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

भानोर् आकुञ्चनं कुर्यात् कुण्डलीं चालयेत् ततः । मृत्युवक्त्रगतस्यापि तस्य मृत्युभयं कुतः ॥ ९४ ॥ bhānor ākuñcanaṃ kuryāt kuṇḍalīṃ cālayet tataḥ | mṛtyuvaktragatasyāpi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ || 94 || 94. By squeezing (shut) the solar channel (of the right nostril, and breathing in through the left nostril)¹, one should stir up the coiled one (Kuṇḍalī)²,³ Even for one who has entered the mouth of death, where is the fear of death for him?

1. Blocking the right nostril with the thumb of the right-hand, slowly inhale through the left nostril (filling the lungs completely), retain the breath to the extent of one’s capability, then, blocking the left nostril with the forefinger of the right- hand, exhale through the right nostril gently (both inhalation and exhalation of the breath must be long and subtle).
2. Kuṇḍalī (कुण्डली) “the coiled one” is the Sun, and Kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनि) the “one not coiled” (i.e., straight), is the Sun’s ray, which, when “stirred up,” becomes detached and stretches out (up the suṣumnā) towards the Moon (skull).
3. § 94(a) only expresses half of the practise of nāḍī-śodhana (Cleansing the Nāḍīs), this verse seems to expound nāḍī- śodhana in an abbreviated form, which the reader (in a yogic environment) is expected to know or find out. The practise of nāḍī-śodhana: बद्धपद्मासनो योगी प्राणं चन्द्रेण पूरयेत् । धारयित्वा यथाशक्ति भूयः सूर्येण रेचयेत् ॥ ७ ॥ baddhapadmāsano yogī prāṇaṃ candreṇa pūrayet | dhārayitvā yathāśakti bhūyaḥ sūryeṇa recayet || 7 || The yogi seated in Padmāsana should fill (the breath) with the moon (left nostril), retaining (the breath) as much as one can, and then again release (the breath) with the sun (right nostril).¹'²
4. After exhalation, pause the breath to the extent of one’s capability, before inhaling again.
5. Eventually, over time and practise, one will experience the rise of energy up to the top of the skull during kumbhaka, and also, during the pause of breath at the end of exhalation, one will experience this rise of energy. प्राणं सूर्येण चाकृष्य पूरयेदुदरं शनैः । विधिवत् कुम्भकं कृत्वा पुनश्चन्द्रेण रेचयेत् ॥ ८ ॥ prāṇaṃ sūryeṇa cākṛṣya pūrayedudaraṃ śanaiḥ | vidhivat kumbhakaṃ kṛtvā punaścandreṇa recayet || 8 || Having drawn the breath in with the sun (right nostril), the yogi should slowly fill the abdomen, (and) according to the method¹, perform breath retention, and then again, should release (the breath) by the moon (left nostril).
6. Retaining the breath to the extent of one’s capability.