वामनासापुटं धृत्वा दक्षनासापुटेन च ।
पूअयेत् पवनं मन्त्री मूलमष्टमितं जपन् ॥४५॥
vāmanāsāpuṭaṃ dhṛtvā dakṣanāsāpuṭena ca |
pūayet pavanaṃ mantrī mūlamaṣṭamitaṃ japan ||45||
— the left nostril; — having held (closed); — through the right nostril; — and; — should fill (inhale); — the breath; — the mantra-adept; — the root-mantra eight times; — reciting
Closing the left nostril, the adept should inhale the breath through the right nostril, reciting the root-mantra eight times;