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Śivasvarodaya
 
If one succeeds in reducing the length of Prāņa to
cight fingers he can get Animā etc., Siddhis; if nine fingers
then he gets all the nine kinds of prosperity; if ten fingers he
gets the power of assuming various shapes; and if he reduces
it by eleven fingers the shadow of his body vanishes.
 
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द्वादशे हंसचारश्च गङ्गामृतरसं पिवेत् ।
 
आनखाग्रं प्राणपूर्ण कस्य भक्ष्यं च भोजनम् ॥२२७॥
 
If the length of Prana is reduced by twelve fingers one
gets the speed of a Hamsa and he drinks the nectar-like waters
of the river Ganges. If a Yogi fills the Prana from the tip of
toe-nails to Śikhā ( top of the head ) then he needs no food for
sustenance, that is he conquers hunger and thirst.
 
एवं प्राणविधिः प्रोक्तः सर्वकार्यफलप्रदः ।
 
जायते गुरुवाक्येन न विद्याशास्त्रकोटिभिः ॥२२८॥
 
Thus has been described the method of obtaining all kinds
of successes through the control of Prana. This knowledge
comes only through the instructions of a Guru and no amount
of study and books can provide it.
 
प्रातश्चंद्रो रविः सायं यदि दैवान्न लभ्यते ।
मध्याह्लान्मध्यरात्राच्च परतस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥ २२९॥
 
If by chance one does not get the Moon Svara in the
morning and the Sun Svara in the evening then it would come
definitely by midnight.
 
दूरयुद्धे जयी चन्द्रः समासन्ने दिवाकरः ।
 
वहन्नाड्यागतः पादः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकः ॥२३०॥
 
If one has to go to fight in a distant place then the Moon
Svara alone gives victory, and if the person puts that foot
forward whose side of Svara is flowing while he is about to
set out then he gets every success.
 
यात्रारम्भे विवाहे च प्रवेशे नगरादिके ।
शुभकार्याणिसिद्धिध्यन्तिचंद्रवाहेपुसर्वदा ॥२३१॥
 
At the time of beginning a journey or in marriage, or while
entering a house or a city the Moon Svara is always auspicious.