JONI ASANA
This text was machine-transcribed from the printed book and may contain errors. Select the words and choose “Report a mistake”.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
MAHA-
SADASHIVOHAM



VISUALIZE THE YONI MANDALA
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

- SIT AND KEEP SOLES OF FEET TOGETHER AND HEELS CLOSE TO THE PERINEUM.
- HOLD THE SOLES OF THE FEET AND LEAN FORWARD AND DOWN.
- BRING FOREHEAD TO FEET AND GAZE TO THE NOSE.
ASANA
JONI ASANA ĀpTA PramĀṇa - आप्त प्रमाण JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA 214-218
दोउ पगथली संपुट करै
एडी मेढ के ढिग धरै
अर्ध हाथ को अंतर राखै
लिलाट पगथल्यां उपर दाषै ॥२१४
दसो आंगुरी अग्र मिलावै
फणा अग्र पर ले पहरवै
कहुणी लो भूपरि कर दाषै
नली कहुणी मिलिवां राखै ॥२१५
सम करि राखै सकल सरीर
नासा दृष्टि लगावै धीर
मुष मारग सो वाई गहै
आसकत होय तहां लौ रहै ॥२१६
इडा नाडि कर पवन उतारे
वार सात या जुगति विचारै
चढतो चढतो कंभक साधै
वार सात या जुगति अराधै ॥२१७
वंध होय मल मूत्र को वाय विग्रहै कोय
या आसन के करत ही द्रवीभूत सो होय ॥२१८
DOU PAGATHALĪ SAṂPUṬA KARAI
EḌĪ MEḌHU KE ḌHIGA DHARAI
ARDHA HĀTHA KO AṂTARA RĀṢAI
LILĀṬA PAGATHALYĀṂ UPARA DĀṢAI ॥214
DASO ĀṂGURĪ AGRA MILĀVAI
PHAṆĀ AGRA PARA LE PAHARAVAI
KAHUṆĪ LO BHŪPARI KARA DĀṢAI
NALĪ KAHŪṆĪ MILIVĀṂ RĀṢAI ॥215
SAMA KARI RĀṢAI SAKALA SARĪRA
NĀSĀ DR̥IṢṬI LAGĀVAI DHĪRA
MUṢA MĀRAGA SO VĀĪ GAHAI
ĀSAKTA HOYA TAHĀṂ LAU RAHE ॥216
IḌĀ NĀḌI KARA PAVANA UTĀRE
VĀRA SĀTA YĀ JUGATI VICĀRAI
CAḌHATO CAḌHATO KAṂBHAKA SĀDHE
VĀRA SĀTA YĀ JUGATI ARĀDHE ॥217
VAṂDHA HOYA MALA MŪTRA KO VĀYA VIGRAHAI KOYA
YĀ ĀSANA KE KARATA HĪ DRAVĪBHŪTA SO HOYA ॥218
AKASHIC REVELATION
JOIN BOTH THE SOLES TOGETHER AND
PUT THE HEELS NEAR THE GENERATIVE
ORGAN AT A DISTANCE OF HALF HAND
(12 FINGERS). CATCH HOLD OF SOLE
WITH THE HELP OF ALL THE TEN FINGERS.
BRING ELBOWS ON THE GROUND NEAR
THE SHINS. BALANCE THE WHOLE BODY.
GAZE AT THE TIP OF NOSE.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण SRIMAT SARVAJNANOTTRA AGAMA YOGA PADA 19
ततोर्ध्वं 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 दृष्टऔ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्यI
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 पाष्ण्यां तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोधर्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानऔ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चूएकताम् ।
ग़त्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
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.
64. MIDAKIPAVA ASANA
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
MAHA-
SADASHIVOHAM


- SIT AND KEEP HEELS TOGETHER, TOES APART AND KNEES WIDE.
- LEAN FORWARD AND DOWN AND EXTEND HANDS OUT WIDE, PALMS DOWN ON GROUND.
- BRING FOREHEAD TO THE GROUND BEHIND THE HEELS AND GAZE TO THE NOSE.

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
MIDAKIPAVA ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
YOGA ASANAMALA SACITRA 61
पूरब बिधि परि पगथली संपुट षोल येडी मिली राषे येड़्याच्यू माहिली कानि अगूल दो आतैरै लिलाट धरति लगावै हाथ दोऊ गोडा उपरि लगावा अड़वाइरछा परा पसारै हथेली अंगुली धरती राशै द्रिस्टि नासा अग्र आसन कौ गुण पच उपबाई जिनकि गाठिपर
PŪRABA BIDHI PARI PAGATHALĪ SAṂPUṬA
ṢOLA YEḌĪ MILĪ RĀṢE
YEḌYĀSYŪ MĀHILĪ KĀNI AGŪLA DO
ĀTARAI LILĀṬA DHARATI LAGĀVAI
HĀTHA DOŪ GOḌĀ UPARI LAGĀVĀ
AḌAVĀIRACHĀ PARĀ PASĀRAI
HATHELĪ AṂGULĪ DHARATĪ RĀŚAI DRIṢṬI
NĀSĀ AGRA
ĀSANA KAU GUṆA PACA UPABĀĪ JINAKI
GĀṬHIPARA
AKASHIC REVELATION
SIT WITH LEGS EXTENDED. CLOSE TWO
HEELS TOGETHER WHILE KEEPING TOES
APART. KNEES ARE SPREAD SIDEWARD.
LOWER THE BODY FORWARD TO TOUCH
THE FOREHEAD ON GROUND NEAR THE
HEELS. SPREAD HANDS SIDEWARD OVER
KNEES AND PLACE PALMS ON GROUND.
GAZE IS FIXED AT THE NOSE.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SRIMAT SARVAJNANOTTRA AGAMA
YOGA PADA 19
ततोर्ध्वं 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 दृष्टौ
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

MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्यां तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं 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.
65.