#################################################### MUKTABODHA INDOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Use of this material (e-texts) is covered by Creative Commons license BY-NC 4.0 Catalog number: M00522 Uniform title: gorakṣaśataka Author : gorakṣanātha attributed to Description: A short yogic tract. Notes: Data-entered by the staff of Muktabodha under the supervision of Mark S.G. Dyczkowski. Revision 0: Sept. 12, 2021. Publisher : Oxford University Press Publication year : 1928 Publication city : Publication country : India #################################################### gorakṣaśatakam oṃ haṭhayogagorakṣaśatakaprārambhaḥ śrīguruṃ paramānandaṃ vande svānandavigraham | yasya saṃnidhyamātreṇa cidānandāyate tanuḥ || 1 || antarniścalitātmadīpakalikāsvādhārabandhādibhiḥ yo yogī yugakalpakālakalanāt tvaṃ jajegīyate | jñānāmodamahodadhiḥ samabhavad yatrādināthaḥ svayaṃ vyaktāvyaktaguṇādhikaṃ tam aniśaṃ śrīmīnanāthaṃ bhaje || 2 || namaskṛtya guruṃ bhaktyā gorakṣo jñānam uttamam | abhīṣṭaṃ yogināṃ brūte paramānandakārakam || 3 || gorakṣaḥ śatakaṃ vakti yogināṃ hitakāmyayā | dhruvaṃ yasyāvabodhena jāyate paramaṃ padam || 4 || etad vimuktisopānam etat kālasya vañcanam | yad vyāvṛttaṃ mano mohād āsaktaṃ paramātmani || 5 || dvijasevitaśākhasya śrutikalpataroḥ phalam | śamanaṃ bhavatāpasya yogaṃ bhajati sajjanaḥ || 6 || āsanaṃ prāṇasaṃyāmaḥ pratyāhāro'tha dhāraṇā | dhyānaṃ samādhir etāni yogāngāni bhavanti ṣaṭ || 7 || āsanāni tu tāvanti yāvatyo jīvajātayaḥ | eteṣām akhilān bhedān vijānāti maheśvaraḥ || 8 || caturāśītilakṣāṇāṃ ekam ekam udāhṛtam | tataḥ śivena pīṭhānāṃ ṣoḍeśānaṃ śataṃ kṛtam || 9 || āsanebhyaḥ samastebhyo dvayam eva viśiṣyate | ekaṃ siddhāsanaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ kamalāsanam || 10 || yonisthānakam anghrimūlaghaṭitaṃ kṛtvā dṛḍhaṃ vinyasen meḍhre pādam athaikam eva niyataṃ kṛtvā samaṃ vigraham | sthāṇuḥ saṃyamitendriyo'caladṛśā paśyan bhruvor antaram etan mokṣakavāṭabhedajanakaṃ siddhāsanaṃ procyate || 11 || vāmorūpari dakṣiṇaṃ hi caraṇaṃ saṃsthāpya vāmaṃ tathā dakṣorūpari paścimena vidhinā dhṛtvā karābhyāṃ dṛḍham | anguṣṭhau hṛdaye nidhāya cibukaṃ nāsāgram ālokayed etadvyādhivikārahāri yamināṃ padmāsanaṃ procyate || 12 || ṣaṭcakraṃ ṣoḍaśādhāraṃ trilakṣaṃ vyomapañcakam | svadehe ye na jānanti kathaṃ sidhyanti yoginaḥ || 13 || ekastambhaṃ navadvāraṃ gṛhaṃ pañcādhidaivatam | svadehaṃ ye na jānanti kathaṃ sidhyanti yoginaḥ || 14 || caturdalaṃ syād ādhāraḥ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ ca ṣaṭdalam | nābhau daśadalaṃ padmaṃ sūryasankhyadalaṃ hṛdi || 15 || kaṇṭhe syāt ṣoḍaśadalaṃ bhrūmadhye dvidalaṃ tathā | sahasradalam ākhyātaṃ brahmarandhre mahāpathe || 16 || ādhāraḥ prathamaṃ cakraṃ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ dvitīyakam | yonisthānaṃ dvayor madhye kāmarūpaṃ nigadyate || 17 || ādhārākhyaṃ gudasthānaṃ pankajaṃ ca caturdalam | tanmadhye procyate yoniḥ kāmākṣā siddhavanditā || 18 || yonimadhye mahālingaṃ paścimābhimukhaṃ sthitam | mastake maṇivad bimbaṃ yo jānāti sa yogavit || 19 || taptacāmīkarābhāsaṃ taḍillekheva visphurat | trikoṇaṃ tatpuraṃ vahner adhomeḍhrāt pratiṣṭhitam || 20 || yat samādhau paraṃ jyotir anantaṃ viśvatomukham | tasmin dṛṣṭe mahāyoge yātāyātaṃ na vidyate || 21 || svaśabdena bhavet prāṇaḥ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ tadāśrayaḥ | svādhiṣṭhānāt padād asmān meḍhram evābhidhīyate || 22 || tantunā maṇivat proto yatra kandaḥ suṣumṇayā | tannābhimaṇḍalaṃ cakraṃ procyate maṇipūrakam || 23 || dvādaśāre mahācakre puṇyapāpavivarjite | tāvaj jīvo bhramaty eva yāvat tattvaṃ na vindati || 24 || ūrdhvaṃ meḍhrād adho nābheḥ kandayoniḥ khagāṇḍavat | tatra nāḍyaḥ samutpannāḥ sahasrāṇāṃ dvisaptatiḥ || 25 || teṣu nāḍisahasreṣu dvisaptatir udāhṛtāḥ | pradhānaṃ prāṇavāhinyo bhūyas tatra daśa smṛtāḥ || 26 || iḍā ca pingalā caiva suṣumṇā ca tṛtīyakā | gāndhārī hastijihvā ca pūṣā caiva yaśasvinī || 27 || alambuṣā kuhūś caiva śankhinī daśamī smṛtā | etan nāḍimayaṃ cakraṃ jñātavyaṃ yogibhiḥ sadā || 28 || iḍā vāme sthitā bhāge pingalā dakṣiṇe tathā | suṣumṇā madhyadeśe tu gāndhārī vāmacakṣuṣi || 29 || dakṣiṇe hastijihvā ca pūṣā karṇe ca dakṣiṇe | yaśasvinī vāmakarṇe cāsane vāpy alambuṣā || 30 || kuhūś ca lingadeśe tu mūlasthāne ca śankhinī | evaṃ dvāram upāśritya tiṣṭhanti daśanāḍikāḥ || 31 || iḍāpingalāsuṣumṇā ca tisro nāḍya udāhṛtāḥ | satataṃ prāṇavāhinyaḥ somasūryāgnidevatāḥ || 32 || prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaś ca udāno vyānau ca vāyavaḥ | nāgaḥ kūrmo'tha kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ || 33 || hṛdi prāṇo vasen nityaṃ apāno gudamaṇḍale | samāno nābhideśe syād udānaḥ kaṇṭhamadhyagaḥ || 34 || udgāre nāgākhyātaḥ kūrma unmīlane smṛtaḥ | kṛkaraḥ kṣutakṛj jñeyo devadatto vijṛmbhaṇe || 35 || na jahāti mṛtaṃ cāpi sarvavyāpi dhanañjayaḥ | ete sarvāsu nāḍīṣu bhramante jīvarūpiṇaḥ || 36 || ākṣipto bhujadaṇḍena yathoccalati kandukaḥ | prāṇāpānasamākṣiptas tathā jīvo na tiṣṭhati || 38 || prāṇāpānavaśo jīvo hy adhaś cordhvaṃ ca dhāvati | vāmadakṣiṇamārgeṇa cañcalatvān na dṛśyate || 39 || rajjubaddho yathā śyeno gato'py ākṛṣyate(?) | guṇabaddhas tathā jīvaḥ prāṇāpānena kṛṣyate || 40 || apānaḥ karṣati prāṇaḥ prāṇo'pānaṃ ca karṣati | ūrdhvādhaḥ saṃsthitāv etau saṃyojayati yogavit || 41 || hakāreṇa bahir yāti sakāreṇa viśet punaḥ | haṃsahaṃsety amuṃ mantraṃ jīvo japati sarvadā || 42 || ṣaṭśatāni tvahorātre sahasrāṇy ekaviṃśatiḥ | etat sankhyānvitaṃ mantra jīvo japati sarvadā || 43 || ajapā nāma gāyatrī yogināṃ mokṣadāyinī | asyāḥ sankalpamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 44 || anayā sadṛśī vidyā anayā sadṛśo japaḥ | anayā sadṛśaṃ jñānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati || 45 || kundalinyāḥ samudbhūtā gāyatrī prāṇadhāriṇī | prāṇavidyā mahāvidyā yas tāṃ vetti sa yogavit || 46 || kandordhvaṃ kuṇḍalī śaktir aṣṭadhā kuṇḍalākṛti | brahmadvāramukhaṃ nityaṃ mukhenācchādya tiṣṭhati || 47 || yena dvāreṇa gantavyaṃ brahmasthānam anāmayam | mukhenācchādya taddvāraṃ prasuptā parameśvarī || 48 || prabuddhā vahniyogena manasā mārutā hatā | sūcīvad guṇam ādāya vrajaty ūrdhvaṃ suṣumṇayā || 49 || prasphuradbhujagākārā padmatantunibhā śubhā | prabuddhā vahniyogena vratya ūrdhvaṃ suṣumṇayā || 50 || udghaṭayet kapāṭaṃ tu yathā kuñcikayā haṭhāt | kuṇḍalinyā tathā yogī mokṣadvāraṃ prabhedayet || 51 || kṛtvā sampuṭitau karau dṛḍhataraṃ baddhvā tu padmāsanaṃ gāḍhaṃ vakṣasi sannidhāya cibukaṃ dhyātvā ca tat prekṣitam | vāraṃ vāram apānam ūrdhvam anilaṃ proccārayet pūritaṃ muñcan prāṇam upaiti bodham atulaṃ śaktiprabodhān naraḥ || 52 || angānāṃ mardanaṃ kuryāc chramajātena vāriṇā | kaṭvamlalavaṇatyāgī kṣīrabhojanam ācaret || 53 || brahmacārī mitāhārī tyāgī yogaparāyaṇaḥ | abdād ūrdhvaṃ bhavet siddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 54 || susnigdhaṃ madhurāhāraṃ caturthāṃśavivarjitam | bhujyate surasamprītyai mitāhāraḥ sa ucyate || 55 || kandordhvaṃ kuṇḍalī śaktir aṣṭadhā kuṇḍalākṛtiḥ | bandhanāya ca mūḍhānāṃ yogināṃ mokṣadā smṛtā || 56 || mahāmudrāṃ namomudrām uḍḍiyānaṃ jalandharam | mūlabandhaṃ ca yo vetti sa yogī siddhibhājanam || 57 || śodhanaṃ nāḍijālasya cālanaṃ candrasūryayoḥ | rasānāṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva mahāmudrābhidhīyate || 58 || vakṣonyastahanur nipīḍya suciraṃ yoniṃ ca vāmānghriṇā hastābhyām avadhāritaṃ prasaritaṃ pādaṃ tathā dakṣiṇam | āpūrya śvasanena kukṣiyugalaṃ baddhvā śanai recayed eṣā pātakanāśinī sumahatī mudrā n?ṇāṃ procyate || 59 || candrāngena samabhyasya sūryāngenābhyaset punaḥ | yāvat tulyā bhavet sankhyā tato mudrāṃ visarjayet || 60 || na hi pathyam apathyaṃ vā rasāḥ sarve'pi nīrasāḥ | api muktaṃ viṣaṃ ghoraṃ pīyūṣam api jīryate || 61 || kṣayakuṣṭhagudāvarta gulmājīrṇapurogamāḥ | tasya doṣāḥ kṣayaṃ yānti mahāmudrāṃ tu yo'bhyaset || 62 || kathiteyaṃ mahāmudrā mahāsiddhikarā n?ṇām | gopanīyā prayatnena na deyā yasya kasyacit || 63 || kapālakuhare jihvā praviṣṭā viparītagā | bhruvor antargatā dṛṣṭir mudrā bhavati khecarī || 64 || na rogo maraṇaṃ tandrā na nidrā na kṣudhā tṛṣā | na ca mūrcchā bhavet tasya yo mudrāṃ vetti khecarīm || 65 || pīḍyate na sa rogeṇa lipyate na ca karmaṇā | bādhyate na sa kālena yo mudrāṃ vetti khecarīm || 66 || cittaṃ carati khe yasmāj jihvā carati khe gatā | tenaiṣā khecarī nāma mudrā siddhair nirūpitā || 67 || bindumūlaṃ śarīraṃ tu śirās tatra pratiṣṭhitāḥ | bhāvayanti śarīraṃ yā āpādatalamastakam || 68 || khecaryā mudritaṃ yena vivaraṃ lambikordhvataḥ | na tasya kṣarate binduḥ kāminyālingitasya ca || 69 || yāvad binduḥ sthito dehe tāvat kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ | yāvad baddhā nabhomudrā tāvad bindur na gacchati || 70 || calito'pi yadā binduḥ samprāptaś ca hutāśanam | vrajaty ūrdhvaṃ hṛtaḥ śaktyā niruddho yonimudrayā || 71 || sa punar dvividho binduḥ paṇḍuro lohitas tathā | pāṇḍuraṃ śukram ity āhur lohitaṃ tu mahārājaḥ || 72 || sindūradravasankāśaṃ ravisthāne sthitaṃ rajaḥ | śaśisthāne sthito bindus tayor aikyaṃ sudurlabham || 73 || binduḥ śivo rajaḥ śaktir bindum indū rajo raviḥ | ubhayoḥ sangamād eva prāpyate paramaṃ padam || 74 || vāyunā śakticāreṇa preritaṃ tu mahārajaḥ | bindunaiti sahaikatvaṃ bhaved divyaṃ vapus tadā || 75 || śukraṃ candreṇa saṃyuktaṃ rajaḥ sūryeṇa saṃyutam | tayoḥ samarasaikatvaṃ yojānāti sa yogavit || 76 || uḍḍīnaṃ kurute yasmād aviśrāntaṃ mahākhagaḥ | uḍḍīyānaṃ tad eva syāt tava bandho'bhidhīyate || 77 || udarāt paścime bhāge hy adho nābher nigadyate | uḍḍīyanasya bandho'yaṃ tatra bandho vidhīyate || 78 || badhnāti hi sirājālam adhogāmi śirojalam | tato jālandharo bandhaḥ kaṇṭhaduḥkhaughanāśanaḥ || 79 || jālandhare kṛte bandhe kaṇṭhasaṃkocalakṣaṇe | pīyūṣaṃ na pataty agnau na ca vāyuḥ prakupyati || 80 || pārṣṇibhāgena sampīḍya yonim ākuñcayed gudam | apānam ūrdhvam ākṛṣya mūlabandho'bhidhīyate || 81 || apānaprāṇayor aikyāt kṣayān mūtrapurīṣayoḥ | yuvā bhavati vṛddho'pi satataṃ mūlabandhanāt || 82 || padmāsanaṃ samāruhya samakāyaśirodharaḥ | nāsāgradṛṣṭir ekānte japed onkāram avyayam || 83 || bhūr bhuvaḥ svar ime lokāḥ somasūryāgnidevatāḥ | yasyā mātrāsu tiṣṭhanti tat paraṃ jyotir om iti || 84 || trayaḥ kālās trayo vedās trayo lokās trayaḥ sverāḥ | trayo devāḥ sthitā yatra tat paraṃ jyotir om iti || 85 || kriyā cecchā tathā jñānā brāhmī raudrī ca vaiṣṇavī | tridhā śaktiḥ sthitā yatra tat paraṃ jyotir om iti || 86 || ākārāś ca tathokāro makāro bindusaṃjñakaḥ | tisro mātrāḥ sthitā yatra tat paraṃ jyotir om iti || 87 || vacasā taj jayed bījaṃ vapuṣā tat samabhyaset | manasā tat smaren nityaṃ tat paraṃ jyotir om iti || 88 || śucir vāpy aśucir vāpi yo japet praṇavaṃ sadā | lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatram ivāmbhasā || 89 || cale vāte calo bindur niścale niścalo bhavet | yogī sthāṇutvam āpnoti tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet || 90 || yāvad vāyuḥ sthito dehe tāvaj jīvanam ucyate | maraṇaṃ tasya niṣkrāntis tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet || 91 || yāvad baddho marud dehe yāvac cittaṃ nirākulam | yāvad dṛṣṭir bhruvor madhye tāvat kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ || 92 || ataḥ kālabhayād brahmā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ | yogino munayaś caiva tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet || 93 || ṣaṭtriṃśadangulo haṃsaḥ prayāṇaṃ kurute bahiḥ | vāmadakṣiṇamārgeṇa tataḥ prāṇo'bhidhīyate || 94 || śuddhim eti yadā sarvaṃ nāḍīcakraṃ malākulam | tadaiva jāyate yogī prāṇasaṃgrahaṇe kṣamaḥ || 95 || baddhapadmāsano yogī prāṇaṃ candreṇa pūrayet | dhārayitvā yathāśakti bhūyaḥ sūryeṇa recayet || 96 || amṛtaṃ dadhisankāśaṃ gokṣīrarajatopamam | dhyātvā candramaso bimbaṃ prāṇāyāmī sukhī bhavet || 97 || dakṣiṇo śvāsam ākṛṣya pūrayed udaraṃ śanaiḥ | kumbhayitvā vidhānena puraś candreṇa recayet || 98 || prajvalajjvalanajvālā puñjam ādityamaṇḍalam | dhyātvā nābhisthitaṃ yogī prāṇāyāme sukhī bhavet || 99 || prāṇaṃ codiḍayā piben parimitaṃ bhūyo'nyayā recayet pītvā pingalayā samīraṇam atho baddhvā tyajed vāmayā | sūryacandramasor anena vidhinā bimbadvayaṃ dhyāyataḥ śuddhā nāḍigaṇā bhavanti yamino māsatrayād ūrdhvataḥ || 100 || yatheṣṭhaṃ dhāraṇaṃ vāyor analasya pradīpanam | nādābhivyaktir ārogyaṃ jāyate nāḍiśodhanāt || 101 || iti gorakṣaśatakaṃ sampūrṇam ########### END OF FILE #######