हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 29 39. Even Brahmā and the other gods devoted themselves to the practice of Prāṇāyāma because of the fear of death. So, one should practise control of breath. 40. So long as the breath is restrained in the body, so long as the mind is calm and steady, so long as the vision is directed to the centre of the eyebrows, why should there be fear of death? 41. When the Nāḍi-cakra has been purified by a properly regulated course of Prāṇāyāma, the breath forces open the mouth of the Suṣumnā and easily enters it. 42. When the breath flows through the Suṣumnā, the mind becomes steady. This steadiness of the mind is the state called Manonmanī [or Unmanī]. 43. To attain it, those who know the procedure practise various sorts of Kumbhaka-s. By practice of the various Kumbhaka-s diverse siddhi-s are obtained. As said in the Bhāgavata-purāṇa, one obtains, through the practice of Yoga, all those siddhi-s that are obtained conjointly by previous karman, the use of herbs, religious austerities and mantra-s. 44. The different Kumbhaka-s are now [des- cribed]: There are eight Kumbhaka-s, namely Sūrya- bhedana, Ujjāyī, Sītkārī, Śītalī, Bhastrikā, Bhrāmarī, Mūrchā and Plāvinī. 45. At the end of inhalation (Pūraka), the Jālamdhara-bandha should be practised. At the end of Kumbhaka and at the beginning of exhalation (Recaka), Uḍḍīyāna-bandha should be practised.