Vayu Purana · Verses 11-2

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ekaṃ mahāntaṃ divasamahorātramathāpi vā/
arddhamāsaṃ tathā māsamayanābdayugāni ca

mahāyugasahasrāṇi ṛṣayastapasi sthitāḥ/
upāsate mahātmānaḥ prāṇaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā

ataūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi prāṇāyāmaprayojanam/
phalañcaiva viśeṣeṇa yathāha bhagavān prabhuḥ

prayojanāni catvāri prāṇāyāmasya viddhivai/
śāntiḥ praśāntirdīptiśca prasādaśca catuṣṭayam

ghorākāraśivānāntu karmaṇāṃ phalasambhavam/
svayaṃkṛtāni kālena ihāmutra ca dehinām

pitṛmātṛ praduṣṭānāṃ jñātisambandhisaṅkaraiḥ/
kṣapaṇaṃ hi kaṣāyāṇāṃ pāpānāṃ śāntirucyate

lobhamānātmakānāṃ hi pāpānāmapi saṃyamaḥ /
ihāmutra hitārthāya praśāntistapa ucyate

sūryendugrahatārāṇāṃ tulyastu viṣayo bhavet/
ṛṣīṇāñca prasiddhānāṃ jñānavijñānasampadām

atītānāgatānāñca darśanaṃ sāmpratasya ca /
buddhasya samatāṃ yānti dīptiḥ syāttapa ucyate

indriyāṇīndriyārthāṃśca manaḥ pañca ca mārutān /
prasādayati yenāsau prasāda iti saṃjñitaḥ

ityeṣa dharmaḥ prathamaḥ prāṇāyāmaścaturvidhaḥ/
sannikṛṣṭaphalo jñeyaḥ sadyaḥkālaprasādajaḥ

ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi prāṇāyāmasya lakṣaṇam/
āsanaṃ ca yathātattvaṃ yuñjato yogameva ca

oṅkāraṃ prathamaṃ kṛtvā candrasūyauṃ praṇamya ca/
āsanaṃ svastikaṃ kṛtvā pajhamarddhāsanantathā

samajānurekajānuruttānaḥ susthito'pi ca/
samo dṛḍhāsano bhūtvā saṃhṛtya caraṇāvubhau

saṃvṛtāsyo'vabaddhākṣa uro viṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ/
pārṣṇibhyāṃ vṛṣaṇe chādya tathā prajananaṃ tataḥ

kiñcidunnāmitaśirāḥ śiro grīvāṃ tathaiva ca/
samprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan

tamaḥ pracchādya rajasā rajaḥ sattvena cchādayet /
tataḥ sattvasthito bhūtvā yogaṃ yuñjan samāhitaḥ

indriyāṇīndriyārthāṃśca manaḥ pañca sa mārutān/
vigṛhya samavāyeva pratyāhāramupakramet

yastu pratyāharet kāmān kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvataḥ/
tathātmaratirekasthaḥ paśyatyātmānamātmani

pūrayitvā śarīrantu sa bāhyābhyantaraṃ śuciḥ/
ākaṇṭhanābhiyogena pratyāhāramupakramet

kalāmātrastu vijñeyo nimeṣonmeṣa eva ca/
tathā dvādaśamātrastu prāṇāyāmo vidhīyate

dhāraṇā dvādaśāyāmo yogo vai dhāraṇādvayam/
tathā vai yogayuktaśca aiśvaryaṃ pratipadyate /
vīkṣate paramātmānaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā

prāṇāyāmena yuktasya viprasya niyatātmanaḥ/
sarve doṣāḥ praṇaśyanti sattvasthaścaiva jāyate

evaṃ vai niyatāhāraḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ/
jitvā jitvā sadā bhūmimārohettu sadā muniḥ

ajitā hi mahābhūmirdoṣānutpādayedbahūn /
vivarddhayati sammohaṃ na rohedajitāṃ tataḥ

nālena tu yathā toyaṃ yantreṇaiva balānvitaḥ/
āpibeta prayatnena tathā vāyuñjitaśramaḥ

nābhyāṃ ca hṛdaye caiva kaṇṭhe urasi cānane/
nāsāgre tu tathā netre bhruvormadhye'tha mūrddhani

kiñcidūrddhvaṃ parasmiṃśca dhāraṇā paramā smṛtā/
prāṇāpānasamārodhāt prāṇāyāmaḥ sa kathyate

manaso dhāraṇā caiva dhāraṇeti prakīrtitā/
nivṛtti rviṣayāṇāntu pratyāhārastu saṃjñitaḥ

sarveṣāṃ samavāye tu siddhiḥ syādyogalakṣaṇā/
tayotpannasya yogasya dhyānaṃ vai siddhilakṣaṇam/
dhyānayuktaḥ sadā paśyedātmānaṃ sūryacandravat

sattvasyānupapattau tu darśanantu nava vidyate/
adeśakālayogasya darśanantu na vidyate

agnyabhyāśe vane vāpi śuṣkaparṇacaye tathā/
jantuvyāpte śmaśāne vā jīrṇagoṣṭhe catuṣpathe

saśabde sabhaye vāpi caityavalmīkasaṃcaye/
udapāne tathā nadyānna bādhātaḥ kadācana

kṣudhāviṣstathā'prito na ca vyākulacetanaḥ/
yuñjīta paramaṃ dhyānaṃ yogī dhyānaparaḥ sadā

etān doṣān viniścitya pramādādyo yunakti vai/
tasya doṣāḥ prakupyanti śarīre vighnakārakāḥ

jaḍatvaṃ badhiratvaṃ ca mūkatvaṃ cādhigacchati/
andhatvaṃ smṛtilopaśca jarā rogastathaiva ca

tasya doṣāḥ prakupyanti ajñānādyo yunakti vai/
tasmājjñānena śuddhena yogī yuñjetsamāhitaḥ

apramattaḥ sadā caiva na doṣān prāpruyāt vkacit /
teṣāṃ cikitsāṃ vakṣyāmi doṣāṇāṃ ca yathākramam/
yathā gacchanti te doṣāḥ prāṇāyāmasamutthitāḥ

snigdhāṃ yavāgūmatyuṣṇāṃ bhuktvāṃ tatrāvadhārayet /
etena kramayogena vātagulmaṃ praśāmyati

gudāvarttapratīkāramidaṃ kuryyāccikitsitam/
bhuktvā dadhi yavāgūrvā vāyurūrddhvaṃ tato vrajeta

vāyugraṃthiṃ tato bhittvā vāyudeśe prayojayet /
tathāpi na viśeṣaḥ syāddhāraṇāṃ mūrdhni dhārayet

yuñjānasya tanuṃ tasya sattavasthasyaiva dehinaḥ/
gudāvarttapratīghāte etat kuryyāccikitsitam

sarvagātraprakampena samārabdhasya yoginaḥ /
imāṃ cikitsāṃ kurvvīta tayā saṃpadyate sukhī

manasā yadvrataṃ kiñcidviṣṭambhīkṛtya dhārayet/
uroddhāte uraḥsthānaṃ kaṇṭhadeśe ca dhārayet

tvaco'vadhāte tāṃ vāci bādhirye śrotrayostathā/
jihvāsthāne tṛṣārttastu agre snehāṃśca tantubhiḥ/
phalaṃ vai cintayedyogī tataḥ saṃpadyate sukhī

kṣaye kuṣṭhe sakīlāse dhārayetsarvasātvikīm/
yasmin yasmin rajodeśe tasmin yukto vinirddiśet

yogotpannasya viprasya idaṃ kuryāccikitsitam/
vaṃśakīlena mūrddhānaṃ dhārayāṇasya tāḍayet/
mūrdhni kīlaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya kāṣṭhaṃ kāṣṭhena tāḍayet

bhayabhītasya sā saṃjñā tataḥ pratyāgamiṣyati/
atha vā luptasaṃjñasya hastābhyāṃ tatra dhārayet

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ dhāraṇāṃ mūrdhni dhārayet/
srigdhamalpaṃ ca bhuñjīta tataḥ saṃpadyate sukhī

amānuṣeṇa sattvena yadā budhyati yogavit /
divaṃ ca pṛthivīñcaiva vāyumagniṃ ca dhārayet

prāṇāyāmena tatsarvaṃ dahyamānaṃ vaśībhavet/
athāpi praviśeddehaṃ tatastaṃ pratiṣedhayet

tataḥ saṃstabhya yogena dhārayānasya mūrddhāni/
prāṇāyāmāgninā dagdhaṃ tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ vrajet

kṛṣṇasarpāparādhaṃ tu dhārayeddhṛdayodare /
maharjanastapaḥ satyaṃ hṛdi kṛtvā tu dhārayet

viṣasya tu phalaṃ pītvā viśalyāṃ dhārayettataḥ /
sarvataḥ sanagāṃ pṛthvīṃ kṛtvā manasi dhārayet

hṛdi kṛtvā samudrāṃśca tathā sarvāśca devatāḥ /
sahasreṇa ghaṭānāñca yuktaḥ snāyīta yogavit

udake kaṇṭhamātre tu dhāraṇāṃ mūdhni dhārayet/
pratisrotoviṣāviṣṭo dhārayet sarvagātrikīm

śīrṇo'rkapatrapuṭakaiḥ pibedvalmīkamṛttikām /
cikitsitavidhirhyeṣa viśruto yoganirmitaḥ

vyākhyātastu samāsena yogadṛṣṭena hetunā/
bruvato lakṣaṇaṃ viddhi viprasya kathayet vkacit

athāpi kathayenmohāttadvijñānaṃ pralīyate/
tasmāt pravṛttiryyogasya na vaktavyā kathañcana

sattvaṃ tathārogyamalolupatvaṃ varṇaprabhā susvarasaumyatā ca/
gandhaḥ śubho mūtrapurīṣa malpaṃ yogapravṛttiḥ prathamā śarīre

ātmānaṃ pṛthivīñcaiva jvalantīṃ yadi paśyati/
kṛtvānyaṃ viśate caiva vidyāt siddhimupasthitām / ११.६१ //
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