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PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109

JAPA
SADASHIVOHAM

- PLACE KNEES ON GROUND WITH TOES TUCKED BEHIND, SITTING PERINEUM DOWN ON HEELS.
- REST HANDS ON TOP OF THE THIGHS.
- PULL STOMACH IN AND UP AND GAZE TO NOSE.

VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS SAGE KAPILA MUNI
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
KAPILASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
310-312
उभै पगथलि सम ठहरावे
तिन कौ माहिली कोर मिलावे
फणा पाणि उकड होय वैसे
एडी दोउ जोनि निवैसे ॥३१०
गोडा दोउ भूमि लगावे
सम सरीर नीका ठहरावे
हस्त दोउ गोडा परि राषै
नास द्रिष्ट अनल करि दाषै ॥३११
या आसन के कीये ते आछी होय अपान
वीरज थंबे देह सै कबहूं न पावै जान ॥३१२
UBHAI PAGATHALI SAMA ṬHAHARĀVE
TINA KAU MĀHILĪ KORA MILĀVE
PHAṆĀ PĀṆI UKAḌA HOYA VAISE
EḌĪ DOU JONI NIVAISE ॥310
GOḌĀ DOU BHŪMI LAGAVE
SAMA SARĪRA NĪKĀ ṬHAHARĀVE
HASTA DOU GOḌĀ PARI RĀṢAI
NĀSA DRIṢṬI ACALA KARI DĀṢAI ॥311
YĀ ĀSANA KE KĪYE TE ĀCHĪ HOYA
APĀNA
VĪRAJA THAṂBE DEHA SAI KABAHŪṂ NA
PĀVAI JĀNA ॥312
AKASHIC REVELATION
JOIN THE SOLES TOGETHER, BALANCING
ON TOES, SIT ON TWO HEELS PRESSING
PERINEUM. LET THE KNEES TOUCH THE
GROUND, BALANCING THE BODY, PLACE
BOTH PALMS ON RESPECTIVE KNEES.
GAZE AT THE TIP OF NOSE.
PRANAYAMA
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
APTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHATATTVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
अथ भ्रामरीजृम्भक
वेगाकृष्ट पूरकं भृंगनादं भृंगीनादं रेचकं
मन्दमन्दम् ॥
योगीन्द्राणामेवमभ्यासयोगाच्चित्ते जाता
काचिदानन्दमूर्च्छा ॥१८॥
ATHA BHRĀMARI KUMBHA KAḤ -
BHRAMARI KUBHAKA
VEGĀKṚṢṬA PŪRAKAṂ BHṚṂGANĀDAṂ
BHṚṂGĪNĀDAṂ RECAKAṂ
MANDAMANDAM ॥
YOGĪNDRĀṆĀMEVAMABHYĀSAYOGĀCCIT
TE JĀTĀ KĀCIDĀNANDAMŪRCRCHĀ ॥18
॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
ONE INHALES FORCEFULLY TO PRODUCE
THE SOUND RESEMBLING THAT OF A
MALE BEE AND EXHALES VERY SLOWLY,
CREATING A SOUND SIMILAR TO THAT
OF A FEMALE BEE. THIS TECHNIQUE
FILLS THE MIND OF A YOGI WITH
EXCEPTIONALLY ECSTATIC FEELING.
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

UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106 - 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियानकः ।
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 ॥
षाण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं 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 ॥
ṢĀṆMĀSAMABHYASENMṚTYUṂ 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
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BHADRAGORAKHA
ASANA
PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA
HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA SADASHIVOHAM

- PLACE KNEES ON GROUND WITH TOES TUCKED BEHIND, SITTING PERINEUM DOWN ON HEELS.
- REST HANDS ON TOP OF THE THIGHS.
- GAZE TO THE THIRD EYE.

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

ASANA
BHADRAGORAKA ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
129-131
दोऊ पगथली संपुट करै कोर वारिली भूपरि धरै
।
कोर वारिली राखै ऐसैं तापरि मूलद्वारि टिकि
बैसै ॥ १३१ ॥
गोडा पीडी भूपरि दाखै हाथ दोऊ गोडा परि
राखै ।
द्रिष्टि त्रिकुटी मध्य जु ठानै ताकौ गोरखभद्र
बखानै ॥१३२ ॥
या आसन के कीयेते सकल रोग छय होय |
फुन जोगी को जयत कहै खेद न उपजै कोय ॥
१३३
DOŪ PAGATHALĪ SAṂPUṬA KARAI KORA
VĀRILĪ BHŪPARI DHARAI |
KORA VĀRILĪ RĀKHE AISAI TĀPARI
MŪLADVĀRI ṬIKI BAISE || 131 ||
GOḌĀ PĪḌĪ BHŪVAPARI DĀKHAI HĀTHA DOŪ
GOḌĀ PARI RĀKHAI |
DRIṢṬI TRIKUṬĪ MADHYA JU ṬHĀNAI TĀKAU
GORAKHABHADRA BAKHĀNAI ||132 ||
YĀ ĀSANA KE KĪYETE SAKALA ROGA CHAYA
HOYA |
PHUNA JOGĪ KO JAYATA KAHAI KHEDA NA
UPAJAI KOYA || 133 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
SIT ON THE GROUND, FOLD BOTH THE
LEGS AND JOIN THE SOLES. NOW
ARRANGE TO KEEP SOLES IN SUCH A
WAY THAT ARMS PLACED UPON THE
FINGERS OF THE LEGS. BOTH THE KNEES
SHOULD TOUCH THE GROUND AND
HAND BEING PLACED UPON THEM
RESPECTIVELY. GAZE SHOULD BE
BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS. ALL DISEASES
ARE WARDED OFF AND YOGI IS NEVER
SUBJECTED FOR ANY TYPE OF DEJECTION.
PRANAYAMA
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
APTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHATATTVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
अथ भ्रामरीज़म्भक
वेगाकृष्ट पूरकं भृंगनादं भृंगीनादं रेचकं
मन्दमन्दम् ॥
योगीन्द्राणामेवमभ्यासयोगाच्चित्ते जाता
काचिदानन्दमूर्च्छा ॥१८॥
ATHA BHRĀMARI KUMBHAКАН -
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
VEGĀKṚṢṬA PŪRAKAṂ BHṚMGANĀDAṂ
BHṚṂGĪNĀDAṂ RECAKAṂ
MANDAMANDAM ||
YOGĪNDRĀṆĀMEVAMABHYĀSAYOGĀCCIT
TE JĀTĀ KĀCIDĀNANDAMŪRCRCHĀ ||18
||
AKASHIC REVELATION
ONE INHALES FORCEFULLY TO PRODUCE
THE SOUND RESEMBLING THAT OF A
MALE BEE AND EXHALES VERY SLOWLY,
CREATING A SOUND SIMILAR TO THAT
OF A FEMALE BEE. THIS TECHNIQUE
FILLS THE MIND OF A YOGI WITH
EXCEPTIONALLY ECSTATIC FEELING.
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
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
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 पाष्र्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं 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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