MACCANDRA ASANA 2
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Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19
Ujjayi
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Visualize Swamiji,
The Supreme Pontiff
of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Vaisnavi Mudra
Yoga Sikhopanishad
Verse 4.31
- From Maccandrasana, untwist and hold onto the respective big toes.
- Lean your forehead so it touches the ground and chest should touch the knees.
Asana
MACCANDRA ASANA 2
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Joga Pradipika 235 - 238
मच्छिन्द्र आसन २
प्रथम जीमणो चरण जु जोई वाम
जंघघपरि राखै सोई ।
ताकी एड़ी कडिसो लावै बहुरि
जुगति यह ओर करावै ॥ २३५ ॥
maccindra āsana 2
prathama jīmaṇo caraṇa ju joī
vāma jaṃghaghapari rākhai
soī ।
tākī eḍī kaḍiso lāvai bahuri
jugati yaha ora karāvai ॥ 235
॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Place right leg on left thigh.
The heel of right leg should
be near to the waist. The toes
and heel of the left leg should
be fixed upon the right knee.
The big toes should be
caught hold of with both the
hands. Place forehead on the
ground and chest should
touch the knees.
Pranayama
UJJAYI PRANAYAMA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19 - 21
प्राणरोधमथेदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि
समासतः ।
प्राणश्च देहगो वायुरार्यामः कुम्भकः
स्मृतः ॥ १९ ॥
स एव द्विविधः प्रोक्तः सहितः
केवलस्तथा ।
यावत् केवलसिद्धिः स्यात् तावत्
सहितमभ्यसेत् ॥ २० ॥
सूर्योन्जायी शीतली च भस्त्री
चैव चतुर्थिका ।
भेदैरेव समं कुम्भो यः स्यात्
सहितकुम्भकः ॥ २१ ॥
prāṇarodhamathedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi
samāsataḥ |
prāṇaśca dehago vāyurāyāmaḥ
Kumbhakaḥ smṛtaḥ ॥ 19 ॥
sa eva dvividhaḥ proktaḥ sahitaḥ
kevalastathā |
yāvat kevalasiddhiḥ syāt tāvat
sahitamabhyaset ॥ 20 ॥
sūryojjāyī śītalī ca bhastrī caiva
caturthikā |
bhedaireva samaṃ kumbho yaḥ syāt
sahita Kumbhakaḥ ॥ 21 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Then I shall presently relate briefly
about the control of the vital air.
Prana is air coursing through the
body and Ayama is said to be
Kumbhaka (holding under control).
The same is said to be of two
kinds: the combined (Pranayama)
and that (which is practiced) alone
by itself. One should practice the
combined Pranayama till he attains
success in the (practice of
Kumbhaka) alone by itself. The
Kumbhaka which is practiced
along with Surya, Ujjayi, Siitali and
Bhastrl as the fourth, that is the
combined Kumbhaka.
Mudra
VAISNAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 5.14
अन्तर्लक्ष्य
बहिर्दृष्टिर्निमेषोन्मेषवर्जिता ।
एषा सा वैएष्णवी मुद्रा
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोपिता ॥ १४ ॥
antariakṣyam
bahirdstirnimeṣonmeṣavarjita |
eṣá sa valsnavi mudrà
sarvatantreṣu gopita || 14 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The external vision of the Yogin,
when it becomes fixed only on
the one object In the Interior,
(with the mind concentrated on
the Viraj, Sutratman, Bija or the
Turiya in the Muladhara, Anahata
or Sahasrara) and in
consequence devoid of shutting
or opening the eyelids, this is the
reputed Vaisnavi Mudra, which is
well preserved as a secret in all
the Tantras. 14.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 - 105
गुदं पाष्र्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरनः ॥ 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.
140.