GAJASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA SOHUM
- PRESS THE HANDS ONTO THE GROUND, LIFTING THE HIPS UP HIGH.
- LOWER THE HEAD THEN CHEST, 'SCOOPING' THE BODY FORWARD AND DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS AN ELEPHANT
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
GAJASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KAPALAKURANTAKA'S HATHABHYASA
PADDHATI 25
न्युब्जं पादाग्रे भूमौकृत्वा लंबीभूय
मस्तकाग्रे निधाय नितंबं ऊर्ध्वं
मुत्रमय्य नाभिलक्ष्यं भूमौ नासिकामानिय
हस्ततलपर्यंत नयेत् इत्थं पुनः
पुनः कुर्यात् गजासनं भवति ॥ २५ ॥
NYUBJAṂ PĀDĀGRE BHŪMAUKṚTVĀ
LAṂBĪBHŪYA MASTAKĀGRE NIDHĀYA
NITAṂBAṂ ŪRDHVA
MUTRAMAYYA NĀBHILAKṢYAṂ BHŪMAU
NĀSIKĀMĀNIYA HASTATALAPARYAṂTA
NAYET ITTHAṂ PUNAḤ
PUNAḤ KURYĀT GAJĀSANAṂ BHAVATI ॥
25 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
BEING PRONE PLACE THE SOLES ON THE
GROUND (IE. BENDING FORWARDS AND
LENGTHENING THE BODY KEEP BOTH
HANDS OVER THE HEAD AND RAISE THE
HIP UPWARDS, THE BRING THE NOSE
NEAR THE GROUND WHICH IS AT THE
LEVEL OF THE NAVAL AND THEN EXTEND
THE NOSE UP TO THE HANDS. DO IN THIS
WAY AGAIN AND AGAIN. THIS IS CALLED
GAJASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAКА
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATIḤ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṂ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUMBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAKA.
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'NTARBĀHYĀYĀM 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 ॥
षण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं 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 ॥
ṢAṆMĀSAMABHYASENMṚTYUṂ 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
8. RKSASANA
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA SOHUM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A BEAR
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
- KEEP HANDS PRESSED INTO THE GROUND AND HIPS UP HIGH.
- ALTERNATE PRESSING THE HEEL OF ONE FOOT INTO THE GROUND, WHILE LIFTING THE OTHER HEEL UP.
- REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
ASANA
RKSASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KAPALAKURANTAKA'S HATHABHYASA
PADDHATI 27
एकैकम् पादमाकुञ्च्य गजासनम् कुर्यात्
र्क्षासनम् भवति ॥27॥
EKAIKAM PĀDAMĀKUÑCYA GAJĀSANAM
KURYĀT RKŚĀSANAM BHAVATI ॥27॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
ASSUMING THE POSITION OF GAJASANA
KEEP CONTRACTING THE FEET ONE BY
ONE (LEFT FOOT AND RIGHT FOOT
ALTERNATIVELY PRESSING TO FLOOR).
THIS IS RKSASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATIH 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारित:
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भक:
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṀ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAKA.
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'NTARBĀHYĀYĀM DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀM CA IYAṀ
ŚĀṀBHAVĪ MUDRĀ BHAVATI |
SARVATANTREṢU GOPYĀ MAHĀVIDYĀ
BHAVATI |
TAJJÑĀNENA SAṀSĀRANIVṚTTIḤ |
TATPŪJANAṀ 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 ॥ तस्मादुड्डियाणाख्योऽयं 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 SUṢUMNĀYĀM
PRĀṆASTŪḌḌĪYATE YATAḤ ॥ 106 ॥
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYĀṆĀKHYO'YAṀ YOGIBHIḤ
SAMUDĀHṚTAḤ |
UḌḌĪYĀṆAṀ TU SAHAJAṀ GURUṆĀ
KATHITAṀ SADĀ ॥ 107 ॥
ABHYASET TADATANDRASTU VṚDDHO'PI
TARUṆO BHAVET |
NĀBHERŪRDHVAMADHAŚCĀPI TĀṆAṀ
KURYĀT PRAYATNATAḤ ॥ 108 ॥
ṢĀṆMĀSAMABHYASENMṚTYUṀ JAYATYEVA
NA SAṀŚAYAḤ |
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