Tṛtīyopadeśaḥ (Mudrā) · Verse 45

न रोगो मरणं तन्द्रा न निद्रा न क्षुधा तृषा | न च मूर्च्छा भवेत्तस्य यो मुद्रां वेत्ति खेचरीम्

na rogo maraṇaṃ tandrā na nidrā na kṣudhā tṛṣā | na ca mūrcchā bhavet tasya yo mudrāṃ vetti khecarīm

There is no illness, death, drowsiness, sleep, hunger, thirst or fainting for one who knows the Khecarī mudrā.

This verse lists the states that the Khecarī practitioner transcends: roga (illness), maraṇa (death), tandrā (drowsiness), nidrā (sleep), kṣudhā (hunger), tṛṣā (thirst), mūrcchā (fainting).

These statements describe advanced yogic states: ability to remain awake for prolonged periods, reduced physical needs, resistance to illness.The Bihar School interprets these benefits as consequences of deep control over the autonomic nervous system.

Yo mudrāṃ vetti — who knows the mudrā.”Knowing” here is not intellectual but experiential: actual mastery of the practice to its deepest effects.Such knowledge transforms the yogi’s relationship with his body and its needs.