Markandeya Purana · Chapter 39

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe pitāputrasaṃvāde praśnādhyāyo nāmāṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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yuñjataśca sadā yogaṃ yādṛgvihitamāsanam

padmamardhāsanañcāpi tathā svastikamāsanam /
āsthāya yogaṃ yuñjīta kṛtvā ca praṇavaṃ hṛdi

samaḥ samāsano bhūtvā saṃhṛtya caraṇāvubhau /
saṃvṛtāsyastathaivorū samyagviṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ

pārṣṇibhyāṃ liṅgavṛṣaṇāvaspṛśan prayataḥ sthitaḥ /
kiñcidunnāmitaśirā dantairdantānna saṃspṛśet

sampaśyan nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan /
rajasā tamaso vṛttiṃ sattvena rajasastathā

sañchādya nirmale sattve sthito yuñjīta yogavit /
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ prāṇādīnmana eva ca

nigṛhya samavāyena pratyāhāramupakramet /
yastu pratyāharetkāmāna sarvāṅgānīva kacchapaḥ

sadātmaratirekasthaḥ vaśyatyātmānamātmani /
sa bāhyābhyantaraṃ śaucaṃ niṣpādyākaṇṭhanābhitaḥ

pūrayitvā budho dehaṃ pratyāhāramupakramet /
prāṇāyāmā daśa dvau ca dhāraṇā sābhidhīyate

dve dhāraṇe smṛte yoge yogibhistattvadṛṣṭibhiḥ /
tathā vai yogayuktasya yogino niyatātmanaḥ

sarve doṣāḥ praṇaśyanti svasthaścaivopajāyate /
vīkṣate ca paraṃ brahma prākṛtāṃśca guṇān pṛthak

vyomādiparamāṇūṃśca tathātmānamakalmaṣam /
itthaṃ yogī yatāhāraḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ

jitāṃ jitāṃ śanairbhūmimāroheta yathā gṛham /
doṣān vyādhīṃstathā mohamākrāntā bhūranirjitā

vivardhayati nārohettasmād bhūmimanirjitām /
prāṇānāmupasaṃrodhāt prāṇāyāma iti smṛtaḥ

dhāraṇetyucyate ceyaṃ dhāryate yanmano yathā /
śabdādibhyaḥ pravṛttāni yadakṣāṇi yatātmabhiḥ

pratyāhriyante yogena pratyāhārastataḥ smṛtaḥ /
upāyaścātra kathito yogibhiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ

yena vyādhyādayo doṣā na jāyante hi yoginaḥ /
yathā toyārthinastoyaṃ yantranālādibhiḥ śanaiḥ

āpibeyustathā vāyuṃ pibedyogī jitaśramaḥ /
prāṅnābhyāṃ hṛdaye cātra tṛtīye ca tathorasi

kaṇṭhe mukhe nāsikāgre netrabhrūmadhyamūrdhasu /
kiñca tasmātparasmiṃśca dhāraṇā paramā smṛtā

daśaitā dhāraṇā prāpya prāprotyakṣarasāmyatām /
nādhmātaḥ kṣudhitaḥ śrānto na ca vyākulacetanaḥ

yuñjīta yogaṃ rājendra ! yogī siddhyarthamādṛtaḥ /
nātiśīte na coṣṇe vai na dvandve nānilātmake

kāleṣveteṣu yuñjīta na yogaṃ dhyānatatparaḥ /
saśabdāgnijālabhyāse jīrṇagoṣṭhe catuṣpathe

śuṣkaparṇacaye nadyāṃ śmaśāne sasarīsṛpe /
sabhaye kūpatīre vā caityavalmīkasañcaye

deśeṣveteṣu tattvajño yogābhyāsaṃ vivarjayet /
sattvasyānupapattau ca deśakālaṃ vivarjayet

nāsato darśanaṃ yoge tasmāttatparivarjayet /
deśānetānanādṛtya mūḍhatvādyo yunakti vai

vighrāya tasya vai doṣā jāyante tannibodha me /
bādhiryaṃ jaḍatā lopaḥ smṛtermūkatvamandhatā

jvaraśca jāyate sadyastattadajñānayoginaḥ /
pramādādyogino doṣā yadyete syuścikitsitam

teṣāṃ nāśāya kartavyaṃ yogināṃ tannibodha me /
strigdhāṃ yavāgūmatyuṣṇāṃ bhuktvā tatraiva dhārayet

vāta-gulmapraśāntyarthamudāvarte tathodare /
yavāgūṃ vāpi pavanaṃ vāyugranthiṃ pratikṣipet

tadvatkampe mahāśailaṃ sthiraṃ manasi dhārayet /
vighāte vacaso vācaṃ bādhirye śravaṇendriyam

yathaivāmraphalaṃ dhyāyet tṛṣṇārto rasanendriye /
yasmin yasmin rujā dehe tasmiṃstadupakāriṇīm

dhārayeddhāraṇāmuṣṇe śītāṃ śīte ca dāhinīm /
kīlaṃ śirasi saṃsthāpya kāṣṭhaṃ kāṣṭhena tāḍayet

luptasmṛteḥ smṛtiḥ sadyo yoginastena jāyate /
dyāvāpṛthivyau vāyvagrī vyāpināvapi dhārayet

amānuṣāt sattvajādvā bādhāstvetāścikitsitāḥ /
amānuṣaṃ sattvamantaryoginaṃ praviśedyadi

vāyvagrīdhāraṇenainaṃ dehasaṃsthaṃ vinirdahet /
evaṃ sarvātmanā rakṣā kāryā yogavidā nṛpa !

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ śarīraṃ sādhanaṃ yataḥ /
pravṛttilakṣaṇākhyānādyogino vismayāttathā /
vijñānaṃ vilayaṃ yāti tasmād gopyāḥ pravṛttayaḥ

ālolyamārogyamaniṣṭhuratvaṃ
gandhaḥ śubho mūtrapurīṣamalpam /
kāntiḥ prasādaḥ svarasaumyatā ca
yogapravṛtteḥ prathamaṃ hi cihnam

anurāgī jano yāti parokṣe guṇakīrtanam /
na babhyati ca sattvāni siddherlakṣaṇamuttamam

śītoṣṇādibhiratyugrairyasya bādhā na vidyate /
na bhītimeti cānyebhyastasya siddhirupasthitā