Gheranda Samhita · Chapter 4

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi pratyāhārakam uttamam
yasya vijñānamātreṇa kāmādiripunāśanam //

yato yato niścarati manaś cañcalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet //

yatra yatra gatā dṛṣṭir manas tatra pragacchati
tataḥ pratyāhared etad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet //

puraskāraṃ tiraskāraṃ suśrāvyaṃ vā bhayānakam
manas tasmān niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet //

śītaṃ vāpi tathā coṣṇaṃ yan manaḥsparśayogataḥ
tasmāt pratyāhared etad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet //

sugandhe vāpi durgandhe ghrāṇeṣu jāyate manaḥ
tasmāt pratyāhared etad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet //

madhurāmlakatiktādi rasaṃ gataṃ yadā manaḥ
tasmāt pratyāhared etad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet //

śabdādiṣv anuraktāni nigṛhyākṣāṇi yogavit
kuryāc cittānucārīṇi pratyāhāraparāyaṇaḥ //

vaśyatā paramā tena jāyate 'ticalātmanām
indriyāṇām avaśyais tair na yogī yogasādhakaḥ //

prāṇāyāmair dahed doṣān dhāraṇābhiś ca kilbiṣam
pratyāhāreṇa viṣayān dhyānenānīśvarān guṇān //

yathā parvatadhātūnāṃ doṣā dahyanti dhāmyatām
tathendriyakṛtā doṣā dahyante prāṇanigrahāt //

samaḥ samāsano bhūtvā saṃhṛtya caraṇāv ubhau
saṃvṛtāsyas tathaivorū samyag viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ //

pārṣṇibhyāṃ liṅgavṛṣaṇāv aspṛśan prayataḥ sthitaḥ
kiṃcidunnāmitaśirā dantair dantān na saṃspṛśet
saṃpaśyan nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaś cānavalokayan //

rajasā tamaso vṛttiṃ sattvena rajasas tathā
saṃchādya nirmale sattve sthito yuñjīta yogavit //

indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ prāṇādīn mana eva ca
nigṛhya samavāyena pratyāhāram upakramet //

yas tu pratyāharet kāmān sarvāṅgān īva kacchapaḥ
sadātmaratir ekasthaḥ paśyaty ātmānam ātmani //

sa bāhyābhyantaraṃ śaucaṃ niṣpādyākaṇṭhanābhitaḥ
pūrayitvā budho dehaṃ pratyāhāram upakramet //

tathā vai yogayuktasya yogino niyatātmanaḥ
(sarve doṣāḥ praṇaśyanti svasthaś caivopajāyate) //