हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ 67
is the lord of the Prāṇa and that absorption has Nāda
(the inner sound) for its basis.
30. This itself [the quiescence of the mind] may
be called liberation; others may say that it is not.
[However] when the Prāṇa and mind are in a state of
absorption, an indefinable bliss ensues.
31. When inhalation and exhalation are sus-
pended, when all grasping of objects [by the senses]
has completely ceased, when there is no movement
of the body, and no modification of the mind, there is
success in absorption (laya) for Yogin-s.
32. When all mental transformations (saṃkalpa)
have entirely ceased and when there is no physical
movement, an indescribable state of absorption ensues,
which is known by the self, but is beyond the reach of
words.
33. Where vision is [directed], there [in Brah-
man] is absorption. That [Avidyā] in which eternally
exist the elements [such as earth] and the senses
[hearing, etc.] and that Force (śakti) which is in all
living things, both are dissolved in the characteristicless
[Brahman].
34. People say ‘ laya, laya ’, but what is the nature
of laya? Laya is the non-recollection of the objects of
sense due to the non-recurrence of previously acquired
impressions and tendencies (vāsanā-s).
35. The Veda-s, Śāstra-s and Purāṇa-s are like
common courtesans [as they are available to all men].
But the Śāmbhavī-mudrā is guarded like a well-born
woman.