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HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 53 The process as described by the commentator is as follows: ‘Obtain a very fine lead tube, fourteen aṅgula-s (finger-breadths) long, and practise inserting it into the urethra, at the rate of one aṅgula a day, until twelve aṅgula-s are introduced within leaving two aṅgula-s outside, bent to face upwards. Then get another fine tube and insert it into the above-mentioned tube, and blow through it softly. This will clear all impurities in the passage. Then practise drawing up water through the tube, and later on, draw up the semen. This succeeds only in the case of those whose breath is brought under control. When the Khecarī-mudrā and breath- control have been thoroughly mastered, then this will succeed, not otherwise. 87. The semen that is about to fall into the genital organ of a woman should be drawn up by practice [of the Vajrolī-mudrā]. If already fallen he should draw up his own semen [and the woman’s seminal fluid] and [thus] preserve it. 88. Thus the knower of Yoga should preserve his semen. He [thereby] conquers death. When the semen is expended, death ensues [in due course]; but there is [prolonged] life for him who preserves it. 89. By preserving the semen [by the Vajrolī- mudrā], a pleasant smell arises in the body of the Yogin. As long as the semen is well retained in the body, whence is the fear of death? 90. The semen of men is subject to control by the mind and life depends upon the semen. Therefore both semen and mind should be carefully preserved and controlled. 91. A person perfect in this practice should, by drawing up well [the fluids] through the penis, preserve