MAHAMUDRA ASANA
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PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17
JAPA
MAHA- SADASHIVOHAM
(REPEATED)
- SIT WITH LEGS STRETCHED, TOES UP.
- BRING ONE HEEL TO PERINEUM AND LET KNEE FALL TO THE SIDE ON GROUND.
- REACH AND HOLD THE FOOT KEEPING THE LEG STRAIGHT.
- BRING THE CHEST FORWARD AND DOWN, ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS, AND GAZE TO NOSE.
VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE
MUDRA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17
ASANA
MAHAMUDRA ASANA ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण SHIVA SAMHITA 4.16-17
अथ महामुद्राकथनम् ।
महामुद्रां प्रवक्ष्यामि तन्त्रेऽस्मिन्मम वल्लभे ।
यां प्राप्य सिद्धाः सिद्धिं च कपिलाद्याः पुरातगाः ॥ १६ ॥
अपसव्येन संपीड्य पादमूलेन सादरम् ।
गुरूपदेशतो योनिं गुदमेढ्रान्तरालगाम् ॥
सव्यं प्रसारितं पादं धृत्वा पाणियुगेन वै ।
नवद्वाराणि संयम्य चिबुकं हृदयोपरि ॥
चित्तं चित्तपथे दत्त्वा पाभेवद्वायुसाधनम् ।
महामुद्राभवेदेषा सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोपिता ॥
वामाङ्गेन समभ्यस्य दक्षाङ्गेनाभ्यसेत्पुनः
प्राणायामं समं कृत्वा योगी नियतमानसः ॥ १७ ॥
ATHA MAHĀMUDRĀKATHANAM |
MAHĀMUDRĀṂ PRAVAKṢYĀMI TANTRE'SMINMAMA VALLBHE |
YĀṂ PRĀPYA SIDDHĀḤ SIDDHIṂ CA KAPILĀDYĀḤ PURĀGATĀḤ || 16 ||
APASAVYENA SAṂPĪḌYA PĀDAMŪLENA SĀDARAM |
GURUPADEŚATO YONIṂ GUDAMEḌHRĀNTARĀLAGĀM ||
SAVYAṂ PRASĀRITAṂ PĀDAṂ DHṚTVĀ PĀṆIYUGENA VAI |
NAVADVĀRĀṆI SAṂYAMYA CIBUKAṂ HṚDAYOPARI ||
CITTAṂ CITTAPATHE DATTVĀ PĀBHAVEDVĀYUSĀDHANAM |
MAHĀMUDRĀBHAVEDEṢĀ SARVATANTREṢU GOPITĀ ||
VĀMĀṄGENA SAMABHYASYA DAKṢĀṄGENĀBHYASETPUNAḤ
PRĀṆĀYĀMAṂ SAMAṂ KṚTVĀ YOGĪ NIYATAMĀNASAḤ || 17 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
'MY DEAREST, I SHALL NOW DESCRIBE TO YOU THE MAHAMUDRA, FROM WHOSE KNOWLEDGE THE ANCIENT SAGES KAPILA AND OTHERS OBTAINED SUCCESS IN YOGA. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE GURU, PRESS GENTLY THE PERINEUM WITH THE HEEL OF THE LEFT FOOT. STRETCHING THE RIGHT FOOT OUT, HOLD IT FAST BY THE TWO HANDS. HAVING CLOSED THE NINE GATES (OF THE BODY), PLACE THE CHIN ON THE CHEST. THEN CONCENTRATE THE VIBRATIONS OF THE MIND AND INSPIRE AIR AND RETAIN IT BY KUMBHAKA (SO LONG AS ONE CAN COMFORTABLY KEEP IT). THIS IS THE MAHAMUDRA, HELD SECRET IN ALL THE TANTRAS. THE STEADY-MINDED YOGI, HAVING PRACTICED IT ON THE LEFT SIDE SHOULD THEN PRACTICE IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE; AND IN ALL CASES MUST BE FIRM IN PRANAYAMA - THE REGULATION OF HIS BREATH.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण 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
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्ट्रऔ
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 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
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण DHYANABINDUPANISAD 91-93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणासहस्ताभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
पूर्य श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातुकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
ŚODHANAṂ MALAJĀLĀNĀṂ GHAṬANAṂ
CANDRASŪRYAYOḤ || 91 ||
RASĀNĀM ŚOṢAṆAM
SAMYAṄ MAHĀMUDRĀBHIDHĪYATE || 92 ||
VAKṢONYASTAHANURNIPĪḌYA SUṢIRAṂ YONEŚCA
VĀMĀṄGHRĪṆĀ
HASYĀBHYĀMANUDHĀRAYAN PRAVITATAṂ
PĀDAṂ TATHĀ DAKṢIṆAM |
ĀPŪRYA ŚVASANENA KUKṢIYUGALAṂ BADHVĀ
ŚANAI RECAYEDEṢĀ
PĀTAKAHĀŚINĪ NANU MAHĀMUDRĀ NṚṆĀM
PROCYATE || 93 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE CLEANSING (WITH THE
PRANAYAMA) OF THE HEAPS OF
IMPURITIES (IN THE NADIS), THE
BRINGING ABOUT OF THE UNION
BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN,
THE COMPLETE DRYING UP OF THE
BODILY FLUIDS, RASAS (VAATA, PITTA
AND KAPHA), IS KNOWN AS THE
MAHĀMUDRĀ. WITH THE CHIN LAID
ON THE CHEST, PRESSING THE ABYSS OF
THE GENITALS WITH THE LEFT FOOT,
HOLDING WITH THE TWO HANDS THE
OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT LEG, FILLING
WITH BREATH THE PAIR OF BELLIES
AND HOLDING IT UP, ONE SHOULD
SLOWLY EXHALE IT. THIS INDEED IS
SAID TO BE THE SIN-DESTROYING
MAHA-MUDRA FOR MEN.
61.