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# Garudapurana 1.238.12

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.238.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.238.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.12)

prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyurāyāmastannirodhanam /  
indriyāṇāṃ vicaratāṃ viṣayeṣu tvasatsviva //

> The breath is the air produced in one's own body, and breath-control is its restraint / when the senses are wandering among unreal sense-objects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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