Markandeya Purana · Chapter 41

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe yogasiddhirnāma catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ekacatvāriśo 'dhyāyaḥ
alarka uvāca
bhagavan ! yoginaścaryāṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ /
brahmavartmanyanusaran yathā yogī na sīdati

dattātreya uvāca
mānāpamānau yāvetau pratyudvegakarau nṛṇām /
tāveva viparītārthau yoginaḥ siddhikārakau

mānāpamānau yāvetau tāvevāhurviṣāmṛte /
apamāno 'mṛtaṃ tatra mānastu viṣamaṃ viṣam

cakṣuḥ pūtaṃ nyasetpādaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet /
satyapūtāṃ vadedvāṇīṃ buddhipūtañca cintayet

ātithyaśrāddhayajñeṣu devayātrotsaveṣu ca /
mahājanañca siddhyarthaṃ na gacchedyogavit kvacit

vyaste vidhūme vyaṅgāre sarvasmin bhuktavajjane /
aṭeta yogavid bhaikṣyaṃ na tu triṣveva nityaśaḥ

yathaivamavamanyante janāḥ paribhavanti ca /
tathā yuktaścaredyogī satāṃ vartma na dūṣayan

bhaikṣyañcared gṛhastheṣu yāyāvaragṛheṣu ca /
śreṣṭhā tu prathamā ceti vṛttirasyopadiśyate

atha nityaṃ gṛhastheṣu śālīneṣu caredyatiḥ /
śraddadhāneṣu dānteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu

ata ūrdhvaṃ puścāpi aduṣṭāpatiteṣu ca /
bhaikṣyacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttiriṣyate

bhaikṣyaṃ yavāgūṃ takraṃ vā payo yāvakameva vā /
phalaṃ mūlaṃ priyaṅguṃ vā kaṇapiṇyākasaktavaḥ

ityete ca śubhāhārā yoginaḥ siddhikārakāḥ /
tat prayuñjyānmunirbhaktyā parameṇa samādhinā

apaḥ pūrvaṃ sakṛt prāśya tūṣṇīṃ bhūtvā samāhitaḥ /
prāṇāyeti tatastasya prathamā hyāhutiḥ smṛtā

apānāya dvitīyā tu samānāyate cāparā /
udānāya caturtho syādvyānāyeti ca pañcamī

prāṇāyāmaiḥ pṛthak kṛtvā śeṣaṃ bhuñjīta kāmataḥ /
apaḥ punaḥ sakṛt praśya ācamya hṛdayaṃ spṛśet

asteyaṃ brahmacaryañca tyāgo 'lobhastathaiva ca /
vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsāparamāṇi vai

akrodho guruśuśrūṣā śaucamāhāralāghavam /
nityasvādhyāya ityete niyamāḥ pañca kīrtitāḥ

sārabhūtamupāsīta jñānaṃ yatkāryasādhakam /
jñānānāṃ bahutā yeyaṃ yogavighrakarā hi sā

idaṃ jñeyamidaṃ jñeyamiti yastṛṣitaścaret /
api kalpasahasreṣu naiva jñeyamavāpnuyāt

tyaktasaṅgo jitakrodho laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ /
pidhāya buddhyā dvārāṇi mano dhyāne niveśayet

śūnyeṣvevāvakāśeṣu guhāsu ca vaneṣu ca /
nityayuktaḥ sadā yogī dhyānaṃ samyagupakramet

vāgdaṇḍaḥ karmadaṇḍaśca manodaṇḍaśca te trayaḥ /
yasyaite niyatā daṇḍāḥ sa tridaṇḍī mahāyatiḥ

sarvamātmamayaṃ yasya sadasajjagadīdṛśam /
guṇāguṇamayantasya kaḥ priyaḥ ko nṛpāpriyaḥ

visuddhabuddhiḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ
samastabhūteṣu ca tatsamāhitaḥ /
sthānaṃ paraṃ śāśvatamavyayañca
paraṃ hi matvā na punaḥ prajāyate

vedācchreṣṭhāḥ sarvayajñakriyāśca
yajñājjapyaṃ jñānamārgaśca japyāt /
jñānāddhyānaṃ saṅgarāgavyapetaṃ
tasmin prāpte śāśvatasyopalabdhiḥ

samāhito brahmaparo 'pramādī
sucistathaikāntaratiryatendriyaḥ /
samāpnuyādyogamimaṃ mahātmā
vimuktimāproti tataḥ svayogataḥ