aṅguṣṭhena dakṣanāsāṃ dhṛtvā kumbhakayogataḥ |
japeddvātriṃśatā'vṛttyā tato dakṣiṇanāsayā ||46||
— with the thumb; — the right nostril; — having held (closed); — by retention of breath (kumbhaka); — should recite thirty-two times; — in repetition; — then; — through the right nostril
closing the right nostril with the thumb, in retention he should recite (the mantra) thirty-two times; then, through the right nostril,