MANDUKASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA SADASHIVOHAM
- SIT WITH TOES FLAT AND PERINEUM ON HEELS.
- KEEP HANDS ON TOP OF KNEES AND LIFT TONGUE UP AGAINST ROOF OF THE MOUTH.
- 'CATCH' THE NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY DRIPPING FROM THE SAHASRARA CHAKRA WITH YOUR FROG-TONGUE.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A FROG
GAZE
MUDRA
MANDUKU MUDRA
GHERANDA SAMHITA
3. 62-63
ASANA
MANDUKASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 2. 33
पादतलौ पृष्ठदेशे अङ्गुष्ठे द्वे च संस्पृशेत्
जानुयुग्मं पुरस्कृत्य साधयेन्मण्डूकासनम्
॥३३॥
PĀDATALAU PṚṢṬHADEŚE AṄGUṢṬHE DVE
CA SAṂSPṚŚET
JĀNUYUGMAṂ PURASKṚTYA
SĀDHAYENMAṆḌŪKĀSANAM ॥33॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
TAKING THE FEET AT THE BACK, THE
TOES TOUCHING EACH OTHER, BRING
THE KNEES FORWARD. THIS IS KNOWN AS
THE MANDUKASANA. 33
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्य्Āम्-Āर्m सम्Āk्Sय्
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्Śवयोḥ
k्ṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣṭहत्Ā Śवस्-
ध्Āर्ṇअम् न बल्Āद्-यद्A
अनिŚअम् सहज्ḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्त्ḥ Śरि-k्ṛतिव्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
MUDRA
MANDUKI MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 3.62 - 63
अथ माण्डुकीमुद्राकथनम् ।
मुखं संमुद्रितं कृत्वा जिह्वामूलं प्रचालयेत्
।
शनैर्गृसेदमृतं तां माण्डूकीं मुद्रिकां विदुः ॥
६२॥
वलितं पलितं चैव जायते नित्ययौवनम् ।
न केशे जायते पाको यः
कुर्यान्नित्यमाण्डुकीम् ॥६३॥
ATHA MĀṆḌUKĪMUDRĀKATHANAM |
MUKHAṂ SAṂMUDRITAṂ KṚTVĀ
JIHVĀMŪLAṂ PRACĀLAYET |
ŚANAIRGRASEDAMṚTAṂ TĀṂ
MĀṆḌŪKĪṂ MUDRIKĀṂ VIDUḤ ॥62॥
VALITAṂ PALITAṂ VAIVA JĀYATE
NITYAYAUVANAM |
NA KEŚE JĀYATE PĀKO YAḤ
KURYĀNNITYAMĀṆḌUKĪM ॥63॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
CLOSING THE MOUTH, MOVE THE TIP
OF THE TONGUE TOWARDS THE PALATE
AND SLOWLY TASTE THE NECTAR OF
IMMORTALITY (THAT IS FLOWING FROM
THE 1000 PETALLED LOTUS FROM THE
CROWN CENTER). THIS IS THE MĀṆḌŪKĪ
(FROG) MUDRA. (62)
THE FRUIT OF THE MĀṆḌUKĪMUDRĀ.
THE BODY IS NEVER IN DISEASE OR
BECOMES OLD, AND IT LIVES IN THE
STATE OF PERPETUAL ETERNAL YOUTH
(NITHYA YAUVANA); THE ONE WHO
PRACTICES IT, HIS HAIR NEVER AGES
INTO GREY.
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा 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.
41.
UTTANA
MANDUKASANA
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA SADASHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A FROG
GAZE
MUDRA
MANDUKU MUDRA
GHERANDA SAMHITA
3. 62-63
- SIT WITH TOES FLAT AND PERINEUM ON HEELS.
- KEEP HANDS ON BACK, HOLDING HEAD WITH THE ELBOWS, AND LIFT TONGUE UP AGAINST ROOF OF THE MOUTH.
- PULL STOMACH IN AND UP AND ‘CATCH’ THE NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY DRIPPING FROM THE SAHASRARA CHAKRA WITH YOUR FROG-TONGUE.
ASANA
UTTANA MANDUKASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 2. 34
मण्डूकासनमध्यस्थं कूर्पराभ्यां धृतं शिरः
एतद् भेकवदुत्तानमेतदुत्तानमण्डुकम् ॥ ३४
MAṆḌUKĀSANAMADHYASTHAṂ
KŪRPARĀBHYĀṂ DHṚTAṂ ŚIRAḤ
ETAD
BHEKAVADUTTĀNAMETADUTTĀNAMAṆḌ
UKAM ॥ 34
AKASHIC REVELATION
UTTANA MANDUKA: ASSUME THE
FROG-POSTURE (AS IN VERSE 34).
TAKING THE FEET AT THE BACK, THE
TOES TOUCHING EACH OTHER, BRING
THE KNEES FORWARD. THIS IS KNOWN AS
THE MANDUKASANA. HOLD THE HEAD
BY THE ELBOWS, AND STAND UP LIKE A
FROG. THIS IS CALLED THE UTTANA
MANDUKASANA
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-ĀरṂ सम्Āकृ़्ष्य
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्इवयोḥ
कृ़इपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣ्ठत्Ā śवस्-
ध्Āरṇअम् न बल्Āद्-यद्Ā
अनिśअम् सहज्ḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्तḥ śरि-कृ़त्तिव्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṚṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
MUDRA
MANDUKI MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 3.62 - 63
अथ माण्डुकीमुद्राकथनम् ।
मुखं संमुद्रितं कृत्वा जिह्वामूलं प्रचालयेत्
।
शनैर्ग्रेसेदमृतं तां माण्डूकीं मुद्रिकां विदुः ॥
६२॥
वलितं पलितं वैव जायते नित्ययौवनम् ।
न केशे जायते पाको यः
कुर्यान्नित्यमाण्डुकीम् ॥६३॥
ATHA MĀṆḌUKĪMUDRĀKATHANAM ।
MUKHAṂ SAṂMUDRITAṂ KṚTVĀ
JIHVĀMŪLAṂ PRACĀLAYET ।
ŚANAIRGRASEDAMṚTAṂ TĀṂ
MĀṆḌŪKĪM MUDRIKĀṂ VIDUḤ ॥62॥
VALITAṂ PALITAṂ VAIVA JĀYATE
NITYAYAUVANAM ।
NA KEŚE JĀYATE PĀKO YAḤ
KURYĀNNITYAMĀṆḌUKĪM ॥63 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
CLOSING THE MOUTH, MOVE THE TIP
OF THE TONGUE TOWARDS THE PALATE
AND SLOWLY TASTE THE NECTAR OF
IMMORTALITY (THAT IS FLOWING FROM
THE 1000 PETALLED LOTUS FROM THE
CROWN CENTER). THIS IS THE MĀṆḌŪKĪ
(FROG) MUDRA. (62)
THE FRUIT OF THE MĀṆḌUKĪMUDRĀ.
THE BODY IS NEVER IN DISEASE OR
BECOMES OLD, AND IT LIVES IN THE
STATE OF PERPETUAL ETERNAL YOUTH
(NITHYA YAUVANA); THE ONE WHO
PRACTICES IT, HIS HAIR NEVER AGES
INTO GREY.
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106 - 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डीयाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥
१०६ ॥
तस्मादुड्डीयणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः
समुदाहृतः । उड्डीयाणं 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 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYAṆĀKHYO'YAṂ YOGIBHIḤ
SAMUDĀHṚTAḤ |
UḌḌĪYĀṆAM TU SAHAJAM GURUṆĀ
KATHITAM SADĀ || 107 ||
ABHYASET TADATANDRASTU VṚDDHO'PI
TARUṆO BHAVET |
NĀBHERŪRDHVAMADHAŚCĀPI TĀṆAM
KURYĀT PRAYATNATAḤ || 108 ||
ṢĀṆMĀSAMABHYASENMṚTYUM 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
42.