According to the direction of the scriptures and to the ordinances laid down, that ascetic, who knew the successive processes of Yoga, held his soul first in one place and then in another, beginning from his feet and proceeding through all the limbs.
धारयामास चात्मानं यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि। पादप्रभृतिगात्रेषु क्रमेण क्रमयोगवित्॥