Sidhsidhant paddati

Navacakraṃ kalādhāraṃ trilakṣyaṃ vyomapañcakaṃ/

Samyagetanna jānāti sa yogī nāmadhārakaḥ//2/31/

A yogī who does not properly know nine cakras, kalādhāras (phase of loci), tri-lakṣyas (triad of aims),
five-fold vyomas (akāśās) is so-called one.

Āsanamiti sadā svasvarūpatve samāsannatā/

Svastikāsanaṃ padmāsanaṃ sidhāsanameteṣāṃ

Madhye yatheṣṭamekaṃ vidhāya sāvadhānena sthātavyam//34//

Ever abiding completely in ones own nature is āsana. Out of svastikāsana, padmāsana and siddhāsana
having adopted any one desirable (posture) one must be steadiness there attentively.

HATHRATNAWALI
Yuvā bhavati vddho‘pi vyādhito durbalo’pi vā//
Abhyāsāt siddhimāpnoti sarvayogeṣvatandritaḥ//23//
Through a diligent practice, one attains success in all the yogas, irrespective of
one’s being young, old, diseased or decrepit.
Abhyāsakāle prathame śastaṃ kṣīrādibhojanam//
Tato’bhyāse dṛḍhībhūte na tāvanniyamagrahaḥ//24//
In the initial stage of practice, it is right to consume food prepared of milk and the
like. As one gradually progresses, sticking to such food may not be necessary.
Abhyāsakāle prathame niṣiñcanti kaphādayaḥ//
Akāryakarmabhāvena bhaviṣyantyakhilāmayāḥ//25//
In the first phase of practices, a practices, a practitioner should overcome
phlegmatic disorders. If purificatory practices (karmas) are ignored, a host of
diseased would result.
Kaṭvamlatīkṣṇalavaṇoṣṇaharītaśākam
Sauvīratailatilasarṣapamatsyamadyam//
Ajādimāṃsadadhitakrakulatthakodra-
Piṇyākahiṅgulaśunādyamapathyamāhuḥ//72//
The list of unwholesome food items consists of (tastes like) bitter, sour, pungent,
salty, hot, green leafy vegetables, sour gruel, oil, mustard, sesame, fish, alcohol,
meat like mutton etc., curd, butter-milk, kulattha (a type of lentil), kodra (a
species of grain), oil- cake, asafoetida, garlic etc.
Sreṣṭhaṃ sumadhuraṃ snigdhaṃ gavyaṃ dhātuprapoṣaṇam//
Mano’bhilaṣitaṃ yogyaṃ caturthāṃśavivarjitam//
Śivārpitaṃ ca naivedyaṃ yogī bhojanamācaret//75//
A yogī should consume food which is wholesome, sweet, unctuous, containing
milk- products, nutritious, food items one relishes, after leaving one-fourth of the
stomach empty and after offering of the food to śiva.
Ayameva mitāhārī kadannena vivarjitaḥ//76//
A person consuming moderate diet is the one who eschews bad food.
Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaśca prajalpo niyamagrahaḥ//
Janasaṅgañca laulyañca ṣaḍbhiryogo vinaśyati//77//
Excess eating, over-exertion, talkativeness, extreme austerity, public contact, and
greed-these six ruins yoga practices.
Utsāhānniścayād dhairyāttatvajñānārthadarśanāt
Bindusthairyānmitāhārājjanasaṅgavivarjanāt//
Nidrātyāgājjitaśvāsāt pīṭhasthairyādanālasāt
Gurvācāryaprasādācca ebhiryogastu siddhyati//78//
Success in yoga can be attain through these means- enthusiasm, firm resolution,
patience, correct understanding of the principles underlying the phenomenal
creation, stability of bindu, consumption of moderate food, avoiding public
contact and sleep, having control over the breath, attaining stability in an āsana ,
diligence, pleasing the guru and ācārya.
Śrutyācāryaprasādācca yogābhyāsabalena ca//
Īśvarānugrahenaiva yogasiddhistu jāyate//79//
Success in yoga can be attained by favour of the (lessons of the) scriptures, grace
of ācārya, yoga practice and grace of īśvara.