हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 43: 35. Then rub [the part] with [a compound of] powdered rock salt and Harītakī (yellow myrobalan). Then after seven days, cut [again] to the extent of a hair's breadth. The compound should be rubbed on both morning and evening. As salt is prohibited in the case of Yogin-s, they sub- stitute the burnt powder of Khadira or the woody cassia. In the text, salt is mentioned on the assumption that the Khecarī-mudrā should be practised before the beginning of the Haṭha-yoga practice. The cutting and medication should be done twice daily for seven days. On the eighth day, the cut should be a little deeper. And so on. 36. He should thus practise, gradually and skil- fully every day for six months. In six months the mem- brane which binds at the root of the tongue is severed. 37. Then turning back the tongue, it should be made to enter the junction of the three [Nāḍī-s, i.e. the cavity in the roof of the palate]. This is the Khecarī- mudrā. It is [also] called VYOMACAKRA. 38. The Yogin who remains even for half a kṣaṇa [i.e. for 24 minutes] with his tongue turned up- wards is saved from poisons, disease, death and old age. 39. For him who knows the Khecarī-mudrā there is no disease, death, [intellectual] torpor, sleep, hunger, thirst, or clouding of the intellect. 40. He who knows the Khecarī-mudrā is not afflicted by disease; not tainted by karman, and not affected by Time. The repetition of the results of Khecarī-mudrā is to impress upon the reader its importance.