हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

64 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ is not dead [in abeyance]? He who causes both Prāṇa and mind to become quiescent obtains liberation. No other person can do so. The Prāṇa lives so long as it flows through Iḍā and Piṅgalā; the sense-organs live so long as they seek objects; the mind lives so long as it is shaped by the various objects of perception. Prāṇa dies when it remains without movement in Brahmarandhra. The mind dies when it is not modified by objects. In this stanza Yoga is said to be essential to Jñāna. In the Yogavijaya, Pārvatī asks: ‘Some say that liberation is obtained through knowledge only; then what is the use of Yoga?’ Śiva replies: ‘A battle is won by a sword; but what is the use of a sword without a war and valour? So both are absolutely necessary.’ If it is argued that King Janaka and other great men did not practise Yoga at all, the answer is: Kings like Janaka, Vaiśya-s like Tulādhāra, Śūdra-s like Pailavaka, women like Maitreyī, Śārṅgī, Śāṇḍilī, Cūḍālā, have obtained knowledge without practising Yoga, because they had perfected Yoga in their previous incarnations. We also hear that by the force of Yoga practised in previous lives many attained the state of Brahmā, sons of Brahmā, devarṣi, brahmarṣi, muni and bhakta. They attained complete knowledge without being initiated by a Guru. Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahmā), Vasiṣṭha, Nārada, Śuka, Vāmadeva and Sanatkumāra are said to have been born Siddha-s. 16. Remaining always in a suitable place, having learnt well to open the Suṣumnā and make Prāṇa flow through the centre [i.e. Suṣumnā], it should be res- trained in the Brahmarandhra. The place should be pleasant, etc. as described in I. 12. 17. The Sun and the Moon create [the division of] Time in the form of day and night. Suṣumnā consumes Time. This is a secret.