हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 45 that is near the navel; but if the flow of the nectar is stopped by closing the aperture in the palate it prevents the decay of the body. Soma means the Moon. 45. In the body of the Yogin which is imbued daily with the nectar from the Moon, even though bitten by [the serpent] Takṣaka, poison does not spread. Takṣaka, possessing most virulent poison is one of the eight serpent-kings in Pātāla, the greatest of whom is Śeṣa or Ananta. 46. As fire does not go out so long as there is fuel, as a light does not die out so long as there is oil and wick [in the lamp], so also the dweller in the body does not quit the body as long as it is filled by the nectar of the Moon. 47. He may eat daily gomāṃsa [lit. the flesh of a cow] and he may drink amaravāruṇī [lit. strong liquor]. I consider him to be well born. Others ruin the family. The words in the text, gomāṃsa and amaravāruṇī, are explained in the next two verses. 48. By the word go is meant the tongue. Its entry [into the cavity] in the palate is gomāṃsabhakṣaṇa (eating the flesh of the cow). This destroys the five great sins. The five great sins are said to be: killing a brāhmaṇa, drinking intoxicating liquor, theft, adultery with the wife of a teacher, and associating with anyone guilty of these sins. 49. The nectar which flows from the Moon because of the heat produced by the entry of the tongue, that is amaravāruṇī.