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Rudra Gayatri I
Om tatpurushaya vidmahe
Mahadevaya Dheemahi
Tanno Rudrah Prachodyat
Surya Gayatri
Om Adityaya Vidmahe
Sarasrakiranya Dheemahi
Tanno Bhanuh Prachodyat
Sarasvati Gayatri
Om Vagdevyai Cha Vidmahe
Kamapradayi Dheemahi
Tanno Devi Prachodyat
Sakti Gayatri
Om Sarvasammohinyai Vidmahe
Visvajananyai Dheemahi
Tanno Saktih Prachodyat
Kalika Gayatri
Om Kalikayai Vidmahe
Smasanavasinyai Dheemahi
Tanno Aghora Prachodyat
As Asana is help in Pranayama, so is Pranayama a help in Pratyahara.
As the rider on a horse would control its movements by operating the reins which he hold in his hands. the yogi controls the senses by the practice of Pratyahara.
Only when we wake from a dream we learn what happened to us in the dream, and now when we are in the dream.
Pratyahara may be said to constitute the frontiers of Yoga. When one practices Pratyahara one is almost on the border line of the infinite, and here one has super physical sensations.
The Moon Deity's Prayer for Protection from the Canda Partita
Thus have I heard:
On one occasion the Blessed One was living near Savatthi, at Jetavana at Anathpindika's monastery. At that time Candima, the moon deity, was seized by Rahu, lord of Asura. Thereupon calling to mind the Blessed One, Candima, the moon deity, recited this stanza:
i. "O Buddha, the Hero, thou art wholly free from all evil. My adoration to thee. I have fallen into distress. Be thou my refuge."
Thereupon the Blessed One addressed a stanza to Rahu, Lord of Asuras, on behalf of Candima, thus:
ii. "O Rahu, Candima has gone for refuge to the Tathagata, the Consummate One. Release Candima. The Buddhas radiate compassion on the world (of beings)."
Thereupon Rahu, Lord of Asuras, released Candima, the deity, and immediately came to the presence of Vepacitta, Lord of Asuras, and stood beside him trembling with fear and with hair standing on end. Then Vepacitta addressed Rahu in this stanza.
iii. "Rahu. Why did you suddenly release Candima? Why have you come trembling, and why are you standing here terrified?"
iv. "I have been spoken to by the Buddha in a stanza (requesting me to release Candima). If I had not released Candima my head would have split into seven pieces. While yet I live, I should have had no happiness. (Therefore I released Candima)."
Note
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S. i. 50.
