Raja-Yoga

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has begun.
APPENDIX. 225
Unto him does not conve disease, nor old
age, nor death, who has got a body made up of the fire
of Yoga.
The first signs of entering Yoga are lightness, health,
the skin becomes smooth, the complexion clear, the
voice beautiful, and there is
body.
an agreeable odour in the
14. As gold or silver, first covered with earth, etc.,
and then burned and washed, shines full of light, so
the embodied man seeing the truth of the Atman as
one, attains the goal and becomes sorrowless.
Yajnavalkya, quoted by Sankara.
After practising the postures as desired, according
to rules, then, O Gdrgt, the man who has conquered
the posture will practise Prdndydma.
On the seat of earth, spreading the KuSa grass,
and over it a skin, worshipping Ganapati with fruits
and sweetmeats, seated on that seat, placing the oppo
site hands on the knees, holding the throat and head
in the same line, the lips closed and firm, facing the
east or the north, the eyes fixed on the tip of the nose,
avoiding too much food or fasting, the Nddis should be
purified according to the above-mentioned rule, with
out which the practice will be fruitless, thinking of the
(seed-word) Hum, at the junction of Pingald and IdA
(the right and the left nostrils), the Idd should be
filled with external air in twelve Mdtrds (seconds),
then the Yogi meditates fire in the same place and the
word * Rang, and while meditating thus, slowly rejects