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DHANURASANA 2

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Pranayama
Sahaja Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 104

Sahaja

Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad

Mula Bandha symbol

Japa

Lotus flower

Om Nithyananda Paramashivoham

Illustration of Dhanurasana 2
  1. Sitting on the ground, hold the left toes with left hand index and middle fingers, pull foot to the left ear.
  1. Extend right leg out, keep straight, hold the big toe with the right hand.
  1. Visualize yourself as a bow.
Bow

Visualize yourself as a bow

Gaze

Gaze

Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5

Eyes with tilak
emblem

Asana

DHANURASANA 2
Śāstra Pramāṇa –
शास्त्र प्रमाण
Trishikhi Brahman-
Upanishad 43

पादाङ्गुष्ठौ तु
पाणिभ्यां गृहीत्वा
श्रवणावधि ।
धनुराकर्षकाकृष्टं
धनुरासनमीरितम् ॥ ४३ ॥

pādāṅguṣṭhau tu
pāṇibhyāṃ gṛhītvā
śravaṇāvadhi |
dhanurākarṣakākṛṣṭaṃ
dhanurāsanamīritam ॥ 43 ॥

AKASHIC REVELATION
Grasping the big toes with
the hands and drawing
them up to the ear, even
as a bow is drawn, is said
to be the Dhanurasana
(drawn bow-posture).

Pranayama

SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त
प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 104

नोभ्याम् –आरं समाकृष्य
कुण्डलयाः पार्श्वयोः
क्षिपेत्
गच्छता तिष्ठता श्वस
–धारणं न बलाद्-यदा
अनिंशं सहजः कुम्भः
प्रोक्तः श्रि –
कृत्तिवाससा

nobhyām–āraṃ samākṛṣya
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) 104.

Mudra

SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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
śāmbhavī 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 Shambhavi–
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 पाष्र्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥

प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं
यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥

gudaṃ 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.

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