हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 39 They are favoured by all Siddha-s and are difficult to obtain even by the Deva-s. 9. This should be kept secret like a casket of precious gems. It should not be spoken of to anybody, as in the case of intercourse with a well-born woman. 10. Here MAHĀ-MUDRĀ [is described]: Pressing the perineum with the left heel and stretching out the right leg take firm hold [of the toes of the right foot] with the hands. 11, 12. Contract the throat [in the Jālamdhara- bandha] and hold the breath in the upper part [i.e. in the Suṣumnā]. Then the Kuṇḍalinī force becomes at once straight just as a [coiled] snake when struck by a rod straightens itself out like a stick. Then the other two Nāḍī-s [Iḍā and Piṅgalā] become lifeless [because the Prāṇa goes out of them]. 13. Then one should breathe out very slowly and never quickly. This has been declared to be Mahāmudrā by the great Siddha-s. 14. [By this] such painful factors as the great kleśa-s and death, etc. are vanquished. Therefore, the wisest of men call it the Mahā-mudrā (the great Mudrā). The kleśa-s are five in number, namely avidyā (ignorance or illusion), asmitā (egoism), rāga (attachment), dveṣa (repulsion) and abhiniveśa (clinging to life). The Mahāmudrā is so called as it seals off (mudrā) all pains. 15. After having practised well on the left side, it should be practised then on the right side. When the