हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 79 92. When the mind, having discarded its restless- ness [caused by its constant identification with sense- objects], is held [steadfast] by Nāda, it becomes totally immobile, like a bird that has lost its wings. Having controlled Prāṇa by Prāṇāyāma, and the senses by Pratyāhāra, the mind should be concentrated on the abode of all good, God. This is Dhāraṇā. 93. One who is desirous of obtaining sovereignty in Yoga should put away all mental activity, and, with a fully concentrated mind, should meditate on Nāda only. That is, his mind becomes one with the Nāda, which represents the stage of Dhyāna. 94. Nāda is like the net which ensnares the deer within [i.e. the mind] and it is also the hunter who slays the deer within [the mind]. Like the hunter, Nāda first attracts the mind and binds it, and then kills it, i.e. it puts an end to the natural unsteadiness of the mind and then absorbs it into itself. 95. It [Nāda] is like the bolt which locks the horse within [i.e. the mind] of a self-controlled [Yogin]. A Yogin should therefore daily practise meditation upon Nāda. 96. The mind is like quicksilver which, by the action of Nāda which is like sulphur, is bound [solidified] and freed of its restlessness, and is able [enables one] to move in the supportless sky [which is Brahman]. See stanza IV. 27 and commentary.