हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

76 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ is heard in the ākāśa [between the eyebrows]. Then [the Prāṇa] reaches the Mahāśūnya which is the seat of all siddhi-s. 75. Having gone beyond the blissful state of the mind [arising from the hearing of the sounds] there is the experience of the natural state of bliss [of the Ātman]. Then he becomes free from disorders [of the humours], pain, old age, disease, hunger and som- nolence. 76. Then the NIṢPATTYAVASTHĀ [is described]: Having broken the knot of Rudra [Rudra-granthi, in the Ājñā-cakra] the Prāṇa reaches the seat of Īśvara [which is in the ākāśa between the eyebrows]. Then in Niṣpatti there is heard a sound as of the flute which assumes the resonance of a vīṇā (string instru- ment). The Niṣpatti stage is reached when the Prāṇa reaches the Brahmarandhra. 77. The integration of the mind [in a state where the subject-object duality does not exist] is called Rāja-yoga. Such a Yogin, being the master of crea- tion and destruction, becomes the equal of Īśvara. This means that he is the master of the disintegration and reintegration of matter, and hence can evolve forms and destroy them. And thus he possesses, on a smaller scale, the powers of Īśvara. 78. Let there be liberation or not, here is perfect bliss. This bliss arising from absorption (laya) is obtained through Rāja-yoga.