Hatha Yoga Pradipika · Chapter 2

iti haṭha-pradīpikāyāṃ prathamopadeśaḥ /
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dvitīyopadeśaḥ
athāsane dṛdhe yogī vaśī hita-mitāśanaḥ /
gurūpadiṣṭa-mārgeṇa prāṇāyāmān samabhyaset

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yogī sthāṇutvam āpnoti tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet

yāvad vāyuḥ sthito dehe tāvaj jīvanam ucyate /
maraṇaṃ tasya niṣkrāntis tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet

malākalāsu nāḍīṣu māruto naiva madhyagaḥ /
kathaṃ syād unmanībhāvaḥ kārya-siddhiḥ kathaṃ bhavet

śuddham eti yadā sarvaṃ nāḍī-cakraṃ malākulam /
tadaiva jāyate yogī prāṇa-saṃgrahaṇe kṣamaḥ

prāṇāyāmaṃ tataḥ kuryān nityaṃ sāttvikayā dhiyā /
yathā suṣumṇā-nāḍīsthā malāḥ śuddhiṃ prayānti ca

baddha-padmāsano yogī prāṇaṃ candreṇa pūrayet /
dhārayitvā yathā-śakti bhūyaḥ sūryeṇa recayet

prāṇaṃ sūryeṇa cākṛṣya pūrayed udaraṃ śanaiḥ /
vidhivat kumbhakaṃ kṛtvā punaś candreṇa recayet

yena tyajet tena pītvā dhārayed atirodhataḥ /
recayec ca tato'nyena śanair eva na vegataḥ

prāṇaṃ ced iḍayā piben niyamitaṃ bhūyo'nyathā recayet
pītvā piṅgalayā samīraṇam atho baddhvā tyajed vāmayā /
sūrya-candramasor anena vidhinābhyāsaṃ sadā tanvatāṃ
śuddhā nāḍi-gaṇā bhavanti yamināṃ māsa-trayād ūrdhvataḥ

prātar madhyandine sāyam ardha-rātre ca kumbhakān /
śanair aśīti-paryantaṃ catur vāraṃ samabhyaset

kanīyasi bhaved sveda kampo bhavati madhyame /
uttame sthānam āpnoti tato vāyuṃ nibandhayet

jalena śrama-jātena gātra-mardanam ācaret /
dṛḍhatā laghutā caiva tena gātrasya jāyate

abhyāsa-kāle prathame śastaṃ kṣīrājya-bhojanam /
tato'bhyāse dṛḍhībhūte na tādṛṅ-niyama-grahaḥ

yathā siṃho gajo vyāghro bhaved vaśyaḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ /
tathaiva sevito vāyur anyathā hanti sādhakam

prāṇāyāmena yuktena sarva-roga-kṣayo bhavet /
ayuktābhyāsa-yogena sarva-roga-samudgamaḥ

hikkā śvāsaś ca kāsaś ca śiraḥ-karṇākṣi-vedanāḥ /
bhavanti vividhāḥ rogāḥ pavanasya prakopataḥ

yuktaṃ yuktaṃ tyajed vāyuṃ yuktaṃ yuktaṃ ca pūrayet /
yuktaṃ yuktaṃ ca badhnīyād evaṃ siddhim avāpnuyāt

yadā tu nāḍī-śuddhiḥ syāt tathā cihnāni bāhyataḥ /
kāyasya kṛśatā kāntis tadā jāyate niścitam

yatheṣṭaṃ dhāraṇaṃ vāyor analasya pradīpanam /
nādābhivyaktir ārogyaṃ jāyate nāḍi-śodhanāt

meda-śleṣmādhikaḥ pūrvaṃ ṣaṭ-karmāṇi samācaret /
anyas tu nācaret tāni doṣāṇāṃ samabhāvataḥ

dhautir bastis tathā netis trāṭakaṃ naulikaṃ tathā /
kapāla-bhātiś caitāni ṣaṭ-karmāṇi pracakṣate

karma ṣaṭkam idaṃ gopyaṃ ghaṭa-śodhana-kārakam /
vicitra-guṇa-sandhāya pūjyate yogi-puṅgavaiḥ

tatra dhautiḥ-
catur-aṅgula-vistāraṃ hasta-pañca-daśāyatam /
gurūpadiṣṭa-mārgeṇa siktaṃ vastraṃ śanair graset /
punaḥ pratyāharec caitad uditaṃ dhauti-karma tat

kāsa-śvāsa-plīha-kuṣṭhaṃ kapharogāś ca viṃśatiḥ /
dhauti-karma-prabhāveṇa prayānty eva na saṃśayaḥ

atha bastiḥ-
nābhi-daghna-jale pāyau nyasta-nālotkaṭāsanaḥ /
ādhārākuñcanaṃ kuryāt kṣālanaṃ basti-karma tat

gulma-plīhodaraṃ cāpi vāta-pitta-kaphodbhavāḥ /
basti-karma-prabhāveṇa kṣīyante sakalāmayāḥ

dhāntvadriyāntaḥ-karaṇa-prasādaṃ
dadhāc ca kāntiṃ dahana-pradīptam /
aśeṣa-doṣopacayaṃ nihanyād
abhyasyamānaṃ jala-basti-karma

atha netiḥ-
sūtraṃ vitasti-susnigdhaṃ nāsānāle praveśayet /
mukhān nirgamayec caiṣā netiḥ siddhair nigadyate

kapāla-śodhinī caiva divya-dṛṣṭi-pradāyinī /
jatrūrdhva-jāta-rogaughaṃ netir āśu nihanti ca

atha trāṭakam-
nirīkṣen niścala-dṛśā sūkṣma-lakṣyaṃ samāhitaḥ /
aśru-sampāta-paryantam ācāryais trāṭakaṃ smṛtam

mocanaṃ netra-rogāṇāṃ tandādrīṇāṃ kapāṭakam /
yatnatas trāṭakaṃ gopyaṃ yathā hāṭaka-peṭakam

atha nauliḥ-
amandāvarta-vegena tundaṃ savyāpasavyataḥ /
natāṃso bhrāmayed eṣā nauliḥ siddhaiḥ praśasyate

mandāgni-sandīpana-pācanādi-sandhāpikānanda-karī sadaiva /
aśeṣa-doṣa-maya-śoṣaṇī ca haṭha-kriyā maulir iyaṃ ca nauliḥ

atha kapālabhātiḥ-
bhastrāval loha-kārasya reca-pūrau sasambhramau /
kapālabhātir vikhyātā kapha-doṣa-viśoṣaṇī

ṣaṭ-karma-nirgata-sthaulya-kapha-doṣa-malādikaḥ /
prāṇāyāmaṃ tataḥ kuryād anāyāsena siddhyati

prāṇāyāmair eva sarve praśuṣyanti malā iti /
ācāryāṇāṃ tu keṣāṃcid anyat karma na saṃmatam

atha gaja-karaṇī-
udara-gata-padārtham udvamanti
pavanam apānam udīrya kaṇṭha-nāle /
krama-paricaya-vaśya-nāḍi-cakrā
gaja-karaṇīti nigadyate haṭhajñaiḥ

brahmādayo'pi tridaśāḥ pavanābhyāsa-tatparāḥ /
abhūvann antaka-bhyāt tasmāt pavanam abhyaset

yāvad baddho marud dehe yāvac cittaṃ nirākulam /
yāvad dṛṣṭir bhruvor madhye tāvat kāla-bhayaṃ kutaḥ

vidhivat prāṇa-saṃyāmair nāḍī-cakre viśodhite /
suṣumṇā-vadanaṃ bhittvā sukhād viśati mārutaḥ

atha manonmanī-
mārute madhya-saṃcāre manaḥ-sthairyaṃ prajāyate /
yo manaḥ-susthirī-bhāvaḥ saivāvasthā manonmanī

tat-siddhaye vidhānajñāś citrān kurvanti kumbhakān /
vicitra kumbhakābhyāsād vicitrāṃ siddhim āpnuyāt

atha kumbhaka-bhedāḥ--
sūrya-bhedanam ujjāyī sītkārī śītalī tathā /
bhastrikā bhrāmarī mūrcchā plāvinīty aṣṭa-kumbhakāḥ

pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālandharābhidhaḥ /
kumbhakānte recakādau kartavyas tūḍḍiyānakaḥ

adhastāt kuñcanenāśu kaṇṭha-saṅkocane kṛte /
madhye paścima-tānena syāt prāṇo brahma-nāḍigaḥ

āpānam ūrdhvam utthāpya prāṇaṃ kaṇṭhād adho nayet /
yogī jarā-vimuktaḥ san ṣoḍaśābda-vayā bhavet

atha sūrya-bhedanam-
āsane sukhade yogī baddhvā caivāsanaṃ tataḥ /
dakṣa-nāḍyā samākṛṣya bahiḥsthaṃ pavanaṃ śanaiḥ

ākeśād ānakhāgrāc ca nirodhāvadhi kumbhayet /
tataḥ śanaiḥ savya-nāḍyā recayet pavanaṃ śanaiḥ

kapāla-śodhanaṃ vāta-doṣa-ghnaṃ kṛmi-doṣa-hṛt /
punaḥ punar idaṃ kāryaṃ sūrya-bhedanam uttamam

atha ujjāyī-
mukhaṃ saṃyamya nāḍībhyām ākṛṣya pavanaṃ śanaiḥ /
yathā lagati kaṇṭhāt tu hṛdayāvadhi sa-svanam

pūrvavat kumbhayet prāṇaṃ recayed iḍayā tathā /
śleṣma-doṣa-haraṃ kaṇṭhe dehānala-vivardhanam

nāḍī-jalodarādhātu-gata-doṣa-vināśanam /
gacchatā tiṣṭhatā kāryam ujjāyy ākhyaṃ tu kumbhakam

atha sītkārī-
sītkāṃ kuryāt tathā vaktre ghrāṇenaiva vijṛmbhikām /
evam abhyāsa-yogena kāma-devo dvitīyakaḥ

yoginī cakra-saṃmānyaḥ sṛṣṭi-saṃhāra-kārakaḥ /
na kṣudhā na tṛṣā nidrā naivālasyaṃ prajāyate

bhavet sattvaṃ ca dehasya sarvopadrava-varjitaḥ /
anena vidhinā satyaṃ yogīndro bhūmi-maṇḍale

atha śītalī-
jihvayā vāyum ākṛṣya pūrvavat kumbha-sādhanam /
śanakair ghrāṇa-randhrābhyāṃ recayet pavanaṃ sudhīḥ

gulma-plīhādikān rogān jvaraṃ pittaṃ kṣudhāṃ tṛṣām /
viṣāṇi śītalī nāma kumbhikeyaṃ nihanti hi

atha bhastrikā-
ūrvor upari saṃsthāpya śubhe pāda-tale ubhe /
padmāsanaṃ bhaved etat sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam

samyak padmāsanaṃ baddhvā sama-grīvodaraḥ sudhīḥ /
mukhaṃ saṃyamya yatnena prāṇaṃ ghrāṇena recayet

yathā lagati hṛt-kaṇṭhe kapālāvadhi sa-svanam /
vegena pūrayec cāpi hṛt-padmāvadhi mārutam

punar virecayet tadvat pūrayec ca punaḥ punaḥ /
yathaiva lohakāreṇa bhastrā vegena cālyate

tathaiva sva-śarīra-sthaṃ cālayet pavanaṃ dhiyā /
yadā śramo bhaved dehe tadā sūryeṇa pūrayet

yathodaraṃ bhavet pūrṇam anilena tathā laghu /
dhārayen nāsikāṃ madhyā-tarjanībhyāṃ vinā dṛḍham

vidhivat kumbhakaṃ kṛtvā recayed iḍayānilam /
vāta-pitta-śleṣma-haraṃ śarīrāgni-vivardhanam

kuṇḍalī bodhakaṃ kṣipraṃ pavanaṃ sukhadaṃ hitam /
brahma-nāḍī-mukhe saṃstha-kaphādy-argala-nāśanam

samyag gātra-samudbhūta-granthi-traya-vibhedakam /
viśeṣeṇaiva kartavyaṃ bhastrākhyaṃ kumbhakaṃ tv idam

atha bhrāmarī-
vegād ghoṣaṃ pūrakaṃ bhṛṅga-nādaṃ
bhṛṅgī-nādaṃ recakaṃ manda-mandam /
yogīndrāṇī̀am evam abhyāsa-yogāc
citte jātā kācid ānanda-līlā

atha mūrcchā-
pūrakānte gāḍhataraṃ baddhvā jālandharaṃ śanaiḥ /
recayen mūrcchākhyeyaṃ mano-mūrcchā sukha-pradā

atha plāvinī-
antaḥ pravartitodāra-mārutāpūritodaraḥ /
payasy agādhe'pi sukhāt plavate padma-patravat

prāṇāyāmas tridhā prokto reca-pūraka-kumbhakaiḥ /
sahitaḥ kevalaś ceti kumbhako dvividho mataḥ

yāvat kevala-siddhiḥ syāt sahitaṃ tāvad abhyaset /
recakaṃ pūrakaṃ muktvā sukhaṃ yad vāyu-dhāraṇam

prāṇāyāmo'yam ity uktaḥ sa vai kevala-kumbhakaḥ /
kumbhake kevale siddhe reca-pūraka-varjite

na tasya durlabhaṃ kiṃcit triṣu lokeṣu vidyate /
śaktaḥ kevala-kumbhena yatheṣṭaṃ vāyu-dhāraṇāt

rāja-yoga-padaṃ cāpi labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
kumbhakāt kuṇḍalī-bodhaḥ kuṇḍalī-bodhato bhavet /
anargalā suṣumṇā ca haṭha-siddhiś ca jāyate

haṭhaṃ vinā rājayogo rāja-yogaṃ vinā haṭhaḥ /
na sidhyati tato yugmam āniṣpatteḥ samabhyaset

kumbhaka-prāṇa-rodhānte kuryāc cittaṃ nirāśrayam /
evam abhyāsa-yogena rāja-yoga-padaṃ vrajet

vapuḥ kṛśatvaṃ vadane prasannatā
nāda-sphuṭatvaṃ nayane sunirmale /
arogatā bindu-jayo'gni-dīpanaṃ
nāḍī-viśuddhir haṭha-siddhi-lakṣaṇam