योगबीज (गुरु गोरखनाथ परम्परा - महायोग, प्राण-अपान एकत्व एवं कैवल्य-सिद्धि सटीक)

योगबीजं yogabījaṁ The Seed¹ of Yoga

1. This is five-fold:
2. The seed mantra of the breath 'haṁsa.'
3. The anāhata, the unstruck (seed) sound (nāda), perceived in nādānusandhāna.
4. Kuṇḍalī (the crooked one) residing at the base of the spine, which (coiled up) like a seed, sprouts (uncoils) and grows up the Suṣumṇā to pierce and grow rigidly up above the skull.
5. The eruption of (the seed of) abhiṣeka, forcefully spurting out of the tip of the rigid liṅga of energy protruding above the skull impregnating the void, anointing the yogin.
6. The seed-star of light (the sparkling "thought-gem"), the “seed of yoga” perceived in meditation. श्री देव्य् उवाच । śrī devy uvāca | The shining goddess said: नमस् ते आदिनाथाय विश्वनाथाय ते नमः । नमस् ते विश्वरूपाय विश्वातीताय ते नमः ॥ १ ॥ namas te ādināthāya viśvanāthāya te namaḥ | namas te viśvarūpāya viśvātītāya te namaḥ || 1 ||
7. I bow down in reverence to you Ādinātha, I bow down in reverence to you Viśvanātha;¹' ² and I bow down in reverence to you, the one with the form of the universe, and beyond it.
8. The liṅga of Viśvanātha (raised above the skull) at Kāśī is expressly inferred. “There is no other Liṅga equal to that of Viśvanātha and there is no city equal to Kāśī in all the three worlds.” - Verse 31, Chapter 5 - Agastya's Departure, Section 1 – Pūrvārdha, The Skanda Purāṇa.
9. भ्रूमध्ये मस्तके मूर्द्धिन द्वादशान्ते तथा विधिः। धारणं प्राणमरुतो धारणा परिकीर्तिता॥ bhrūmadhye mastake mūrddhni dvādaśānte tathā vidhiḥ | dhāraṇaṁ prāṇamaruto dhāraṇā parikīrtitā || In the middle of the eyebrows (bhrūmadhye), on the head (mastake), at the crown (mūrddhni), at the end of twelve¹ (dvādaśānte), thus is the method.² The holding of the upward elemental power of the breath (prāṇa) is declared as concentration³ (dhāraṇā) (held aloft) by means of the breath (maruto).

• Viśvasāratantram