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3.30 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future

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3.30

कन्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासा निवृत्तिः ॥३०॥
kanṭha-kūpe kṣutpipāsā nivṛttiḥ ||30||

[RS] 3.30 Meditation on the pit of the throat (kantha kupa) causes hunger and thirst to cease.

[JW] 3.30 [As a result of constraint] upon the well of the throat [there follows] the cessation of hunger and thirst.

[SS] 3.31 By samyama on the throat, cessation of hunger and thirst is achieved. [p190]

[EB] 3.30 [By samyama] on the throat comes the cessation of hunger and thirst. [p361]

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(कण्थ, kaṇtha) = throat
(कूप, kūpa) = pit
(क्षुध्, kṣudh) = hunger
(पिपासा, pipāsā) = thirst
(निवृत्तिः, nivṛttiḥ) = cease