CINNAKIPAVA ASANA
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PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAHA
KUMBHAHA PADDHATI
VERSE 72

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
MAHA-SADASHIVOHAM


- SIT AND KEEP HEELS TOGETHER, TOES APART.
- HOLD THE FEET AND OPEN THEM UP, BRINGING SOLES TOWARDS THE SKY, KEEPING BACK OF HANDS ON GROUND.
- PRESS ELBOWS ONTO THE THIGHS TOWARDS THE KNEES AND GAZE TO THE NOSE.

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
CINNAKIPAVA ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
YOGA ASANAMALA SACITRA 63
दोउ पगाकी येडी धरती मगिवा मेढ लगावै
पगथली महली कौर अंगूठाकी सधि सूधी
जोडै
बारिलि कोर फना षुल्या राषै
कहण्या की माहिली सन्धी गोडा उपरी राषै
हाथा की अंगुली पिष्टि धरती टेकै अंगूठा
अग्र छीदो धरती लगावै
अगूल्या का अग्र माहि कानी राषै
द्रिष्ट नासा अग्र आसण कौगूण नाग पवन
बन्ध होई
DOU PAGĀKĪ YEḌĪ DHARATĪ MAGIVĀ
MEḌHA LAGĀVAI
PAGATHALĪ MAHALĪ KAURA AṂGŪṬHĀKĪ
SADHI SŪDHĪ JOḌAI
BĀRILI KORA PHANĀ SŪLYĀ RĀṢAI
KAHAṆYĀ KĪ MĀHILĪ SANDHĪ GOḌĀ
UPARĪ RĀṢAI
HĀTHĀ KĪ AṂGULĪ PIṢṬI DHARATĪ ṬEKAI
AṂGŪṬHĀ AGRA CHĪDO DHARATĪ
LAGĀVAI
AGŪLYĀ KĀ AGRA MĀHI KĀNĪ RĀṢAI
DRIṢṬI NĀSĀ AGRA ĀSAṆA KAUGŪṆA
NĀGA PAVANA BANDHA HOĪ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHILE SITTING ON GROUND, DRAW LEGS
CLOSE TO THE SEAT IN SUCH A WAY
THAT HEELS COMES TOGETHER AND TOES
APART. BEND THE ARMS AND PLACE
ELBOWS ON RESPECTIVE KNEES. KEEP THE
BACK OF HANDS AND FINGERS ON
GROUND IN SUPINE POSITION. DIRECT
GAZE AT TIP OF NOSE.
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 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 पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोधर्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAṂPĪḌYA
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.
67. CARPATACOKASANA
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72

BANDHA UDDIYANA BANDHA YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 106-109

JAPA
MAHA-
SADASHIVOHAM


- SIT AND BRING SOLES OF THE FEET TOGETHER, HEELS AT PERINEUM, KNEES TO THE GROUND.
- PLACE HANDS ON THE KNEES AND GENTLY PRESS THEM DOWN.
- PULL THE STOMACH IN AND UP AND GAZE TO THIRD EYE.

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
CARPATACOKASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
253-255
दोउ पगथलि संपुट धारै
आंगाने कर जारे पसारै
गोडा भूसौं लगता राषै
हाथ दोउ गोडा परिदाषै ॥२५३
आंषि माहिली उपरि ठानै
गोडा दावि भूमि परि तानै
दिष्टि त्रिकुटी राषै गोई
चरपट चौक कहावै सोई॥२५४
अर्णचक्र संजु मुक्तनर चितवन करै जु
कोय
नैननि को नासै तिमर ज्योति नृमली होय॥
२५५
DOU PAGATHALI SAṂPUṬA DHĀRAI
ĀṂGĀNE KARA JĀRE PASĀRAI
GOḌĀ BHŪSAU LAGATĀ RĀṢAI
HĀTHA DOU GOḌĀ PARIDĀṢAI॥253
ĀṂṢI MĀHILĪ UPARI ṬHĀNAI
GOḌĀ DĀVI BHŪMI PARI TĀNAI
DIṢṬI TRIKUṬĪ RĀṢAI GOĪ
CARAPAṬA CAUKA KAHĀVAI SOĪ॥254
ARṆACAKRA SAṂJU MUKTANARA
CITAVANA KARAI JU KOYA
NAINANI KO NĀSAI TIMARA JYOTI
NṚMALĪ HOYA॥255
AKASHIC REVELATION
BRING BOTH THE SOLES TOGETHER AND
PLACE THEM IN FRONT. KNEES SHOULD
TOUCH THE GROUND. BOTH HANDS
SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE KNEES AND
PRESS THEM TOWARDS GROUND. GAZE
BETWEEN EYEBROWS.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SRIMAT SARVAJNANOTTRA AGAMA
YOGA PADA 19
ततोर्ध्व रेचयेत् वायुं मृदुनिश्व़ास 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 दृष्ट्रऔ
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
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 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYAṆĀKHYO'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
68.