BAHYA ABHYANTARA VISHAYA AKSHEPI CHATURTHAH ||51||
बाह्याभ्यन्तर विषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः ॥५१॥
bāhya-ābhyantara viṣaya-akṣepī caturthaḥ ||51||
The fourth pranayama technique ultimately transcends breath retention after exhaling or inhaling. ||51||
bāhya = external
abhyantara = internal
viṣayā = region; sphere
bāhya-ābhyantra = external retention; breath retention after exhalation
abhyantra-viṣayā = breath retention after inhaling
ākṣepī = going beyond; surpassing
caturthaḥ = (nom. from caturtha) the fourth