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The Essence of the Tantra6.7

6.7

तत्र हृदयात् द्वादशान्तान्तं स्वाङ्गुलैः सर्वस्य षट्त्रिंशदङ्गुलः प्राणचारः निर्गमे प्रवेशे च स्वोचितबलयत्नदेहत्वात् सर्वस्य

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra hṛdayāt dvādaśāntāntaṃ svāṅgulaiḥ sarvasya ṣaṭtriṃśadaṅgulaḥ prāṇacāraḥ nirgame praveśe ca svocitabalayatnadehatvāt sarvasya

— from the heart ; — up to the dvādaśānta (the point twelve fingers out) ; — by one's own finger-breadths ; — measuring thirty-six finger-breadths ; — the course of the breath ; — in exhalation (going out) ; — in inhalation (entering) ; — because each has a body of force and effort suited to itself

Therein, from the heart up to the dvādaśānta, measured by one's own finger-breadths, the course of the breath is thirty-six finger-breadths in everyone, both in exhalation and in inhalation, since each being has a measure of force and effort suited to its own body.