हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

76 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ
is heard in the ākāśa [between the eyebrows]. Then
[the Prāṇa] reaches the Mahāśūnya which is the seat
of all siddhi-s.
75. Having gone beyond the blissful state of the
mind [arising from the hearing of the sounds] there is
the experience of the natural state of bliss [of the
Ātman]. Then he becomes free from disorders [of the
humours], pain, old age, disease, hunger and som-
nolence.
76. Then the NIṢPATTYAVASTHĀ [is described]:
Having broken the knot of Rudra [Rudra-granthi, in
the Ājñā-cakra] the Prāṇa reaches the seat of Īśvara
[which is in the ākāśa between the eyebrows]. Then
in Niṣpatti there is heard a sound as of the flute
which assumes the resonance of a vīṇā (string instru-
ment).
The Niṣpatti stage is reached when the Prāṇa reaches the
Brahmarandhra.
77. The integration of the mind [in a state where
the subject-object duality does not exist] is called
Rāja-yoga. Such a Yogin, being the master of crea-
tion and destruction, becomes the equal of Īśvara.
This means that he is the master of the disintegration and
reintegration of matter, and hence can evolve forms and destroy
them. And thus he possesses, on a smaller scale, the powers of
Īśvara.
78. Let there be liberation or not, here is perfect
bliss. This bliss arising from absorption (laya) is
obtained through Rāja-yoga.