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

गुरुप्रसादान्मरुदेव साधितस्तेनैव चित्तं पवनेन साधितम् | स एव योगी स जितेन्द्रियः सुखी | मूढाः न जानन्ति कुतर्कवादिनः || १३७ || guruprasādān marud eva sādhitas tenaiva cittaṁ pavanena sādhitam | sa eva yogī sa jitendriyaḥ sukhī | mūḍhā na jānanti kutar kavādinaḥ || 137 || 137. By the grace of the guru, the breath is mastered; and by that alone, the mind is controlled. He, that yogi having conquered the senses is happy and blissful; those who argue (discussing opposing viewpoints), are fools¹ who do not understand (this truth).

1. In this context, a fool is one who is immature, which implies not full-grown (above the skull), and without wisdom. चित्तं हि नष्टं यदि मारुते स्यात् तत्र प्रतीतो मरुतोऽपि नाशः | न चेदिदं स्यान् न तु तस्य शास्त्रं नात्मप्रतीतिर् न गुरुर् न मोक्षः || १३८ || cittaṁ hi naṣṭaṁ yadi mārute syāt tatra pratīto maruto ‘pi nāśaḥ | na ced idaṁ syān na tu tasya śāstraṁ nātmapratītir na gurur na mokṣaḥ || 138 ||
2. Indeed, it is the mind that is destroyed by the breath; certainly, under those circumstances, elimination of even the breath (itself) may be experienced¹. If this were not so, then, there would be no scripture, no realisation of the self, no guru, and no liberation.
3. During Kevala Kumbhaka (when inhalation and exhalation are both completely suspended). तुम्बिका रोधिता यद्वद् बलादाकर्षति ध्रुवम् | ब्रह्मनाडी तथा धातून् सन्तताभ्यासयोगतः || १३९ || tumbikā rodhitā yadvad balād ākarṣati dhruvam | brahmanāḍī tathā dhātūn santatābhyāsayogataḥ || 139 ||
4. Certainly, just as a gourd forcibly draws water (from the body of the plant, damming the water up) inside itself, so similarly, through continuous practise of yoga¹, one draws the dhātu (primary fluid²) (up) through the Brahmanāḍī (into the skull).³
5. In this description, ‘Yoga,’ also, importantly includes the practise of Jālandhara Bandha (refer back to verses 122 and 123).
6. The primary ‘energy’ generated by the breath which ‘flows like water.’
7. This is the परिचय (paricaya) “accumulation” stage: परचय जोगी उनमन खेला | अहिनिसि इच्छया करै देवता स्यूं मेला |