BHAIRAVASANA
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PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA
MAHA-SADASHIVOHAM
- SIT AND BRING SOLES OF FEET FACING TOGETHER, KNEES WIDE.
- LIFT THE HEELS UP AND BRING THE TOES DOWN ONTO THE GROUND.
- KEEP THE KNEES ON THE GROUND, PULL THE STOMACH IN AND UP AND PLACE HANDS ON KNEES IN BINDU MUDRA.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD KALABHAIRAVA
GAZE
MUDRA
BINDU MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 3.5
ASANA
BHAIRAVASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHARATNAVALI 3. 48
गुल्फौ सम्पीड्य चान्योन्यं
व्युत्क्रमेणोत्थितं शनै
जान्वोः पार्श्वगतौ हस्तौ दण्डवद्
भैरवासनम्
GULPHAU SAMPĪḌYA CĀNYO'NYAṂ
VYUTKRAMEṆOTTHITAṂ ŚANAIḤ
JĀNVOḤ PĀRŚVAGATAU HASTAU
DAṆḌAVAD BHAIRAVĀSANAM
AKASHIC REVELATION
PRESS THE TWO ANKLES WITH EACH
OTHER AND RAISE THEM UP. PLACE THE
HANDS STRAIGHT BY THE SIDES OF THE
KNEES. THIS IS BHAIRAVASANA.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SRIMAT SARVAJNANOTTRA AGAMA
YOGA PADA 19
ततोर्ध्वं रेचयेत् वायुं मृदुनिश्वास संयुतम्
॥ १९॥
रेचकस्त्वेष विख्यातः प्राणसंशयकारक ।
TATORDHVAM RECAYET VA'YUM MR'DU
NIS'VASA SAMYUTAM |
RECAKASTVES''A VIKHYA'TAH PRA'N.A
SAMS'AYA KA'RAKAH ||19 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE SADHAKA SHOULD EMPTY THE
STOMACH BY SLOWLY EXHALING THE
PRANA. THIS MODE OF PRANAYAMA IS
KNOWN AS RECAKA WHICH IS
INSTRUMENTAL IN DRIVING THE PRANA
OUT.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टौ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्य
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
UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106 - 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥
१०६ ॥
तस्मादुड्डीयणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः
समुदाहृतः । उड्डियाणं तु सहजं गुरुणा कथितं
सदा ॥ १०७ ॥
अभ्यसेत् तदतन्द्रस्तु वृद्धोऽपि तरुणो भवेत् ।
नाभेरूर्ध्वमधश्चापि ताणं कुर्यात् प्रयत्नतः ॥
१०८ ॥
षाण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं जयत्येव न संशयः ।
KUMBHAKĀNTE RECAKĀDAU
KARTAVYASTŪḌḌĪYĀṆAKAḤ |
BANDHO YENA SUṢUMNĀYĀṂ
PRĀṆASTŪḌḌĪYATE YATAḤ || 106 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYĀṆĀKHYO'YAṂ YOGIBHIḤ
SAMUDĀHṚTAḤ |
UḌḌĪYĀṆAṂ TU SAHAJAṂ GURUṆĀ
KATHITAṂ SADĀ || 107 ||
ABHYASET TADATANDRASTU VṚDDHO'PI
TARUṆO BHAVET |
NĀBHERŪRDHVAMADHAŚCĀPI TĀṆAṂ
KURYĀT PRAYATNATAḤ || 108 ||
ṢĀṆMĀSAMABHYASENMṚTYUṂ JAYATYEVA
NA SAṂŚAYAḤ |
AKASHIC REVELATION
BY WHAT MEANS A GREAT BIRD SOARS
UP WITHOUT REST, THAT ALONE IS THE
UDDIYANA AND A BANDHA IS
PRESCRIBED THEREFOR. ONE SHOULD
ASSUME THE PASCIMA-TANA
(CONSTRICTING THE BELLY) POSTURE
IN THE BELLY ABOVE THE NAVAL. THIS
WILL BE THE UDDIYANA-BANDHA, THE
LION WHICH WILL QUELL THE
ELEPHANT OF DEATH, AND WHICH
BINDS (THE DISEASE-GENERATING)
PHLEGM WHICH IS THE WATER OF
ETHER HAVING ITS ORIGIN AT THE
(THOUSAND PETALLED LOTUS OF THE
69.