हठयोग प्रदीपिका (योगी स्वात्माराम - ज्योत्स्ना टीका सहित सटीक)

INTRODUCTION
THE Haṭhayogapradīpikā is a well-known authoritative
treatise on Yoga which has been taken for a guide by
different classes of Yogin-s in India. Of all the existing
works on occultism, the Haṭhayogapradīpikā is perhaps
the one which stands unrivalled in its attempt to grapple
with the task of reconciling the Rāja-yoga and Haṭha-
yoga systems. Concealing a truth in every sentence,
the treatise offers, in one respect, a wealth of occult
lore to the earnest student of Yogavidyā, and, in another,
holds behind the apparent charms of a bright curtain
a venomous serpent ready to pounce upon the first strag-
gler from the right hand path who has not thoroughly
shaken off earthly impurities before launching himself
upon the forbidden path of Yoga. The pure and
unselfish alone will have the keenness and power to
extract the pure drop of immortality from the compound
mixture in which the mystic author of the treatise
has so beautifully combined the two systems of Yoga.
The word yoga means union between Jīvātman
and Paramātman. The science that teaches the way
of acquiring this occult knowledge is called Yoga-
śāstra. As this knowledge leads directly to the fusion
of the Jīvātman and the Paramātman, it is consider-
ed very sacred and sublime, and, as such, is not