The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā — trans. Pancham Sinh (1915)
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Having kept both the hands together in the lap, performing the Padmasana firmly, keeping the chin fixed to the chest and contemplating on Him in the mind, by drawing the apana-vayu up (performing Mula Bandha) and pushing down the air after inhaling it, joining thus the prana and apana in the navel, one gets the highest intelligence by awakening the sakti (kundalini) thus. 50.
N.B.—When Apana Vayu is drawn gently up and after filling in the lungs with the air from outside, the prana is forced down by and by so as to join both of them in the navel, they both enter then the Kundalini and, reaching the Brahma randhra (the great hole), they make the mind calm. Then the mind can contemplate on the nature of the atmana and can enjoy the highest bliss.
The Yogi who, sitting with Padmasana, can control breathing, there is no doubt, is free from bondage. 51.
The Simhasana. Press the heels on both sides of the seam of Perineum, in such a way that the left heel touches the right side and the right heel touches the left side of it. 52.
Place the hands on the thighs, with stretched fingers, and keeping the mouth open and the mind collected, gaze on the tip of the nose. 53.
This is Simhasana, held sacred by the best of Yogis. This excellent
Asana effects the completion of the three Bandhas (The Mulabandha,
Kantha or Jalandhar Bandha and Uddiyana Bandha). 54.
The Bhadrasana.
Place the heels on either side of the seam of the Perineum, keeping the left heel on the left side and the right one on the right side, hold the feet firmly joined to one another with both the hands. This Bhadrasana is the destroyer of all the diseases. 55 and 56.
The expert Yogis call this Goraksa asana. By sitting with this asana, the Yogi gets rid of fatigue 57.
The Nadis should be cleansed of their impurities by performing
the mudras, etc., (which are the practices relating to the air) Asanas,
Kumbhakas and various curious mudras. 58.
By regular and close attention to Nada (anahata nada) in Hatha Yoga, a Brahmachari, sparing in diet, unattached to objects of enjoyment, and devoted to Yoga, gains success, no doubt, within a year. 59.
Abstemious feeding is that in which ¾ of hunger is satisfied with food,
well cooked with ghee and sweets, and eaten with the offering of it to
Siva. 60.
Foods injurious to a Yogi. Bitter, sour, saltish, hot, green vegetables, fermented, oily, mixed with til seed, rape seed, intoxicating liquors, fish, meat, curds, chhaasa pulses, plums, oil-cake, asafoetida (hinga), garlic, onion, etc., should not be eaten. 61.
Food heated again, dry, having too much salt, sour, minor grains, and vegetables that cause burning sensation, should not be eaten.
Fire, women, travelling, etc., should be avoided. 62.
As said by Goraksa, one should keep aloof from the society of the evil-minded, fire, women, travelling, early morning bath, fasting, and all kinds of bodily exertion. 63.
Wheat, rice, barley, shastik (a kind of rice), good corns, milk, ghee, sugar, butter, sugarcandy, honey, dried ginger, Parwal (a vegetable) the five vegetables, moong, pure water, these are very beneficial to those who practise Yoga. 64.
A Yogi should eat tonics (things giving strength), well sweetened, greasy (made with ghee), milk, butter, etc., which may increase humors of the body, according to his desire. 65.
Whether young, old or too old, sick or lean, one who discards laziness, gets success if he practises Yoga. 66.
Success comes to him who is engaged in the practice. How can one get success without practice ; for by merely reading books on Yoga, one can never get success. 67.
Success cannot be attained by adopting a particular dress (Vesa).
It cannot be gained by telling tales. Practice alone is the means to
success. This is true, there is no doubt. 68.
Asanas (postures), various Kumbhakas, and other divine means, all should be practised in the practice of Hatha Yoga, till the fruit—Raja Yoga—is obtained. 69.
End of chapter 1st, on the method of forming the Asanas.
CHAPTER II.
On Pranayama.
Posture becoming established, a Yogi, master of himself, eating salutary and moderate food, should practise pranayama, as instructed by his guru. 1.
Respiration being disturbed, the mind becomes disturbed. By restraining respiration, the Yogi gets steadiness of mind 2.
So long as the (breathing) air stays in the body, it is called life. Death consists in the passing out of the (breathing) air. It is, therefore, necessary to restrain the breath. 3.
The breath does not pass through the middle—channel (susumna), owing to the impurities of the nadis. How can then success be attained, and how can there be the unmani avastha. 4.
When the whole system of nadis which is full of impurities, is cleaned, then the Yogi becomes able to control the Prana. 5.