न तान्पुंनति तीर्थानि सुराभाण्डमिवापगा
Holy places do not purify such a one, just as a river does not purify a liquor vessel.
जानीयात्तं मुनिश्रेष्ठ महापातकिनां वरम्
Know him, O best of sages, to be worse than great sinners.
कुर्वन्ति तत्फलं विद्यादक्षयं सुखदायकम्
Know that their actions yield fruit that is imperishable and brings suffering.
हरिभक्तिर्दृढा यस्य हरिपूजेति गीयते
He whose devotion to Hari is firm is said to worship Hari.
एभिर्विशुद्धमनसां मोक्षं हस्तगतं विदुः
Liberation is considered to be within reach for those whose minds are purified by these means.
अभ्यसेदासनंसम्यग्योगसाधनमुत्तमम्
One should properly practice posture, the supreme means of yoga.
कौर्मंवज्रासनं चैव वाराहं मृगचैलिकम्
Namely, the tortoise, thunderbolt, boar, and deer-skin postures.
वार्षभं नागमात्स्ये च वैयान्घं चार्द्धचन्द्रकम्
Also the bull, serpent, fish, flying-bird, and half-moon postures.
माकरं त्रैपथं काष्ठं स्थाणुं वैकर्णिकं तथा
Makara, traipatha, wooden, sthāṇu, and vaikarṇika postures as well.
त्रिंशत्संख्यान्यासनानि मुनीन्द्रैः कथितानि वै
Thirty seats have been described by the great sages.
उपासको जयेत्प्राणान्द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः
The practitioner should conquer the vital energies, transcend dualities, and be free from envy.
अभ्यासेन जयेत्प्राणान्निःशब्दे जनवर्जिते
Through practice, one should subdue the vital energies in silence and away from people.
प्राणायाम इति प्रोक्तो द्विविधः स प्रकीर्त्तितः
This is called prāṇāyāma, which is said to be of two kinds.
जयध्यानं विनागर्भः सगर्भस्तत्समन्वितः
Without meditative absorption it is called 'agarbha'; with absorption it is 'sagarbha'.
एवं चतुर्विधः प्रोक्तः प्राणायामो मनीषिभिः
Thus, prāṇāyāma is declared by the wise to be of four types.
सूर्यदैवतका चैव पितृयोनिरिति श्रुता
They are known as solar deity, ancestral origin, and so forth.
तत्राधिदैवत चन्द्रं जानीहि मुनिसत्तमं
Among these, know the moon as the presiding deity, O best of sages.
अतिसूक्ष्मा गुह्यतमा ज्ञेया सा ब्रह्मदैवता
The most subtle and secret one is to be understood as the Brahma-deity.
पूरयेद्दक्षिणेनैव पूरणात्पूरकः स्मृतः
One should fill the breath through the right nostril; this filling is called pūraka.
संपूर्णकुंभवत्तिष्टेत्कुम्भकः स हि विश्रुतः
One should remain as if holding a full pot; this is known as kumbhaka.
विद्धि तच्छून्यकं नाम प्राणायामं यथास्थितम्
Know that as śūnyaka prāṇāyāma, according to its established form.
अन्यथा खलु जायन्ते महारोगा भयङ्कराः
Otherwise, indeed, great and terrifying diseases arise.
स सर्वपापनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मणः पदमान्पुयात्
He, freed from all sins, attains the abode of Brahman.
समामाहृत्य निगृह्णाति प्रत्याहारस्तु स स्मृतः
Having gathered the senses and restrained them, this is called pratyāhāra.
प्रयान्ति परमं ब्रह्म पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
They go to the supreme Brahman, which is difficult to return from.
मूढात्मानं च तं विद्याद्ध्यानं चास्य न सिध्यति
Know him as one whose mind is deluded; for him, meditation does not succeed.
प्रत्याहृतानीन्द्रियाणि धारयेत्सा तु धारणा
Withdrawing the senses and holding them steady—that is called dhāraṇā, concentration.
आत्मानं परमं ध्यायेत्सर्वधातारमच्युतम्
One should meditate on the supreme Self, the unfailing sustainer of all elements.
विकसत्पद्यपत्राक्षं चारुकुण्डलभूषितम्
With eyes like blossoming lotus petals, adorned with beautiful earrings.
पीताम्बरधरं देवं हेमयज्ञोपवीतिनम्
Clad in yellow garments, the divine one, wearing a golden sacred thread.