BADDHAKEKKI ASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
MAHASADASHIVOHAM

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

- SIT AND PLACE FEET ON TOP OF OPPOSITE THIGHS.
- RISE UP ONTO THE KNEES AND PLACE PALMS ON GROUND, FINGERS POINTING TOWARDS THE PERINEUM.
- KEEP ELBOWS TOGETHER AND PRESS AGAINST THE NAVAL, THEN LEAN FORWARD, FIND BALANCE AND EXTEND KNEES UP OFF GROUND.

ASANA
BADDHAKEKKI ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHARATNAVALI 3. 42-45
धरामवष्टभ्य करद्वयेन तत्कूर्परि
स्थापितनाभिपासर्र्श्व
उच्चासनो दण्डवदुत्थितः खे
मयूरमेतत्प्रवदन्ति पीठम् ॥४२
मयूरं पदमकं कुर्यात् बद्धकेकीति कथ्यते ॥
४५
DHARĀMAVAṢṬABHYA KARADVAYENA
TATKŪRPARI STHĀPITANĀBHIPĀSARŚVAḤ
UCCĀSANO DAṆḌAVADUTTHITAḤ KHE
MAYŪRAMETATPRAVADANTI PĪṬHAM ॥
42
MAYŪRAṂ PADMAKAṂ KURYĀT
BADDHAKEKĪTI KATHYATE ॥45
AKASHIC REVELATION
PLACE BOTH THE PALMS ON THE
GROUND. PLACE BOTH ELBOWS ON THE
SIDE OF THE NAVEL. STAND ON THE
HANDS LIFTING BODY IN AIR WITH LEGS
IN PADMASANA. MAYURA IS CALLED
BADDHAKEKI.
TECHNIQUE CONSISTS OF MAYURASANA
WITH PADMASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्य्Āम्-ĀरṂ समĀk्ṣय
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ पृĀर्Śवयॊḥ
क्ṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣ्ठत्Ā śवस-
धĀरṇअṃ न बल्Āद्-यद्Ā
अन्इŚअṃ सहजḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्तḥ Śरि-क्ṛत्तित्व्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टौ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀṂ DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀṂ CA IYAṂ
ŚĀṂBHAVĪ MUDRĀ BHAVATI |
SARVATANTREṢU GOPYĀ MAHĀVIDYĀ
BHAVATI |
TAJJÑĀNENA SAṂSĀRANIVṚTTIḤ |
TATPŪJANAṂ MOKṢAPHALADAM ॥ 5 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
FIXING THE GAZE INWARDS INTO THE
INNER SPACE AND WITH THE EYES
OPENING OUT, BUT DEVOID OF THE
ACTS OF OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE
EYELIDS, THIS ŚAMBHAVĪ-MUDRA IS
ASSUMED. THIS MAHĀ-VIDYA (THE
GREAT ULTIMATE SOURCE KNOWLEDGE)
IS, OF ALL THE TANTRAS, WHAT IS KEPT
A PROFOUND SECRET. WITH THE
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, IS
ATTAINED FREEDOM AND COMPLETION
FROM THE STATE OF WORLDLY
EXISTENCE. BY ITS WORSHIP, IS
BESTOWED THE FRUIT OF LIBERATION.
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
VĀYUMĀKUÑCAYED BALĀT |
VĀRAṂ VĀRAṂ YATHĀ CORDHVAṂ
SAMĀYĀTI SAMĪRAṆAḤ ॥ 104 ॥
PRĀṆĀPĀNAU NĀNDABINDŪ
MŪLABANDHENA CAIKATĀM |
GATVĀ YOGASYA SAṂSIDDHIṂ
YACCHATO NĀTRA SAṂŚAYAḤ ॥ 105 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
PRESSING THE ANUS WITH THE HEEL,
(THE PRACTITIONER) SHOULD
FORCIBLY DRAW UP THE VITAL AIR IN
SUCH A WAY THAT THE AIR WOULD
MOVE UPWARDS STAGE BY STAGE. THE
PRANA AND APANA (VITAL AIRS), AS
ALSO THE NADA (INTELLECT) AND THE
BINDU (MIND), BECOMING ONE BY
MEANS OF THE MULA-BANDHA,
BESTOW THE SUCCESSFUL
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF YOGA. HEREIN
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
95. MAYURASANA
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
MAHASADASHIVOHAM

VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A PEACOCK

GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

- WHILE ON KNEES, PLACE PALMS ON GROUND, FINGERS POINTING TOWARDS THE PERINEUM.
- KEEP ELBOWS TOGETHER AND PRESS AGAINST THE NAVAL, THEN LEAN FORWARD, FIND BALANCE AND EXTEND LEGS UP OFF GROUND.
ASANA
MAYURASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RUDRAYAMALAM (UTTARA-TANTRAM)
23. 91-92
अथ वक्ष्ये महादेव मयूरासनमुत्तमम्।भूमौ
निपात्य हस्तौ द्वौ कूर्परोपरि देहकम्॥
२३.९१॥
कूर्परोपरिसंस्थाप्य सर्वदेहं स्थिराश्यः।केवलं
हस्तयुगलं निपात्य भुवि सुस्थिरः॥२३.९२॥
ATHA VAKṢYE MAHĀDEVA
MAYŪRĀSANAMUTTAMAM।
BHŪMAU NIPĀTYA HASTAU DVAU
KŪRPAROPARI DEHAKAM॥23.91॥
KŪRPAROPARISAṂSTHĀPYA SARVADEHAṂ
STHIRĀŚYAḤ।
KEVALAṂ HASTAYUGALAṂ NIPĀTYA
BHUVI SUSTHIRAḤ॥23.92॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
O MAHĀDEVA! NOW I SHALL TALK
ABOUT THE SUPREME MAYURĀSANA;
PLACE BOTH THE HANDS ON THE FLOOR
AND REST THE BODY ON BOTH THE
ELBOWS. (23.91) REST THE ENTIRE BODY
ON THE ELBOWS AT THE ABDOMEN;
PLACING ONLY BOTH THE HANDS ON
THE FLOOR, BE PROPERLY STILL.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्य्Āम्-ĀरṂ सम्Āकृ़्Sय
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ पृRर्śवय़ोḥ
क्ṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣठत्Ā śवस्-
धRर्ṇअम् न बल्Āद्-यद्A
अनिśअम् सहजḥ कुम्भḥ
प्रोक्तḥ Śरि-क्ṛत्तित्व्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṚṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAM NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAM SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टऔ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀṂ DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀṂ CA IYAṂ
ŚĀṂBHAVĪ MUDRĀ BHAVATI |
SARVATANTREṢU GOPYĀ MAHĀVIDYĀ
BHAVATI |
TAJJÑĀNENA SAṂSĀRANIVṚTTIḤ |
TATPŪJANAṂ MOKṢAPHALADAM || 5 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
FIXING THE GAZE INWARDS INTO THE
INNER SPACE AND WITH THE EYES
OPENING OUT, BUT DEVOID OF THE
ACTS OF OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE
EYELIDS, THIS ŚAMBHAVI-MUDRA IS
ASSUMED. THIS MAHĀ-VIDYA (THE
GREAT ULTIMATE SOURCE KNOWLEDGE)
IS, OF ALL THE TANTRAS, WHAT IS KEPT
A PROFOUND SECRET. WITH THE
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, IS
ATTAINED FREEDOM AND COMPLETION
FROM THE STATE OF WORLDLY
EXISTENCE. BY ITS WORSHIP, IS
BESTOWED THE FRUIT OF LIBERATION.
BANDHA

MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
VĀYUMĀKUÑCAYED BALĀT |
VĀRAṂ VĀRAṂ YATHĀ CORDHVAṂ
SAMĀYĀTI SAMĪRAṆAḤ || 104 ||
PRĀṆĀPĀNAU NĀNDABINDŪ
MŪLABANDHENA CAIKATĀM |
GATVĀ YOGASYA SAṂSIDDHIṂ
YACCHATO NĀTRA SAṂŚAYAḤ || 105 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
PRESSING THE ANUS WITH THE HEEL,
(THE PRACTITIONER) SHOULD
FORCIBLY DRAW UP THE VITAL AIR IN
SUCH A WAY THAT THE AIR WOULD
MOVE UPWARDS STAGE BY STAGE. THE
PRANA AND APANA (VITAL AIRS), AS
ALSO THE NADA (INTELLECT) AND THE
BINDU (MIND), BECOMING ONE BY
MEANS OF THE MULA-BANDHA,
BESTOW THE SUCCESSFUL
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF YOGA. HEREIN
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
96.