Pushkarmuni Abhinandan Granth

Author(s): Devendramuni, A D Batra, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Rajasthankesari Adhyatmayogi Upadhyay Shree Pushkar Muni Abhinandan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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श्री पुष्करमुनि अभिनन्दन ग्रन्थ : नवम खण्ड
Prānāyāmas :
प्राणायामेण पातकं ( हन्ति ) । - गो. श. ५४. ( Prānāyāmena patakam (hanti) ) “Prānāyāma destroys the sins."
प्राणायामैरेव सर्वे प्रशुष्यन्ति मला इति ।
आचार्याणां तु केषांचिदन्यत्कर्म न संगतम् ॥ - ह. प्र. II - ३८ (Präṇayamaireva sarve praśuşyanti mala iti
ācāryānāṁ tu keṣañcidanyatkarma na sammatam || )
"With praṇāyāmas alone all the impurities are removed. According to some authorities no other practice (purificatory) is necessary.”
Dhiyna:
ध्यानेन सदृशं नास्ति शोधनं पापकर्मणाम् । . यो. या IX - १७८ (dhyänena sadṛśam nästi sodhanam papakarmaṇām)
"There is no other purificatory process equal to dhayna for overcoming the evil deeds." Satkarmas for Sodhana
In a restricted sense Sodhana Kriyās represent şaṭkarmas or six cleaning processes. These are the special features of Hathayoga. Although the saṭkarmas have some similarity with Pañcakarmas of Ayurveda, Hathayoga has developed the contents of satkarmas very elaborately. Attempts have been made to synthesize the basis of Pañcakarmas with that of satkarmas in Satkarmasamgraha. There is no doubt that satkarmas play a prominent role in the Hathayoga curriculum.
Satkarmas refer to the following six cleansing processes which are summed up in the verse quoted in Hathapradipika:
धोतिबस्तिस्तथा नेतिस्त्राटकं नौलिकं तथा ।
कपालभातिश्चैतानि षट् कर्माणि प्रचक्षते ॥ ह. प्र. II-२२. (dhautirbastistatha netistraṭakam naulikam tatha |
Kapalabhatiscaitani şat karmāņi pracakṣate || )
Really speaking, satkarmas are not six cleansing processes but six classes of cleansing processes. A very elaborate description of these cleansing processes is available in the Gheranda Samhita. Table I gives divisions and sub-divisions of the satkarmas. We do not know of any other authoritative Hathayogic text except Gheranda Samhita which gives exhaustive list of varieties of Dhauti. The efficacy of şaṭkarmas can be gathered from the following verse:
कर्मषट्कमिदं गोप्यं घटशोधनकारकम् ।
विचित्र गुणसंधायि पूज्यते योगिपुंगवः ॥ . प्र. II-२३. (Karmaṣatkamidaṁ gopyaṁ ghatasodhanakarakam vicitragunasandhāyi pūjyate yogi pungavaiḥ || )
'षट्कर्मयोगमाप्नोति पवनाभ्यास तत्पर : ' - Quoted by ब्रह्मानन्द in ज्योत्स्ना । (gatkarmayogamāpnoti pavanābhyāsatatparah ) "Practitioners of Pranayama resort to ṣaikarmas." 'षट्कर्मनिर्गतस्थौल्य कफदोषादिकः ।
प्राणायामं ततः कुर्यादनायासेन सिध्यति ॥ -ह. प्र. II ३७ (satkarmanirgatasthaulyakaphadosamaladikaḥ prāṇāyāmaṁ tataḥ kuryadanāyasena sidhyati | )
Satkarmas in Smṛtis have different meaning. The saṭkarmas mentioned in Bṛhatparāśara Smrti are as follows:
सन्ध्या स्नानं जपश्चैव देवतानाञ्च पूजनम् । वैश्वदेवं तथाऽऽतिव्यं
कर्माणि दिने दिने । बृहत् पराशरस्मृति २७.