हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 75 70. Then the ĀRAMBHĀVASTHĀ [is described]: When the knot of Brahmā (Brahmagranthi, which is in the Anāhata-cakra) is pierced [by Prāṇāyāma], there is the bliss arising from the void [śūnya or ākāśa of the heart]. Various tinkling sounds [as of ornaments] and the unstruck sound (anāhata-dhvani) are heard [in the middle of] the body. 71. When there is the beginning [of the sound] in the void, the Yogin is possessed of a lustrous body, he is radiant, with an exquisite fragrance, free of diseases and has a full heart [i.e. filled by Prāṇa and Bliss]. The ākāśa of the Anāhata-cakra (heart) is called Śūnya, that of the Viśuddhi-cakra (throat), Atiśūnya, and that of the Ājñā- cakra (forehead), Mahāśūnya. 72. Then the GHAṬĀVASTHĀ [is described]: In the second [stage], the Prāṇa unites [with Apāna, Nāda and Bindu] and enters the middle Cakra. The Yogin then becomes firm in posture (āsana), wise, and com- parable to the Gods. In this stage, the Prāṇa and the Apāna, the Nāda and Bindu, the Jīvātman and the Paramātman are united. The middle Cakra is the Viśuddhi-cakra in the throat. 73. When the knot of Viṣṇu [Viṣṇu-granthi, which is in the throat] is then pierced [by the Prāṇa in Kumbhaka] there is the promise of supreme bliss. In the Atiśūnya, then, there arises a rumbling sound as of a kettledrum. 74. Then the PARICAYĀVASTHĀ [is described]: In the third stage, a sound like that of a drum (mardala)