अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे ।
प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः ॥
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति ।
Transliteration
apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe’pānaṃ tathā’pare |
prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma parāyaṇāḥ || 29 ||
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati |
Translation
And there are even others who are inclined to the process of breath restraint to remain in trance, and they practice stopping the movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and incoming breath into the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing. Some of them, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself, as a sacrifice.
Purport
Lord Krishna now speaks of pranayama or breath control. Others offer the prana or exhalation into Apana or inhaling breath and then again the Apana into the prana. This is also considered as yajna or offerings of worship. How do they do this? It is done by the process of kumbhaka or the cessation of the breath between inhalation and exhalation. In this way, they offer their every breath in yajna. In the next verse, Lord Krishna tells about the rewards for those who perform such yajnas as mentioned above. Performing means they know the specific purpose for why and what they are performing such yajnas as well as how to perform it properly accord
