ARDHARECHITA KARANA
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ANCHITA KARANA
॥ व्यावृत्तपरिवृत्तस्तु स एव तु करो यदा
अञ्चितो नासिकाग्रे तु तदञ्चितमुदाहृतम् ॥23॥
॥ VYĀVṚTTAPARIVṚTTASTU SA EVA TU KARO YADĀ
AÑCITO NĀSIKĀGRE TU TADAÑCITAMUDĀHṚTAM ॥23॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
IN THE ARDHASVASTIKA THE KARIHASTA TO BE ALTERNATELY IN VYAVARTITA (VYAVRITTA) AND PARIVARTITA MOVEMENT AND THEN BENT UPON THE TIP OF THE NOSE.
ARDHARECHITA KARANA
॥ स्वस्तिकौ चरणौ कृत्वा करिहस्तं च दक्षिणम्वक्षस्थाने
तथा वाममर्धस्वस्तिकमादिशेत् ॥22॥
॥ SVASTIKAU CARAṆAU KṚTVĀ KARIHASTAṂ
CA DAKṢIṆAM VAKṢASTHĀNE TATHĀ
VĀMAMARDHASVASTIKAMĀDIŚET ॥22॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE TWO FEET TO MAKE THE SVASTIKA, THE RIGHT HAND MAKING THE KARIHASTA GESTURE, AND THE LEFT ONE LYING ON THE BREAST.
DIRECTIONS
- FROM ARAIMANDI (HEELS TOGETHER, TOES POINTING OUTWARDS AND KNEES BENT), BRING RIGHT FOOT BEHIND THE OTHER WITH TOES DOWN AND HEELS UP.
- KEEP LEFT HAND AT THE CHEST, AND EXTEND THE OPPOSITE ARM OUT WIDE, AND LIKE A PENDULUM, BRING IT BACK TOWARDS THE CHEST (KARIHASTA).
- WHILE THE ARM SWINGS, MOVE FINGERS ONE BY ONE INWARDS TOWARDS THE PALM, AND THEN OUTWARDS (LITTLE FINGER THEN RING, MIDDLE AND SO-ON).
- PLACE RIGHT HAND OVER THE NOSE (ANCHITA KARANA).
- UNCROSS THE ANKLES AND REPEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
