[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Atri Smriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri) › 1.16 # Atri Smriti 1.16 Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā) 1.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.1.16) samāhṛtīkāṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīṃ śirasā saha triḥ paṭhedāyataḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate > With the sacred utterances, with the praṇava, and together with the head verse, / one who holds the breath should recite the Gāyatrī three times; that is called breath control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.1.16.p1) ityātreyasmṛtyāṃ prathamo'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the first chapter in the Smṛti of Atri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri~en-mt.1.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.1.16) · Pramāṇa