हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 31 this form: In the second half of the life of Ādi Brahmā, that goes on by the order of Viṣṇu, the great Puruṣa, in the Śvetavarāha- kalpa, in the Vaivasvata-manvantara, in the first quarter of the Kali-yuga, in the Jambū-dvīpa, in the Bhārata-varṣa, in the Bharata-khaṇḍa, to the South of Meru, where the Śaka era prevails, in the sixty year cycle beginning with Prabhava, in the year ............in the.........Ayana, in the.........Ṛtu, in the month of........ in the........half of the month, on the..........day of it, on this holy day, in the........day of the week, in this.........star, when the yoga-s are all very propitious by the command of the Lord, for attaining Samādhi and its results, I begin to perform Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, etc. After performing this Saṃkalpa, he should offer saluta- tions to Śeṣa, the King of the Serpents, that he may successfully go through the Āsana-s. He should then practise the Āsana-s and when fatigued, do the Śavāsana. He should practise what is called Viparītakaraṇī before Kumbhaka. Then having performed ācamana (sipping water while pronouncing a mantra), he should salute the great Yogin-s. He should then assume the Siddhāsana and should perform 10 Prāṇāyāma-s, increasing the number by 5 every day, until he reaches 80. He should first practise Kevala Kumbhaka by the right and left Nāḍī-s. Then follows Sūrya- bhedana, Ujjāyī, Sītkārī, Śītalī and Bhastrikā, and then the others. Then the Mudrā-s should be practised as taught by the Guru. He should after that assume the Padmāsana and practise concentra- tion upon the inner sound (nāda). In the end he should offer up all these to Īśvara. Having got up he should bathe in hot water. Then the daily duties should be performed briefly. The same process should be gone through at midday. After that he should take some rest and eat his meal. Then he should take cloves, menthol, or betel-leaf without lime. After the meal he should study the Śāstra-s that treat of liberation or he should hear the Purāṇa-s expounded; or repeat the names of Īśvara. When it is an hour and a half to sunset, he should begin to practise as before and then perform the Saṃdhyāvandana (daily rite of the dvija). He should not practise Viparītakaraṇī in the evening and midnight or after a meal. Then he should begin to practise at midnight.