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16 O man, if thou seek to do good acts, renounce greed and the coveting of another's house, Together with all evil deeds and evil inclinations, and seek the protection of God. Embrace the service of God alone in thought, deed, and word. What availeth the practice of jog, sacrifice, alms, and penance ? O man, utter the name of God, the Bestower of all supernatural power. Jaidev hath come openly into the asylum of Him who is in the present and the past, who is contained in all things.

The following hymn, which in the original is perhaps one of the most difficult of human compositions, is given to illustrate the practice of jog.

I drew up my breath by the left nostril, I fixed it between both nostrils Nād appears to mean here what is known to the Jogis as the sukhmana. and I drew it down by the right repeating oam sixteen times at each process.