Cidvilāsastava: Verse Twelve

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In the twelfth verse of his Cidvilāsastava (‘Hymn to the Play of Consciousness’), Amṛtānanda teaches about the highest form of prāṇāyāma (breath control) according to his tradition as follows:

वेद्यसंविद इदंस्फुरात्मनो वेतृसंविदि विलापनामयी ।
वृत्तिरद्वयविमर्शविग्रहा प्राणसंयतिरुदीरितोत्तमा ॥ १२ ॥

vedyasaṃvida idaṃsphurātmano vetṛsaṃvidi vilāpanāmayī |
vṛttir advayavimarśavigrahā prāṇasaṃyatir udīritottamā || 12 ||

“The highest form of breath control is taught as an awareness that embodies a non-dual realization that dissolves the object of consciousness flashing forth as “this” into the consciousness of the [supreme] subject.” (translation by Ben Williams)

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