The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā — trans. Pancham Sinh (1915)
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By practising this Basti Karma, colic, enlarged spleen, and dropsy, arising from the disorders of Vata (air), pitta (bile) and kapha (phlegm), are all cured. 27.
By practising Basti with water, the Dhatus, the Indriyas and the mind become calm. It gives glow and tone to the body and increases the appetite. All the disorders disappear. 28.
The Neti (नेति).
A cord made of threads and about six inches long, should be passed
through the passage of the nose and the end taken out in the mouth.
This is called by adepts the Neti Karma. 29.
The Neti is the cleaner of the brain and giver of divine sight. It soon destroys all the diseases of the cervical and scapular regions. 30,
The Trataka (त्राटक).
Being calm, one should gaze steadily at a small mark, till eyes are filled with tears. This is called Trataka by acharyas. 31.
Trataka destroys the eye diseases and removes sloth, etc. It should be kept secret very carefully, like a box of jewellery. 32.
The Nauli (नौलि).
Sitting on the toes with heels raised above the ground, and the palms resting on the ground, and in this bent posture the belly is moved forcibly from left to right just, as in vomiting. This is called by adepts the Nauli Karma. 33.
It removes dyspepsia, increases appetite and digestion, and is like the goddess of creation, and causes happiness. It dries up all the disorders. This Nauli is an excellent exercise in Hatha Yoga. 34.
The Kapala Bhati कपाल भाति. When inhalation and exhalation are performed very quickly, like a pair of bellows of a blacksmith, it dries up all the disorders from the excess of phlegm, and is known as Kapala Bhati. 35.
When Pranayama is performed after getting rid of obesity born of the defects phlegm, by the performance of the six duties, it easily brings success. 36,
Some acharyas (teachers) do not advocate any other practice, being of opinion that all the impurities are dried up by the practice of Pranayama. 37.
Gaja Karani (गजकरणि). By carrying the Apana Vayu up to the throat, the food, etc., in the stomach are vomited. By degrees, the system of Nadis (Sankhini) becomes known. This is called in Hatha as Gaja Karani. 38.
Brahma and other Devas were always engaged in the exercise of
Pranayama, and, by means of it, got rid of the fear of death. Therefore,
one should practise pranayama regularly. 39.
So long as the breath is restrained in the body, so long as the mind is undisturbed, and so long as the gaze is fixed between the eyebrows, there is no fear from Death. 40.
When the system of Nadis becomes clear of the impurities by properly controlling the prana, then the air, piercing the entrance of the Susumna, enters it easily. 41.
Manomani. (मनोन्मनी)
Steadiness of mind comes when the air moves freely in the middle.
That is the manonmani (मनोन्मनी) condition, which is attained when the
mind becomes calm. 42.
To accomplish it, various Kumbhakas are performed by those who are expert in the methods; for, by the practice of different Kumbhakas, wonderful success is attained. 43.
Different kinds of kumbhakas.
Kumbhakas are of eight kinds, viz., Surya Bhedan, Ujjayi, Sitkari,
Sitali, Bhastrika, Bhramari, Murchha, and Plavini. 44.
At the end of Puraka, Jalandhara Bandha should be performed,
and at the end of Kumbhaka, and at the beginning of Rechaka, Uddiyana
Bandha should be performed. 45.
N.B.—Puraka is filling in of the air from outside.
Kumbhaka is the keeping the air confined inside. Rechaka is expelling the confined air. The instructions for Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka will be found at their proper place and should be carefully followed.
By drawing up from below (Mula Bandha) and contracting the throat (Jalandhara Bandha) and by pulling back the middle of the front portion of the body (i.e., belly), the Prana goes to the Brahma Nadi (Susumna). 46.
The middle hole, through the vertebral column, through which the spinal cord passes, is called the Susumna Nadi of the Yogis. The two other sympathetic cords, one on each side of the spinal cord, are called the Ida and the Pingala Nadis. These will be described later on.
By pulling up the Apana Vayu and by forcing the Prana Vayu down the throat, the Yogi, liberated from old age, becomes young, as it were 16 years old. 47.
Note.—हृदि प्राणो गुदेऽपानः समानो नाभिमण्डले । उदानः कण्ठदेशस्थो व्यानः सर्वशरीरगः । शिवसंहितायाम् अ० ३ श्लो० ७ । The seat of the Prana is the heart; of the Apana anus; of the Samana the region about the navel; of the Udana the throat ; while the Vyana moves throughout the body.
Surya Bhedana (सूर्य भेदन).
Taking any comfortable posture and performing the asana, the
Yogi should draw in the air slowly, through the right nostril. 48.
Then it should be confined within, so that it fills from the nails to the tips of the hair, and then let out through the left nostril slowly. 49.
Note.—This is to be done alternately with both the nostrils, drawing in through the one, expelling through the other, and vice versa.
This excellent Surya Bhedana cleanses the forehead (frontal sinuses), destroys the disorders of Vata, and removes the worms, and, therefore, it should be performed again and again. 50.
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