The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā — trans. Pancham Sinh (1915)
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The Padma Asana consists in crossing the feet and placing them on both the thighs ; it is the destroyer of all sins. 59.
Binding the Padma-Asana and keeping the body straight, closing the mouth carefully, let the air be expelled through the nose. 60.
It should be filled up to the lotus of the heart, by drawing it in with force, making noise and touching the throat, the chest and the head. 61.
It should be expelled again and filled again and again as before, just as a pair of bellows of the blacksmith is worked. 62.
In the same way, the air of the body should be moved intelligently, filling it through Surya when fatigue is experienced. 63.
The air should be drawn in through the right nostril by pressing the thumb against the left side of the nose, so as to close the left nostril; and when filled to the full, it should be closed with the fourth finger (the one next to the little finger) and kept confined. 64.
Having confined it properly, it should be expelled through the Ida (left nostril). This destroys Vata, pitta (bile) and phlegm and increases the digestive power (the gastric fire). 65.
It quickly awakens the Kundalini, purifies the system, gives pleasure, and is beneficial. It destroys phlegm and the impurities accumulated at the entrance of the Brahma Nadi. 66.
This Bhastrika should be performed plentifully, for it breaks the three knots: Brahma granthi (in the chest), Visnu granthi (in the throat), and Rudra granthi (between the eyebrows) of the body. 67.
The Bhramari (भ्रामरी),
By filling the air with force, making noise like Bhringi (wasp), and expelling it slowly, making noise in the same way ; this practice causes a sort of ecstacy in the minds of Yogindras. 68.
The Murchha (मूर्छा).
Closing the passages with Jalandhar Bandha firmly at the end of Puraka, and expelling the air slowly, is called Murchha, from its causing the mind to swoon and giving comfort. 69.
The Plavini (प्लाविनी). When the belly is filled with air and the inside of the body is filled to its utmost with air, the body floats on the deepest water, like the leaf of a lotus. 70.
Considering Puraka (Filling), Rechaka (expelling) and Kumbhaka
(confining), Pranayama is of three kinds, but considering it accompanied
by Puraka and Rechaka, and without these, it is of two kinds only, i.e.,
Sahita (with) and Kevala (alone). 71.
Exercise in Sahita should be continued till success in Kevala is gained. This latter is simply confining the air with ease, without Rechaka and Puraka. 72.
In the practice of Kevala Pranayama when it can be performed successfully without Rechaka and Puraka, then it is called Kevala Kumbhaka. 73.
There is nothing in the three worlds which may be difficult to obtain for him who is able to keep the air confined according to pleasure, by means of Kevala Kumbhaka. 74.
He obtains the position of Raja Yoga undoubtedly. Kundalini awakens by Kumbhaka, and by its awakening, Susumna becomes free from impurities. 75.
No success in Raja Yoga without Hatha Yoga, and no success in Hatha Yoga without Raja Yoga. One should, therefore, practise both of these well, till complete success js gained. 76.
On the completion of Kumbhaka, the mind should be given rest. By practising in this way one is raised to the position of (succeeds in getting) Raja Yoga. 77.
Indications of success in the practice of Hatha Yoga.
When the body becomes lean, the face glows with delight, Anahatanada manifests, and eyes are clear, body is healthy, bindu under control, and appetite increases, then one should know that the Nadis are purified and success in Hatha Yoga is approaching. 78.
End of Chapter II.
CHAPTER III.
On Mudras. As the chief of the snakes is the support of the earth with all the mountains and forests on it, so all the Tantras (Yoga practices) rest on the Kundalini. (The Vertebral column.) 1.
When the sleeping Kundalini awakens by favour of a guru, then all the lotuses (in the six chakras or centres) and all the knots are pierced through. 2.
Susumna (Sunya Padavi) becomes a main road for the passage of Prana, and the mind then becomes free from all connections (with its objects of enjoyments) and Death is then evaded. 3.
Susumna, Sunya Padavi, Brahma Randhra, Maha Patha, Smasana,
Sambhavi, Madhya Marga, are names of one and the same thing. 4.
In order, therefore, to awaken this goddess, who is sleeping at the entrance of Brahma Dwara (the great door), mudras should be practised well. 5.
The mudras.
Maha Mudra, Maha Bandha, Maha Vedha, Khechari, Uddiyana
Bandha, Mula Bandha, Jalandhara Bandha. 6.
Viparita Karani, Vajroli, and Sakti Chalana. These are the ten
Mudras which annihilate old age and death. 7.