the breath transcends the level of the consciousness.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
bahya abhyantara vishaya akshepi chaturthah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
The fourth pranayama is that continuous prana which surpasses, is beyond, or behind those others that operate in the exterior and interior realms or fields.
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