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# Atri Smriti 1.7

Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā) 1.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.1.7)

āvarttayetsadāyuktaḥ prāṇāyāmān punaḥ punaḥ  
ākeśāgrādānakhāntāttapastapyata juttamam

> always disciplined, one should repeatedly practice breath controls; / from the tips of the hair to the ends of the nails, one performs the highest austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.1.7.p1)

tvakcarmamāṃsarudhiramedomajjāsthibhiḥ kṛtāḥ  
tathendriyakṛtā doṣāḥ dahyante prāṇanigrahāt

> Faults committed through the skin, hide, flesh, blood, fat, marrow, and bones, / as well as those committed by the senses, are burned away by restraint of breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri~en-mt.1.7) — English, machine translation

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