हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

80 HAṬHAYOGAPRADĪPIKĀ
97. The mind is like a serpent within, which on
hearing the Nāda, becomes oblivious of all else and,
absorbed in the one thing, does not move away else-
where.
When there is no ideation, it is called Samādhi. Sam-
prajñāta Samādhi is described here as defined by Patañjali.
98. The fire burning in a piece of wood, subsides
along with the [burnt out] wood. So also, the mind
directed to Nāda is absorbed along with it.
The Rājasa and Tāmasa qualities being destroyed, the Sattva
quality alone remains. The Maitrāyaṇī-upaniṣad says: Just as the
fire, when the fuel is burnt out, is absorbed into its source, so also
the mind, when the modifications are ended, is absorbed into its
source.
99. The mind is like a deer, drawn by the sound
of bells, etc. and held still, and [hence] slain with ease
[i.e. totally silenced] by one who is expert in controlling
Prāṇa [archery].
The mind, absorbed in Nāda, is free of all modifications.
Then the Yogin, like an archer, might kill it by directing his
breath to the Brahmarandhra through the Suṣumnā: As said in the
Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad, Praṇava is the bow, Ātman the arrow and
Brahman the mark. If one carefully shoots at the mark, he
becomes one with it.
100. There is the sound of the mystical resonance
which is heard. The quintessence of that sound is the
[supreme] object of knowledge [i.e. the self-illumined,
absolute Consciousness]. The mind becomes one with
that object of knowledge. The mind dissolves therein.