: Initial purification and breath control using mantras like Om Achyuthaya Namah and the Gayatri pranayamam.
"Tila tila parardhvaya Yama raksha sumantrapa, Tilaam Yuktan paridaya mam raksha sarvada. Om Tila swadha nama tarpayami." yajurveda amavasya tharpanam in sanskrit pdf full