Haṭha Pradīpikā 1.65
पीठानि कुम्भकाश्चित्रा दिव्यानि करणानि च |
सर्वो ऽपि च हठाभ्यासो राजयोगफलावधि ||65||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
The seats (pīṭhāni | nom pl), the manifold breath retentions (kumbhakāḥ citrāḥ | nom pl), the divine techniques (divyāni karaṇāni | nom pl), and also (’pi ca) the whole practice of Haṭha (sarvaḥ haṭha-abhyāsaḥ | nom sg) have the fruit of Rājayoga as their culmination (rāja-yoga-phala-avadhiḥ | nom sg).
All Āsanas, breath retentions, and techniques of Haṭha ultimately serve one goal: the fruit of Rājayoga.
In explaining the additional stanzas transmitted in NS1882 immediately before the concluding verse, Brahmānanda says that practice means the actual performance of the limbs of yoga. Mere reading, talking about yoga, or wearing ocher-colored clothing cannot replace this performance. Āsanas, Kumbhakas, and Mudrās are then practised until Rājayoga, their goal, is reached.
om. MBHDL2026 ] add. kriyāyuktasya siddhiḥ syād ... yogasiddhiḥ prajāyate NS1882 ante HP 1.65
Âsanas (postures), various Kumbhakas, and other divine means, all should be practised in the practice of Haṭha Yoga, till the fruit—Râja Yoga—is obtained.
The various Asanas, the Kumbhakas, and the various Mudras of, Hatha-yoga, should be practised only so far as one does not attain Raja-Yoga.
Die Asana, die verschiedenen Kumbhaka, die erhabenen Uebungen (wie Mudra, Com.), kurz Alles, was sich auf Uebungen des Hathayoga bezieht, soll bis zur Erreichung des Rajayoga ausgeführt werden.
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