(= Gorakhnāth): Gorakṣaśataka
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- the version of the text found in Briggs' Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis (1938), reprinted in 1989 by Motilal Banarsidass (pp. 284-304).
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Goraksanatha [= Gorakhnath]: Goraksasataka
Based on the version of the text found in Briggs' Gorakhnath and the
Kanphata Yogis (1938), reprinted in 1989 by Motilal Banarsidass (pp. 284-304).
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Comment by the unknown contributor:
Another, quite different version of this text is found in another file
(Gorakṣa-śatakam 1). The numbers of verses found in the other version are given
in brackets. Many of the verses are from Haṭha-yoga-pradīpikā and I would
suspect that those not accounted for are taken from another text.
It is hard to believe that this text is the original Gorakṣa-śataka.
It looks more like someone was compiling verses from GS and HYP and
other sources and never completed his mission.
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Revisions:
- 2020-07-31: TEI encoding by mass conversion of GRETIL's Sanskrit corpus
- 2025-05-20: Added BK, GND and ISO code for language.
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gorakṣa-śatakam
oṃ haṭha-yoga-gorakṣa-śataka-prārambhaḥ
śrī-guruṃ paramānandaṃ vande svānanda-vigraham
yasya saṃnidhya-mātreṇa cidānandāyate tanuḥ //
GorS_1
antar-niścalitātma-dīpa-kalikā-svādhāra-bandhādibhiḥ yo yogī yuga-kalpa-kāla-kalanāt tvaṃ jajegīyate
jñānāmoda-mahodadhiḥ samabhavad yatrādināthaḥ svayaṃ vyaktāvyakta-guṇādhikaṃ tam aniśaṃ śrī-mīnanāthaṃ bhaje //
GorS_2
namaskṛtya guruṃ bhaktyā gorakṣo jñānam uttamam
abhīṣṭaṃ yogināṃ brūte paramānanda-kārakam //
GorS_3
gorakṣaḥ śatakaṃ vakti yogināṃ hita-kāmyayā
dhruvaṃ yasyāvabodhena jāyate paramaṃ padam //
GorS_4
etad vimukti-sopānam etat kālasya vañcanam
yad vyāvṛttaṃ mano mohād āsaktaṃ paramātmani //
GorS_5
dvija-sevita-śākhasya śruti-kalpa-taroḥ phalam
śamanaṃ bhava-tāpasya yogaṃ bhajati sajjanaḥ //
GorS_6 (=1|3)
āsanaṃ prāṇa-saṃyāmaḥ pratyāhāro'tha dhāraṇā
dhyānaṃ samādhir etāni yogāṅgāni bhavanti ṣaṭ //
GorS_7 (=1|4)
āsanāni tu tāvanti yāvatyo jīva-jātayaḥ
eteṣām akhilān bhedān vijānāti maheśvaraḥ //
GorS_8 (=1|5)
caturāśīti-lakṣāṇāṃ ekam ekam udāhṛtam
tataḥ śivena pīṭhānāṃ ṣoḍeśānaṃ śataṃ kṛtam //
GorS_9 (=1|6)
āsanebhyaḥ samastebhyo dvayam eva viśiṣyate
ekaṃ siddhāsanaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ kamalāsanam //
GorS_10 (=1|7)
yoni-sthānakam aṅghri-mūla-ghaṭitaṃ kṛtvā dṛḍhaṃ vinyasen meḍhre pādam athaikam eva niyataṃ kṛtvā samaṃ vigraham
sthāṇuḥ saṃyamitendriyo'cala-dṛśā paśyan bhruvor antaram etan mokṣa-kavāṭa-bheda-janakaṃ siddhāsanaṃ procyate //
GorS_11 (=1|8)
vāmorūpari dakṣiṇaṃ hi caraṇaṃ saṃsthāpya vāmaṃ tathā dakṣorūpari paścimena vidhinā dhṛtvā karābhyāṃ dṛḍham
aṅguṣṭhau hṛdaye nidhāya cibukaṃ nāsāgram ālokayed etad-vyādhi-vikāra-hāri yamināṃ padmāsanaṃ procyate //
GorS_12 (=1|9)
ṣaṭ-cakraṃ ṣoḍaśādhāraṃ trilakṣaṃ vyoma-pañcakam
sva-dehe ye na jānanti kathaṃ sidhyanti yoginaḥ //
GorS_13 (=1|10)
eka-stambhaṃ nava-dvāraṃ gṛhaṃ pañcādhidaivatam
sva-dehaṃ ye na jānanti kathaṃ sidhyanti yoginaḥ //
GorS_14
caturdalaṃ syād ādhāraḥ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ ca ṣaṭ-dalam
nābhau daśa-dalaṃ padmaṃ sūrya-saṅkhya-dalaṃ hṛdi //
GorS_15
kaṇṭhe syāt ṣoḍaśa-dalaṃ bhrū-madhye dvidalaṃ tathā
sahasra-dalam ākhyātaṃ brahma-randhre mahā-pathe //
GorS_16
ādhāraḥ prathamaṃ cakraṃ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ dvitīyakam
yoni-sthānaṃ dvayor madhye kāma-rūpaṃ nigadyate //
GorS_17
ādhārākhyaṃ guda-sthānaṃ paṅkajaṃ ca catur-dalam
tan-madhye procyate yoniḥ kāmākṣā siddha-vanditā //
GorS_18 (=1|11)
yoni-madhye mahā-liṅgaṃ paścimābhimukhaṃ sthitam
mastake maṇivad bimbaṃ yo jānāti sa yogavit //
GorS_19 (=1|12)
tapta-cāmīkarābhāsaṃ taḍil-lekheva visphurat
trikoṇaṃ tat-puraṃ vahner adho-meḍhrāt pratiṣṭhitam //
GorS_20 (=1|13)
yat samādhau paraṃ jyotir anantaṃ viśvato-mukham
tasmin dṛṣṭe mahā-yoge yātāyātaṃ na vidyate //
GorS_21 (=1|14)
sva-śabdena bhavet prāṇaḥ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ tad-āśrayaḥ
svādhiṣṭhānāt padād asmān meḍhram evābhidhīyate //
GorS_22
tantunā maṇivat proto yatra kandaḥ suṣumṇayā
tan-nābhi-maṇḍalaṃ cakraṃ procyate maṇi-pūrakam //
GorS_23 (=1|15)
dvādaśāre mahā-cakre puṇya-pāpa-vivarjite
tāvaj jīvo bhramaty eva yāvat tattvaṃ na vindati //
GorS_24 (=1|16)
ūrdhvaṃ meḍhrād adho nābheḥ kanda-yoniḥ khagāṇḍavat
tatra nāḍyaḥ samutpannāḥ sahasrāṇāṃ dvisaptatiḥ //
GorS_25
teṣu nāḍi-sahasreṣu dvisaptatir udāhṛtāḥ
pradhānaṃ prāṇa-vāhinyo bhūyas tatra daśa smṛtāḥ //
GorS_26 (=1|17)
iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā ca tṛtīyakā
gāndhārī hasti-jihvā ca pūṣā caiva yaśasvinī //
GorS_27 (=1|18)
alambuṣā kuhūś caiva śaṅkhinī daśamī smṛtā
etan nāḍi-mayaṃ cakraṃ jñātavyaṃ yogibhiḥ sadā //
GorS_28 (=1|19)
iḍā vāme sthitā bhāge piṅgalā dakṣiṇe tathā
suṣumṇā madhya-deśe tu gāndhārī vāma-cakṣuṣi //
GorS_29 (=1|20)
dakṣiṇe hasti-jihvā ca pūṣā karṇe ca dakṣiṇe
yaśasvinī vāma-karṇe cāsane vāpy alambuṣā //
GorS_30 (=1|21)
kuhūś ca liṅga-deśe tu mūla-sthāne ca śaṅkhinī
evaṃ dvāram upāśritya tiṣṭhanti daśa-nāḍikāḥ //
GorS_31 (=1|22)
iḍā-piṅgalā-suṣumṇā ca tisro nāḍya udāhṛtāḥ
satataṃ prāṇa-vāhinyaḥ soma-sūryāgni-devatāḥ //
GorS_32 (=1|23)
prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaś ca udāno vyānau ca vāyavaḥ
nāgaḥ kūrmo'tha kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ //
GorS_33 (=1|24)
hṛdi prāṇo vasen nityaṃ apāno guda-maṇḍale
samāno nābhi-deśe syād udānaḥ kaṇṭha-madhyagaḥ //
GorS_34 (=1|25)
udgāre nāgākhyātaḥ kūrma unmīlane smṛtaḥ
kṛkaraḥ kṣuta-kṛj jñeyo devadatto vijṛmbhaṇe //
GorS_35
na jahāti mṛtaṃ cāpi sarva-vyāpi dhanañjayaḥ
ete sarvāsu nāḍīṣu bhramante jīva-rūpiṇaḥ //
GorS_36
ākṣipto bhuja-daṇḍena yathoccalati kandukaḥ
prāṇāpāna-samākṣiptas tathā jīvo na tiṣṭhati //
GorS_38 (=1|27)
prāṇāpāna-vaśo jīvo hy adhaś cordhvaṃ ca dhāvati
vāma-dakṣiṇa-mārgeṇa cañcalatvān na dṛśyate //
GorS_39 (=1|26)
rajju-baddho yathā śyeno gato'py ākṛṣyate(?)
guṇa-baddhas tathā jīvaḥ prāṇāpānena kṛṣyate //
GorS_40 (=1|28)
apānaḥ karṣati prāṇaḥ prāṇo'pānaṃ ca karṣati
ūrdhvādhaḥ saṃsthitāv etau saṃyojayati yogavit //
GorS_41 (=1|29)
ha-kāreṇa bahir yāti sa-kāreṇa viśet punaḥ
haṃsa-haṃsety amuṃ mantraṃ jīvo japati sarvadā //
GorS_42 (=1|30)
ṣaṭ-śatānitvaho-rātre sahasrāṇy eka-viṃśatiḥ
etat saṅkhyānvitaṃ mantra jīvo japati sarvadā //
GorS_43
ajapā nāma gāyatrī yogināṃ mokṣa-dāyinī
asyāḥ saṅkalpa-mātreṇa sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate //
GorS_44
anayā sadṛśī vidyā anayā sadṛśo japaḥ
anayā sadṛśaṃ jñānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati //
GorS_45
kundalinyāḥ samudbhūtā gāyatrī prāṇa-dhāriṇī
prāṇa-vidyā mahā-vidyā yas tāṃ vetti sa yogavit //
GorS_46
kandordhvaṃ kuṇḍalī śaktir aṣṭadhā kuṇḍalākṛti
brahma-dvāra-mukhaṃ nityaṃ mukhenācchādya tiṣṭhati //
GorS_47
yena dvāreṇa gantavyaṃ brahma-sthānam anāmayam
mukhenācchādya tad-dvāraṃ prasuptā parameśvarī //
GorS_48 (=1|31)
prabuddhā vahni-yogena manasā mārutā hatā
sūcīvad guṇam ādāya vrajaty ūrdhvaṃ suṣumṇayā //
GorS_49
prasphurad-bhujagākārā padma-tantu-nibhā śubhā
prabuddhā vahni-yogena vratya ūrdhvaṃ suṣumṇayā //
GorS_50 (=HYP 1.50)
udghaṭayet kapātaṃ tu yathā kuñcikayā haṭhāt
kuṇḍalinyā tathā yogī mokṣa-dvāraṃ prabhedayet //
GorS_51
kṛtvā sampuṭitau karau dṛḍhataraṃ baddhvā tu padmāsanaṃ gāḍhaṃ vakṣasi sannidhāya cibukaṃ dhyātvā ca tat prekṣitam
vāraṃ vāram apānam ūrdhvam anilaṃ proccārayet pūritaṃ muñcan prāṇam upaiti bodham atulaṃ śakti-prabodhān naraḥ //
GorS_52
aṅgānāṃ mardanaṃ kuryāc chrama-jātena vāriṇā
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇa-tyāgī kṣīra-bhojanam ācaret //
GorS_53 (=1|50)
brahmacārī mitāhārī tyāgī yoga-parāyaṇaḥ
abdād ūrdhvaṃ bhavet siddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //
GorS_54 (=HYP 1.59)
susnigdhaṃ madhurāhāraṃ caturthāṃśa-vivarjitam
bhujyate sura-samprītyai mitāhāraḥ sa ucyate //
GorS_55 (=HYP 1.60)
kandordhvaṃ kuṇḍalī śaktir aṣṭadhā kuṇḍalākṛtiḥ
bandhanāya ca mūḍhānāṃ yogināṃ mokṣadā smṛtā //
GorS_56 (=HYP 3.107)
mahāmudrāṃ namo-mudrām uḍḍiyānaṃ jalandharam
mūla-bandhaṃ ca yo vetti sa yogī siddhi-bhājanam //
GorS_57 (=1|32)
śodhanaṃ nāḍi-jālasya cālanaṃ candra-sūryayoḥ
rasānāṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva mahā-mudrābhidhīyate //
GorS_58 (=1|33)
vakṣo-nyasta-hanur nipīḍya suciraṃ yoniṃ ca vāmāṅghriṇā hastābhyām avadhāritaṃ prasaritaṃ pādaṃ tathā dakṣiṇam
āpūrya śvasanena kukṣi-yugalaṃ baddhvā śanai recayed eṣā pātaka-nāśinī sumahatī mudrā nṝṇāṃ procyate //
GorS_59
candrāṅgena samabhyasya sūryāṅgenābhyaset punaḥ
yāvat tulyā bhavet saṅkhyā tato mudrāṃ visarjayet //
GorS_60 (=HYP 3.15)
na hi pathyam apathyaṃ vā rasāḥ sarve'pi nīrasāḥ
api muktaṃ viṣaṃ ghoraṃ pīyūṣam api jīryate //
GorS_61 (=HYP 3.16)
kṣaya-kuṣṭha-gudāvartagulmājīrṇa-purogamāḥ
tasya doṣāḥ kṣayaṃ yānti mahāmudrāṃ tu yo'bhyaset //
GorS_62 (=HYP 3.17)
kathiteyaṃ mahāmudrā mahā-siddhi-karā nṝṇām
gopanīyā prayatnena na deyā yasya kasyacit //
GorS_63 (=HYP 3.18)
kapāla-kuhare jihvā praviṣṭā viparītagā
bhruvor antargatā dṛṣṭir mudrā bhavati khecarī //
GorS_64 (=1|34)
na rogo maraṇaṃ tandrā na nidrā na kṣudhā tṛṣā
na ca mūrcchā bhavet tasya yo mudrāṃ vetti khecarīm //
GorS_65 (=HYP 3.39)
pīḍyate na sa rogeṇa lipyate na ca karmaṇā
bādhyate na sa kālena yo mudrāṃ vetti khecarīm //
GorS_66 (=HYP 3.40)
cittaṃ carati khe yasmāj jihvā carati khe gatā
tenaiṣā khecarī nāma mudrā siddhair nirūpitā //
GorS_67 (=HYP 3.41)
bindu-mūlaṃ śarīraṃ tu śirās tatra pratiṣṭhitāḥ
bhāvayanti śarīraṃ yā āpāda-tala-mastakam //
GorS_68 (=HYP 3.43)
khecaryā mudritaṃ yena vivaraṃ lambikordhvataḥ
na tasya kṣarate binduḥ kāminyāliṅgitasya ca //
GorS_69
yāvad binduḥ sthito dehe tāvat kāla-bhayaṃ kutaḥ
yāvad baddhā nabho-mudrā tāvad bindur na gacchati //
GorS_70
calito'pi yadā binduḥ samprāptaś ca hutāśanam
vrajaty ūrdhvaṃ hṛtaḥ śaktyā niruddho yoni-mudrayā //
GorS_71
sa punar dvividho binduḥ paṇḍuro lohitas tathā
pāṇḍuraṃ śukram ity āhur lohitaṃ tu mahārājaḥ //
GorS_72 (=HYP 3.56)
sindūra-drava-saṅkāśaṃ ravi-sthāne sthitaṃ rajaḥ
śaśi-sthāne sthito bindus tayor aikyaṃ sudurlabham //
GorS_73
binduḥ śivo rajaḥ śaktir bindum indū rajo raviḥ
ubhayoḥ saṅgamād eva prāpyate paramaṃ padam //
GorS_74
vāyunā śakti-cāreṇa preritaṃ tu mahā-rajaḥ
bindunaiti sahaikatvaṃ bhaved divyaṃ vapus tadā //
GorS_75
śukraṃ candreṇa saṃyuktaṃ rajaḥ sūryeṇa saṃyutam
tayoḥ samarasaikatvaṃ yojānāti sa yogavit //
GorS_76
uḍḍīnaṃ kurute yasmād aviśrāntaṃ mahā-khagaḥ
uḍḍīyānaṃ tad eva syāt tava bandho'bhidhīyate //
GorS_77
udarāt paścime bhāge hy adho nābher nigadyate
uḍḍīyanasya bandho'yaṃ tatra bandho vidhīyate //
GorS_78 (=HYP 3.71)
badhnāti hi sirājālam adho-gāmi śiro-jalam
tato jālandharo bandhaḥ kaṇṭha-duḥkhaugha-nāśanaḥ //
GorS_79
jālandhare kṛte bandhe kaṇṭha-saṃkoca-lakṣaṇe
pīyūṣaṃ na pataty agnau na ca vāyuḥ prakupyati //
GorS_80 (=1|36, HYP 3.72)
pārṣṇi-bhāgena sampīḍya yonim ākuñcayed gudam
apānam ūrdhvam ākṛṣya mūla-bandho'bhidhīyate //
GorS_81 (=1|37, HYP 3.61)
apāna-prāṇayor aikyāt kṣayān mūtra-purīṣayoḥ
yuvā bhavati vṛddho'pi satataṃ mūla-bandhanāt //
GorS_82 (=1|38, HYP 3.65)
padmāsanaṃ samāruhya sama-kāya-śiro-dharaḥ
nāsāgra-dṛṣṭir ekānte japed oṅkāram avyayam //
GorS_83 (=1|39, HYP 2.2)
bhūr bhuvaḥ svar ime lokāḥ soma-sūryāgni-devatāḥ
yasyā mātrāsu tiṣṭhanti tat paraṃ jyotir om iti //
GorS_84
trayaḥ kālās trayo vedās trayo lokās trayaḥ sverāḥ
trayo devāḥ sthitā yatra tat paraṃ jyotir om iti //
GorS_85
kriyā cecchā tathā jñānā brāhmī raudrī ca vaiṣṇavī
tridhā śaktiḥ sthitā yatra tat paraṃ jyotir om iti //
GorS_86
ākārāś ca tatho-kāro ma-kāro bindu-saṃjñakaḥ
tisro mātrāḥ sthitā yatra tat paraṃ jyotir om iti //
GorS_87
vacasā taj jayed bījaṃ vapuṣā tat samabhyaset
manasā tat smaren nityaṃ tat paraṃ jyotir om iti //
GorS_88
śucir vāpy aśucir vāpi yo japet praṇavaṃ sadā
lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā //
GorS_89
cale vāte calo bindur niścale niścalo bhavet
yogī sthāṇutvam āpnoti tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet //
GorS_90
yāvad vāyuḥ sthito dehe tāvaj jīvanam ucyate
maraṇaṃ tasya niṣkrāntis tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet //
GorS_91 (=HYP 2.3)
yāvad baddho marud dehe yāvac cittaṃ nirākulam
yāvad dṛṣṭir bhruvor madhye tāvat kāla-bhayaṃ kutaḥ //
GorS_92 (=HYP 2.40)
ataḥ kāla-bhayād brahmā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇaḥ
yogino munayaś caiva tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet //
GorS_93 (=1|40)
ṣaṭ-triṃśad-aṅgulo haṃsaḥ prayāṇaṃ kurute bahiḥ
vāma-dakṣiṇa-mārgeṇa tataḥ prāṇo'bhidhīyate //
GorS_94
śuddhim eti yadā sarvaṃ nāḍī-cakraṃ malākulam
tadaiva jāyate yogī prāṇa-saṃgrahaṇe kṣamaḥ //
GorS_95 (=1|43)
baddha-padmāsano yogī prāṇaṃ candreṇa pūrayet
dhārayitvā yathā-śakti bhūyaḥ sūryeṇa recayet //
GorS_96
amṛtaṃ dadhi-saṅkāśaṃ go-kṣīra-rajatopamam
dhyātvā candramaso bimbaṃ prāṇāyāmī sukhī bhavet //
GorS_97 (=1|44)
dakṣiṇo śvāsam ākṛṣya pūrayed udaraṃ śanaiḥ
kumbhayitvā vidhānena puraś candreṇa recayet //
GorS_98 (=1|45)
prajvalaj-jvalana-jvālāpuñjam āditya-maṇḍalam
dhyātvā nābhi-sthitaṃ yogī prāṇāyāme sukhī bhavet //
GorS_99 (=1|46)
prāṇaṃ codiḍayā piben parimitaṃ bhūyo'nyayā recayet pītvā piṅgalayā samīraṇam atho baddhvā tyajed vāmayā
sūrya-candramasor anena vidhinā bimba-dvayaṃ dhyāyataḥ śuddhā nāḍi-gaṇā bhavanti yamino māsa-trayād ūrdhvataḥ //
GorS_100 (=HYP 2.10)
yatheṣṭhaṃ dhāraṇaṃ vāyor analasya pradīpanam
nādābhivyaktir ārogyaṃ jāyate nāḍi-śodhanāt //
GorS_101
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- TextGrid Repository (2025). Religious Literature Collection. Gorakṣaśataka. Gorakṣaśataka. GRETIL. GRETIL project. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0016-C9EC-C