GOPICANDA ASANA
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Pranayama
Recaka Kumbhaka
Paddadhi 73
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaSivoham
Embody the state & space of a King
- Interlace fingers around feet with soles together.
- Toes at groove in throat.
- Heels touch chest.
- Chin on hands and gaze to nose.
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
GOPICANDA ASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Yoga Asanamala Sacitra
65
पूरब बिधि पगाक अंगुठा कॅठकूप
राषै येडी हिरद लगावैं कांगसी
ऐड्या आगूली परि राषै
द्रिष्ट नगर नासा अग्र
आसण कौगुण ईडी पीगलाकी पवन
थंब जालंधरबंध लागे
pūraba bidhi pagāka
amguṭhā kaṁṭhakūpa rāṣai
yeḍī hirada lagāvai
kāṁgasī aiḍyā āgūlī pari
rāṣai driṣṭi nāsā agra
āsaṇa kauguṇa īḍī pīgalākī
pavana thaṁba
jālaṁdharabaṁdha lāge
AKASHIC REVELATION
Bring both soles together.
Make a fingerlock and
hold the sides of the feet.
Raise the feet and arrange
the heel on chest and toes
in the depression of throat.
Rest the chin on fingerlock
and gaze at the nose.
Pranayama
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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
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'ntarbāhyāyāṁ dṛṣṭau
nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṁ 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 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
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104-105
गुदं पार्ष्र्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् । वारं वारं यथा
चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम्। गत्वा योगस्य
संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र संशयः
॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṁ pārṣṇyā tu saṁpīḍya
vāyumākuñcayed balāt |vāraṁ
vāraṁ yathā cordhvaṁ
samāyāti samīraṇaḥ ॥ 104 ॥
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū
mūlabandhena caikatām|
gatvā Yogasya saṁsiddhiṁ
yacchato nātra saṁśayaḥ ॥
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.
127.