GORAKSASANA
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Pranayama
Jivacala Kumbhaka
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.39
Jiva
Bandha
Jalandhara Bandha
Yoga-Sikhopanishad
109-112
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Keep feet in same position (soles between thighs and calves).
- Cover heels with respective hands.
- Tuck the chin to the chest.
- Gaze to tip of nose.
Great Sage Gorakhnath, founder of the Natha Yoga Hindu Order
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
GORAKSASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Gheranda Samhita 2. 25–26
जानुवोरन्तरे पादौ उत्तानौ
व्यक्तसंस्थितौ ।
गुल्फौ चाच्छाद्य
हस्ताभ्यामुत्तानाभ्यां
प्रयत्नतः ॥ २५ ॥
कण्ठसंकोचनं कृत्वा
नासाग्रमवलोकयेत्
गोरक्षासनमित्याहुर्योगिनां
सिद्धिकारणम् ॥२६ ॥
jānūrvorantare pādau
uttānau vyaktasaṁsthitau |
gulphau cācchādya
hastābhyāmuttānābhyāṁ
prayatnataḥ || 25 ||
kaṇṭhasaṁkocanaṁ kṛtvā
nāsāgramavalokayet
gorakṣāsanamityāhuryoginā
m siddhikāraṇam ||26 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
Between the knees and the
thighs, the two feet turned
upward. And placed in a
hidden way, the heels being
carefully covered by the two
hands outstretched; the
throat being contracted, let
one fix the gaze on the tip
of the nose. This is called
gorakashasana. It gives
success to the Yogis.
Pranayama
JIVACALA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.39
हाथेन वै कुम्भितमारुतस्य चेत्
प्राणस्य
सञ्चालनमङ्गमनसात् ॥
अधस्तथोध्वं यमिनः स
कुम्भो नाम्ना शिवोक्तः
किल जीवचालकः ॥ ३९ ॥
hāthena vai
kumbhitamārutasy cet
prāṇsya
sañcālanamaṅgamānasāt ||
adhastathordhvaṁ yaminaḥ
sa kumbho nāmnā śivoktaḥ
kila jīvacālakaḥ || 39 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
One forcefully moves the
retained prana through all the
limbs of the body in upward
and downward directions
along with mind. This is
Jivacala Kumbhaka propaged
by Siva himself.
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
JALANDHARA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 109 – 112
पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालंधराभिधः ॥ १०९ ॥
कंठसंकोचरूपोऽसौ वायुमार्गनिरोधकः ।
कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढमिच्छया ॥ ११० ॥
बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयममृताप्यायकारकः ।
अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसंकोचने कृते ॥ १११ ॥
मध्ये पश्चिमताणेन स्यात् प्राणो
ब्रह्मनाडिगः ।
कुण्डल्या ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदनेन
निर्विकल्पकप्राप्तिः ।
वज्रासनस्थितो योगी चालयित्वा तु कुण्डलीम् ॥ ११२ ॥
pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālaṁdharābhidhaḥ || 109 || kaṁṭhasaṁkocarūpo'sau vāyumārganirodhakaḥ |kaṇṭhamākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayed dṛḍhamicchayā || 110 || bandho jālaṁdharākhyo'yamamṛtāpyāyakārakaḥ adhastāt kuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṁkocane kṛte || 111 || madhye paścimatāṇena syāt prāṇo brahmanāḍigaḥ | kuṇḍalyā granthitrayavibhedanena nirvikalpakaprāptiḥ vajrāsanasthito yogī cālayitvā tu kuṇḍalīm || 112 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The bandha known as Jalandhara
should be performed at the close of
the Puraka (in-filling the vital air).
This is of the form of constricting the
throat with a view to obstruct the
passage of vital air. After constricting
the throat, he should establish (the
vital air) firmly in the bosom. This is
known as the Jalandhara bandha ,
which causes the full flow of nectar.
Should the constriction of the throat
be made with the immediate
contraction of the nether part, by
(performing) Pascimatana in the
middle, the Prana (vital air) will reach
the Brahma-nadi.
283.