Upanishads · Jābāladarśana 6.23
॥
Devanāgarī
सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तो जीवेद्वर्षशतं नरः । नासाग्रधारणाद्वापि जितो भवति सुव्रत
Transliteration (IAST)
sarvarogavinirmukto jīvedvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ | nāsāgradhāraṇādvāpi jito bhavati suvrata
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्व-रोग-विनिर्मुक्तःsarva-roga-vinirmuktaḥfreed from all diseases
जीवेत् वर्ष-शतं नरःjīvet varṣa-śataṃ naraḥlet a person live a hundred years
नासा-अग्र-धारणात् वा अपिnāsā-agra-dhāraṇāt vā apifrom holding at the tip of the nose
जितः भवति सु-व्रतjitaḥ bhavati su-vratahe becomes a victor, O one true to his vow
Translation
"Freed from all diseases, let a person live a hundred years; from holding at the tip of the nose he becomes a victor, O one true to his vow."
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62937d87f1d5 · published Aug 12, 2026, 5:00:00 AM UTC
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Healing from all diseases and a hundred-year life are promised; and in the ten lines that follow, such promises will come one after another — from diseases of the eyes, the ears, the head. Let us say this once for the whole section, so as not to repeat it. One must not treat oneself with breathing exercises in place of a physician, and a person who does so does ill — above all toward those who depend on him. This has already been discussed when reading the Rudraksha-jabala (2.16), and there is no need to repeat the arguments.
It is worth saying something else: why these promises are so abundant just here. The reason, in my view, is that these exercises truly do benefit the body — they calm, strengthen the breath, aid sleep. There is a benefit; and, once noticed, it grows in description into a cure-all.