हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

40 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ number [of times practised on each side] is equal, then [the practice of] the Mudrā should be ended [for the time]. The practice is on the left side when the left leg is bent and the right leg stretched and on the right side when the opposite is done. 16. [For the practitioner of this] there is nothing wholesome or unwholesome. All things of whatever taste, even those which are insipid and even virulent poison, if consumed, are digested as if it were nectar. 17. The maladies of one who practises Mahā- mudrā—consumption, leprosy, constipation, abdominal diseases, indigestion, etc.—are overcome. 18. Thus has been described this Mahāmudrā which confers great siddhi-s upon men. This should be carefully kept secret and not revealed to any and every body. 19. Then MAHĀ-BANDHA [is described]: Place the heel of the left foot on the perineum and place the right foot upon the left thigh. 20. Having drawn in the breath, and pressing the chin steadily on the breast [in the Jālaṃdhara-bandha], contract the anus [in the Mūla-bandha] and fix the mind on the central Nāḍī (Suṣumnā). 21. Having retained the breath as long as possible, the air should be breathed out slowly. Having prac- tised well on the left side, then practise on the right side. 22. Some are of the view that the contraction of the throat (Jālaṃdhara-bandha) should be avoided