#################################################### MUKTABODHA INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Use of this material (e-texts) is covered by Creative Commons license BY-NC 4.0 Catalog number: M00104 Uniform title: amṛtanādopaniṣat Main title: yoga upaniṣads with the commentary of śrī upaniṣad brahmayogin Secondary title: amṛtanāda upaniṣat Commentator : brahmayogin Alternate name : śrī upaniṣad brahmayogin Editor : śāstrī mahādeva Description: Notes: Transcribed by the staff of Muktabodha under the supervision of Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. Revision 0: January 29, 2007 Publisher : Adyar library and research centre Publication year : 1920 Publication city : Madras Publication country : India #################################################### amṛtanādopaniṣat saha nāvavatu iti śāntiḥ śravaṇādyupāyaḥ śāstrāṇyadhītya medhāvī abhyasya ca punaḥ punaḥ | paramaṃ brahma vijñāya ulkāvattānyathotsṛjet || 1 || vivaraṇam oṃ śrīmadviśvādhiṣṭhānaparamahaṃsasadgururāmacandrāya namaḥ amṛtanādopaniṣatpratipādyaṃ parākṣaram | traipadānandasāmrājyaṃ hṛdi me bhātu saṃtatam || iha khalu kṛṣṇayajurvedapravibhakteyamamṛtanādopaniṣat | kaṭhavallyādisamam upoddhātādikam | ṣaḍaṅgayogaprakāśanātmakopaniṣado'lpagranthato vivaraṇamārabhyate | ādau tāvat- viśuddhacittānāṃ śravaṇādyupāyādeva puruṣārthasiddhiḥ, mālinacittānāṃ brahmopāsanāviśiṣṭaṣaḍaṅgayogābhyāsadvārakajñānena p. 12) puruṣārthasiddhiḥ asyāmupaniṣadi pratipādyate | tatrādau mukhyādhikāriṇāṃ śravaṇādyupāyamāha- śāstrāṇīti | mumukṣūn prati sarvāpahnavasiddhaṃ brahma niṣpratiyogikasvamātramiti anuśāsanaṃ kurvantīti śāstrāṇi īśādyaṣṭottaraśatopaniṣatsaṃjñakāni śrutārthadhāraṇāsamartho medhāvo brahmavidvariṣṭhadeśikamukhāt yathāvat adhītya yāvat saṃśayādipañcadoṣanivṛttiḥ punaḥ punaḥ tāvat abhyasya śravaṇamanananididhyāsanāni nairantaryeṇa kṛtvā tatsaṃjātasamyagjñānena svātiriktāvidyāpadatatkāryajātaṃ yatra paryavasyati apahnavaṃ bhajati tat paramaṃ tanmātratayā upabṛṃhaṇāt brahma niṣpratiyogikasvamātramiti vijñāya tajjñānasamakālaṃ vidvān tadbhāvametya tanmātratayāvaśiṣyate | yataḥ śāstrābhyāsaḥ evaṃprabhāvavān, ato brahmabhāvāpattyanantaramapi śāstrābhyāsa eva apramādena kartavya ityata āha- ulkāvaditi | yathā ulkāprakāśato dravyamālokya ulkāṃ parityajati tathā brahmabhāvāpattyanantaraṃ tatsādhanāni tāni śāstrāṇi tatprabhavajñānaṃ cāpi athotsṛjet ityatra- ulkāhasto yathā kaścid dravyamālokya tāṃ tyajet | jñānena jñeyamālokya paścāt jñānaṃ parityajet || iti, ātmānamātmanā sākṣād brahma buddhvā suniścalam | dehajātyādisaṃbandhān varṇāśramasamanvitān || vedaśāstrapurāṇāni padapāṃsumiva syajet || iti ca śrutiḥ || 1 || praṇavopāsanā oṃkārarathamāruhya viṣṇuṃ kṛtvātha sārathim | brahmalokapadānveṣī rudrārādhanatatparaḥ || 2 || tāvadrathena gantavyaṃ yāvadrathapathi sthitaḥ | sthātvā rathapathisthānaṃ rathamutsṛjya gacchati || 3 || p. 13) mātrāliṅgapadaṃ tyaktvā śabdavyañjanavarjitam | asvareṇa makāreṇa padaṃ sūkṣmaṃ hi gacchati || 4 || prathamamantreṇottamādhikāriṇāṃ kṛtārthatāmabhidhāya madhyamamandādhikāriṇāṃ tatpadārohāya praṇavavācyārthopāsanāṃ ṣaḍaṅgayogaṃ cāha- oṃkāreti | rathasthānīyamoṃkāraṃ āruhya kāṃsyaghaṇṭāninādavat praṇavoccāraṇapūrvakaṃ tadarthānusaṃdhānaṃ kṛtvā rathasārathiṃ buddhitattvaṃ viṣṇuṃ vyāpakaṃ praṇavārtheśvarākārākāritaṃ kṛtvā | buddhiṃ tu sārathiṃ viddhi iti śruteḥ | brahmaiva loko brahmalokaḥ nirviśeṣaparamātmā tadrūpatayā padyata iti brahmalokapadaṃ svamātratayā anveṣṭumicchatīti brahmalokapādānveṣī tadupāyatvena rudrārādhanatatparo bhavet | svātiriktatvena parāgbhāvamāpannasvāvidyāpadatatkāryabhūtarujaṃ drāvayatīti rudraḥ pratyagātmā tadā rādhanaṃ vyaṣṭisamaṣṭyantaḥkaraṇavṛttisahasra-bhāvābhāvaprakāśakapratyagasmītyanusaṃdhānaṃ tadekaniṣṭhatvaṃ tatparatvamityarthaḥ | ādau oṃkārārtheśvarānucintanaṃ, tadākārākāritāntaḥkaraṇaṃ prasannaṃ sat nirviśeṣabrahmamātrāvasthitimīhate, tadupāyatvena pratyaganusaṃdhānaṃ, tataḥ pratyagparāgbhāvasāpekṣapratyagbhāvaṃ vihāya niṣpratiyogikabrahmamātratayā avaśiṣyata iti bhāvaḥ || 2 || brahmabhāvāpattāvapi sadā praṇavānusaṃdhānaṃ kartavyamityata āha- tāvaditi | yāvadrathapathi praṇavānusaṃdhānavartmani sthitastiṣṭhati tāvadrathena gantavyaṃ oṃkāroccāraṇapūrvakam arthānusaṃdhānaṃ kartavyam | evaṃ rathapathisthānaṃ rathapathena yat gantavyasthānaṃ nirviśeṣaṃ brahma tatra tanmātrāvaśeṣatayā sthātvā sthitvā tataḥ rathena gantavyapradeśasya prāptatvāt oṃkārarathamutsṛjya tatprāpyaturyaturyasthānaṃ gacchati turyaturyo bhavatītyarthaḥ || 3 || turyaturyādhigamopāyamāha- mātreti | sarvavyavahārahetvakārādayaḥ svarāḥ śabdāḥ, kakārādīni vyañjanāni, taiḥ varjitaṃ śabdavyañjanātmakapañcāśadvarṇavyavahāryaprapañcakalanāviralaṃ yat mātrāliṅgapadam akārādimātrātadadhyakṣaviśvavirāḍotradirūpaṃ tyaktvā svātirekeṇa kiṃcinnāstīti niścitya atha asvareṇa makāreṇa makārārtheśvarabhāvena nirāvṛtakriyājñānecchāśaktisaṃpattyā yat sūkṣmaṃ hi p. 14) padaṃ virājate tat sūkṣmapadaṃ brahma svamātramiti gacchati mātrāliṅgaśabdavyañjanakalanāpahnavasiddhabrahmamātratayā muniḥ avaśiṣyata ityarthaḥ || 4 || pratyāhāralakṣaṇam śabdādiviṣayān pañca manaścaivāticañcalam | cintayedātmano raśmīn pratyāhāraḥ sa ucyate || 5 || mandādhikāricittaśuddhihetuṣaḍaṅgayogamupadiśati | tatra pratyāhārasvarūpamāha- śabdādīti | yadyacchṛṇoti karṇābhyāṃ tattadātmeti bhāvayet ityādiśrutyanurodhena śrotrādigrāhyapañcaśabdādiviṣayān svātmano raśmīn svātmavikalpitatvena svarūpabhūtān | manaśceti caśabdataḥ saviṣayāntaḥ- karaṇacatuṣṭayaṃ gṛhyate | tattu aticañcalam; kṣaṇavikāritvāt | tadapyātmano rūpaṃ cintayet svātmātiriktaviṣayataḥ pratyāharediti yo'rtho'bhihitaḥ saḥ pratyāhāra ucyate || 5 || ṣaḍaṅgayogaḥ pratyāhārastathā dhyānaṃ prāṇāyāmo'tha dhāraṇā | tarkaścaiva samādhiśca ṣaḍaṅgo yoga ucyate || 6 || yogaṣaḍaṅgāni gaṇayati- pratyāhāra iti | spaṣṭo'rthaḥ || 6 || prāṇāyāmādiphalam yathā parvatadhātūnāṃ dahyante dhamatā malāḥ | tathendriyakṛtā doṣā dahyante prāṇadhāraṇāt || 7 || p. 15) prāṇāyāmairdaheddoṣān dhāraṇābhiśca kilbiṣam | kilbiṣaṃ hi kṣayaṃ nītvā ruciraṃ caiva cintayet || 8 || prāṇāyāmādiphalapradarśanapūrvakaṃ prāṇāyāmādiprakāramāha- yatheti | yathā dhamatā dhamanābhivardhitavahninā parvatadhātūnāṃ malāḥ malāni dahyante tathā prāṇadhāraṇāt daśendriyakṛtā doṣā dahyante || 7 || yata evamataḥ prāṇāyāmaiḥ liṅgadehāśrayadoṣān dahet | tathā dhāraṇābhiśca antaḥkaraṇagatakilbiṣaṃ dahet | evamantaḥkaraṇajakilbiṣam aśuddhiṃ kṣayaṃ nītvā ruciraṃ kilbiṣakṣayādhikaraṇaṃ caiva hītiśabdāt sarvavṛttikumbhakaṃ manaḥprāṇavṛttistambhanaṃ cintayet || 8 || trividhaprāṇāyāmaḥ ruciraṃ recakaṃ caiva vāyorākarṣaṇaṃ tathā | prāṇāyāmāstrayaḥ proktā recapūrakakumbhakāḥ || 9 || trividhaprāṇāyāmamāha- ruciramiti | kumbhakarecakapūrakabhedena prāṇāyāmāḥ trayaḥ proktāḥ | atra ruciraśabdaḥ kumbhakavācī, recakapūrakasahapaṭhitatvāt || 9 || prāṇāyāmalakṣaṇam savyāhṛtiṃ sapraṇavāṃ gāyatrīṃ śirasā saha | triḥ paṭhedāyataprāṇaḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ sa ucyate || 10 || prāṇāyāmasvarūpamāha- savyāhṛtimiti | kumbhakāvasthāyāṃ oṃ bhūḥ ityādipraṇavasaṃpuṭitasaptavyāhṛtibhiḥ parorajase sāvadom iti śirasā ca p. 16) saha gāyatrīṃ triḥ paṭhet trivāraṃ manasā uccarediti yo'rtho'bhihitaḥ sa prāṇāyāma ucyate || 10 || recakalakṣaṇam utkṣipya vāyumākāśe śūnyaṃ kṛtvā nirātmakam | śūnyabhāve niyuñjīyādrecakasyeti lakṣaṇam || 11 || recakalakṣaṇamāha- utkṣipyeti | bāhyākāśe vāyumutkṣipya tailadhārāvat mandaṃ mandaṃ virecya antaḥ nirātmakaṃ vāyuṃ śūnyaṃ kṛtvā śūnyabhāve niyuñjīyāt iti yattat recakasya lakṣaṇam || 11 || pūrakalakṣaṇam vaktreṇotpalanālena toyamākarṣayennaraḥ | evaṃ vāyurgrahītavyaḥ pūrakasyeti lakṣaṇam || 12 || pūrakalakṣaṇamāha- vaktreṇeti | yathā naro vaktreṇa vaktrasthotpalanālena vā toyam ākarṣayet evamiḍayā piṅgalayā śītalyā vā vāyuḥ grahītavyaḥ iti yattat pūrakasya lakṣaṇam || 12 || kumbhakalakṣaṇam nocchvasenna ca niśvāsennaiva gātrāṇi cālayet | evaṃ bhāvaṃ niyuñjīyāt kumbhakasyeti lakṣaṇam || 13 || p. 17) andhavat paśya rūpāṇi śabdaṃ badhiravacchṛṇu | kāṣṭhavat paśya vai dehaṃ praśāntasyeti lakṣaṇam || 14 || kumbhakalakṣaṇamāha- nochvasediti | siddhādyāsanamāsthāya niścalagātro yogī recakapūrakavyāpāramakṛtvā evaṃ vāyustambhanabhāvaṃ niyuñjyāditi yattat kumbhakalakṣaṇam || 13 || kumbhakavelāyām andhabadhiravat rūpaśabdādivyāpṛtiviralo bhūyāditi praśāntalakṣaṇamāha- andhavaditi | andhabadhiragrahaṇaṃ śiṣṭendriyavaikalyopalakṣaṇārthaṃ; yathā andhādiḥ rūpādigrahaṇaṃ na karoti tathā avikalendriyo'pi rūpādīn andhādivat paśya svadehaṃ kāṣṭhavat paśyeti yattat praśāntasya lakṣaṇam | yogī sarvendriyavyāpṛtiviralo bhavedityarthaḥ || 14 || dhāraṇālakṣaṇam manaḥ saṃkalpakaṃ dhyātvā saṃkṣipyātmani buddhimān | dhārayitvā tathātmānaṃ dhāraṇā parikīrtitā || 15 || dhāraṇālakṣaṇamāha- mana iti | buddhimān yogī saṃkalpātmakaṃ manaḥ tadvṛttijātaṃ saṃkṣipya atha niḥsaṃkalpakaṃ dhyātvā ātmani nirvikalpake pratyagbhāvapariṇate manasi tathāvidhaṃ paramātmānaṃ dhārayitvā yā pratyakparaikyasthitiḥ seyaṃ dhāraṇeti parikīrtitā || 15 || tarkalakṣaṇam āgamasyāvirodhena ūhanaṃ tarka ucyate | tarkalakṣaṇamāha- āgamasyeti | śrutyanugṛhītohanameva tarka ityabhidhīyate || p. 18) samādhilakṣaṇam samaṃ manyeta yaṃ labdhvā sa samādhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 16 || samādhilakṣaṇamāha- samamiti | brahmāham, ahameva brahma iti yaṃ paramātmānaṃ matvā svavikalpitaprapañcajātaṃ samam ātmānameva manyeta sa samādhiriti śrutibhiḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 16 || samādhisiddhyupāyaḥ bhūmau darbhāsane ramye sarvadoṣavivarjite | kṛtvā manomayīṃ rakṣāṃ japtvā vai rathamaṇḍale || 17 || padmakaṃ svastikaṃ vāpi bhadrāsanamathāpi vā | baddhvā yogāsanaṃ samyaguttarābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ || 18 || nāsikāpuṭamaṅgulyā pidhāyaikena mārutam | ākṛṣya dhārayedagniṃ śabdameva vicintayet || 19 || omityekākṣaraṃ brahma omityetanna recayet | divyamantreṇa bahudhā kuryānmalavimuktaye || 20 || paścād dhyāyīta pūrvoktakramaśo mantravid budhaḥ | sthūlādisthūlasūkṣmaṃ ca nābherūrdhvamupakramaḥ || 21 || p. 19) tiryagūrdhvamadhodṛṣṭiṃ vihāya ca mahāmatiḥ | sthirasthāyī viniṣkampaḥ sadā yogaṃ samabhyaset || 22 || tālamātrāviniṣkampo dhāraṇāyojanaṃ tathā | dvādaśamātro yogastu kālato niyamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 23 || aghoṣamavyañjanamasvaraṃ ca atālukaṇṭhoṣṭhamanāsikaṃ ca yat | arephajātamubhayoṣmavarjitaṃ yadakṣaraṃ na kṣarate kathaṃcit || 24 || etādṛśasamādhisiddhyupāyamāha- bhūmāviti | viśuddhabhūmau; darbhāsanagrahaṇaṃ celājinopalakṣaṇārtham; kuśājinacelamṛdvāsane sarvadoṣarahite tatsaṃskārārthaṃ bhūśuddhibhūtaśuddhyādimanomayīṃ rakṣāṃ kṛtvā tadāsanamupaspṛśya rathamaṇḍale praṇavavyāhṛtisaurāṣṭākṣare yathāśakti japtvā || 17 || tatastadāsane yathāvidhyupaviśya atha padmasvastikabhadrayogāsaneṣvanyatamāsanamāsthāya samyak uttarābhimukhatayā āsīnaḥ san || 18 || nāsikāpuṭam ekena sāṅgulikareṇa pidhāya mārutamākṛṣya mūlādhāratrikoṇe agniṃ dhārayet; dhārayan śabdam oṃkārameva vicintayet || 19 || kiṃ tat | omityekākṣaramiti | oṃkārānusaṃdhānavicchitiṃ na kuryāt | svāntaḥkaraṇasthamalavimuktaye bahudhā divyamantreṇa japaṃ kuryāt || 20 || evaṃ mantravit budhaḥ paścāt pūrvoktakramaśaḥ dhyāyīta | dhyānakramaniyama ucyate- sthūlādīti | svāvidyāpadasthūlādyaśāro-pāpavādādhikaraṇavirāṭsūtrabījaturyarūpeṇa tatpravibhaktasthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ cādhiṣṭhāya | caśabdāt bījaturyāṃśamapyadhiṣṭhāyeti dyotyate | virāḍādayo bhavanti (?) svanābherūrdhvaṃ vidyamānahṛdayādiṣu virāḍādidhyānasya upakramaḥ kartavyaḥ || 21 || virāḍādidhyānopakramānantaraṃ mahāmatiḥ yogī svadhyeyasvarūpātiriktatiryagūrdhvamadhodṛṣṭiṃ vihāya | caśabdāt tadekaniṣṭho bhūtveti dyotyate | pūrvoktapadmāsane sthirasthāyī bhūtvā svābhilaṣitalakṣyānusaṃdhānato viniṣkampaḥ lakṣyaikatānacittaḥ san sadā virāḍādirahamasmītyanusaṃdhānarūpaṃ p. 20) yogaṃ samabhyaset || 22 || kumbhakamātrāniyamastu haṭaśābvāditālamātrāviniṣkampaḥ kālaḥ aṣṭamātrātmakaḥ saptamātrātmako vā yathā loke prathitaḥ tathā kumbhake śvāsadhāraṇāyojanaṃ kāryam | tathā saṃpūrṇakumbhake kālato dvādaśamātrātmako yogastu niyamena smṛtaḥ | atratyadvādaśamātrākālastu sahajocchvāsaniśvāsakālamānena ṣaṇṇavatimātrātmakaḥ smṛtaḥ | etāvatkālakumbhake svarūpaṃ dhyāyataḥ tadakṣarasākṣātkāro bhavatītyarthaḥ || 23 || kiṃ tadakṣaraṃ ghoṣādivarṇātmakaṃ ? ityata āha- aghoṣamiti | haśo ghoṣāḥ tadrahitam aghoṣam | vyañjanaṃ kakārādiḥ tadrahitam avyañjanam | tathākārādisvaraviralam asvaraṃ ca yat tālukaṇṭhoṣṭhanāsikāsthāne abhivyajyate tadrahitam | arephajātam antaḥ- sthakalanāviralaṃ śaṣasahādyubhayoṣmavarjitaṃ kathaṃcidapi yanna kṣarate tadevākṣaraṃ yogipratyakṣamupalabhyata ityarthaḥ || 24 || yogasya nityakartavyatā yenāsau paśyate mārgaṃ prāṇastenābhigacchati | atastamabhyasennityaṃ yanmārgagamanāya vai || 25 || yataḥ svaprāpya[pti]mārgadarśanahetuḥ yogaḥ, atastameva sadā abhyasedityāha- yeneti | asau yogī yena yogena svaprāpyamārgaṃ paśyate paśyati, prāṇastu dṛṅmano'gnibhiḥ saha tenaiva mārgeṇa abhigacchati | yata evam ataḥ yatpadaprāpakamārgagamanāyaiva tameva yogamapramādena abhyaset || 25 || sapta svaprāptidvārāṇi hṛddvāraṃ vāyudvāraṃ ca mūrdhadvāramathāparam | mokṣadvāraṃ bilaṃ caiva suṣiraṃ maṇḍalaṃ viduḥ || 26 || p. 21) svaprāpya[pti]dvārāṇi katividhānītyata āha- hṛddvāramiti | hṛddvāraṃ virāṭprāpakaṃ virājo hṛdayāśritabrahmāṇḍopadhikatvāt | vāyudvāraṃ sūtraprāpaka, vāyoḥ sūtrarūpatvāt, vāyurvai gautama tatsūtram iti śruteḥ | mūrdhadvāraṃ bījeśvaraprāpakaṃ, tayordhvamāyannamṛtatvameti iti śruteḥ | athāparaṃ kimityukte mokṣadvāraṃ ardhamātrātmakaṃ pratyagabhinnabrahmaprāpakaṃ, tadavagaterardhamātrādvārakatvāt | mokṣadvāraṃ tridhā bhidyate | tat katham ? ardhamātrāsthūlāṃśātmakaṃ bilaṃ, tasya turyavairājaprāpakatvāt | ardhamātrāsūkṣmāṃśātmakaṃ suṣiraṃ, turyasūtraprāpakatvāt | ardhamātrābījāṃśātmakaṃ maṇḍalaṃ, turyabījaprāpakatvāt | caśabdāt pareti vikhyātakaivalyadvāramastīti dyotyate, tasya niṣpratiyogikabrahmamātragamakatvāt | evaṃ saptadhā svātmāptidvārāṇi santīti brahmavidvarīyāṃso viduḥ jānantītyarthaḥ || 26 || bhayādīnāṃ tyāgaḥ bhayaṃ krodhamathālasyam atisvapnātijāgaram | atyāhāramanāhāraṃ nityaṃ yogī vivarjayet || 27 || bhayakrodhādivighnabāhulye sati kathamevaṃ siddhiḥ syādityāśaṅkya bhayādityāgataḥ tatsiddhiḥ syādityāha- bhayamiti | nirbhayādidarśanena bhayādivṛttityāgayogo bhavatītyatra- yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu | yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā || iti smṛtiḥ || 27 || p. 22) abhyāsaphalam anena vidhinā samyaṅ nityamabhyasyate kramāt | svayamutpadyate jñānaṃ tribhirmāsairna saṃśayaḥ || 28 || caturbhiḥ paśyate devān pañcabhirvitataḥ kramaḥ | icchayāpnoti kaivalyaṃ ṣaṣṭhe māsi na saṃśayaḥ || 29 || evamabhyāsaṃ kurvataḥ avāntaraphalaṃ mukhyaphalaṃ cāha- aneneti | bhūmau darbhāsane ramye iti yaduktam anena vidhinā abhyāsaṃ kurvataḥ tribhiḥ māsaiḥ svayameva upadeśamantarā brahmajñānam utpadyate || 28 || māsacatuṣṭayābhyāsāt indrādidevān paśyate paśyati | māsapañcakābhyāsato vitataḥ kramo virāḍādiḥ dṛśyate | ṣaṇmāsābhyāsato yadṛ[di]cchayā kaivalyam āpnotītyatra na hi saṃśayaḥ astītyarthaḥ || 29 || yogacintyam pārthivaḥ pañcamātrastu caturmātrastu vāruṇaḥ | āgneyastu trimātro'sau vāyavyastu dvimātrakaḥ || 30 || ekamātrastathākāśo hyamātraṃ tu vicintayet | yogena yaccintyaṃ tadāha- pārthiva iti || 30 || pārthivādyākāśāntam ekaikaguṇāpakarṣataḥ sūkṣmatvaṃ pratyaktvaṃ vyāpakatvam | itthaṃ mātrāviśiṣṭabhūtabhautikajātāpahnavasiddham amātraṃ brahma niṣpratiyogikasvamātramiti vicintayedityarthaḥ || p. 23) cintanāprakāraḥ saṃdhiṃ kṛtvā tu manasā cintayedātmanātmani || 31 || triṃśatsārdhāṅgulaḥ prāṇo yatra prāṇaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | eṣa prāṇa iti khyāto bāhyaprāṇasya gocaraḥ || 32 || taccintanāprakāramāha sadhimiti || 31 || ardhāṅgulādhikatriṃśadaṅgulagatiḥ prāṇo yatra hṛdayākāśe vāgādibhiḥ prāṇaiḥ saha pratiṣṭhitaḥ yo'yaṃ bāhyaprāṇasya ādhidaivikasya gocaro viṣayo bhavati, eṣa eva ādhyātmikaprāṇa iti vikhyāto bhavati | sa yatra hṛdayākāśe pratyagbhāsye svopajīvyakaraṇagrāmeṇa saha vilīyate, tadvilayādhikaraṇaṃ pratyagabhinnaṃ brahma tasmin brahmātmani brahmākārapariṇatamanasā tadbhāsakapratyagātmanā saṃdhimaikyaṃ kṛtvā pratyakparabhedasāpekṣatadaikyagatasaviśeṣāṃśāpahnavasiddhaṃ brahma svamātramiti vicintayet || 32 || śvāsapramāṇam aśītiśca śataṃ caiva sahasrāṇi trayodaśa | lakṣaścaikonaniśvāsaḥ ahorātrapramāṇataḥ || 33 || ahorātranirvartyaśvāsapramāṇamāha- aśītiśceti | dvyaśītyadhikaśatottarasahasralakṣasaṃkhyāviśiṣṭaniśvāsādiḥ ahorātrapramāṇato gaṇyate | śrutyantare tu ṣaṭsaṃkhyāhorātrayoḥ ekaviṃśatisahasrāṇi ṣaṭchatānyadhikāni bhavantītyāmnātam | prakāradvayapratibhātasaṃkhyābhedastu bālyādiśarīratāratamyata upapadyate | sukhaṃ tiṣṭhato dṛḍhagātrasya śvāsagatiḥ stimitā vibhāti, etadviparītasya viparītaṃ bhavatīti ubhayamapi saṃgacchate, nahi virodho'stītyarthaḥ || 33 || p. 24) prāṇādīnāṃ sthānāni prāṇa ādyo hṛdi sthāne apānastu punargude | samāno nābhideśe tu udānaḥ kaṇṭhamāśritaḥ || 34 || vyānaḥ sarveṣu cāṅgeṣu vyāpya tiṣṭhati sarvadā | evaṃ śvāsakṛtprāṇādisthānānyāha- prāṇa iti || 34 || teṣāṃ varṇabhedāḥ atha varṇāstu pañcānāṃ prāṇādīnāmanukramāt || 35 || raktavarṇo maṇiprakhyaḥ prāṇavāyuḥ prakīrtitaḥ | apānastasya madhye tu indrakopasamaprabhaḥ || 36 || samānastu dvayormadhye gokṣīradhavalaprabhaḥ | āpāṇḍara udānaśca vyāno hyarcisamaprabhaḥ || 37 || prāṇādyākṛtivarṇabhedamāha- atheti || 35-7 || paramaphalam yasyedaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhittvā māruto yāti mūrdhani | yatra yatra mriyedvāpi na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate | na sa bhūyo'bhijāyata ityupaniṣat || 38 || ṣaḍaṅgayogābhyāsaparamaphalaṃ prakaṭayan upasaṃharati- yasyeti | yasya mumukṣoḥ yogino mārutaḥ prāṇādiḥ ida svādhiṣṭheyahṛdayādi maṇḍalam abhyāsabalena p. 25) bhittvā mūrdhani sahasrāre vidyamānaṃ turyaṃ turyaturyaṃ vā svamātramityeti so'yaṃ tādṛśaparipakvayogī tīrthe śvapacagṛhe vā ityādiśrutyanurodhena yatra yatra jīvan tiṣṭhet mriyedvāpi so'yaṃ na hi bhūyo'bhijāyate brahmavedanasamakālaṃ brahmaiva bhavatītyarthaḥ | āvṛttiḥ ādarārthā | ityupaniṣacchabdaḥ amṛtanādopaniṣatsamāptyarthaḥ || 38 || śrīvāsudevendraśiṣyopaniṣadbrahmayoginā | likhitaṃ syādvivaraṇaṃ nādopaniṣadaḥ sphuṭam | prakṛtopaniṣadvyākhyāgranthaḥ ṣaṣṭyuttaraṃ śatam || iti śrīmadīśādyaṣṭottaraśatopaniṣacchāstravivaraṇe ekaviṃśatiṃsaṃkhyāpūrakam amṛtanādopaniṣadvivaraṇaṃ saṃpūrṇam ########### END OF FILE #######