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MANDUKASANA 2

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Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19

Ujjayi

Bandha
Uddiyana Bandha
Yoga-Sikhopanishad 106-109

[Figure: Bandha symbol]

Japa

Lotus symbol

Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham

Yoga illustration
  1. Knees wide, sit on ankles.
  1. Hands under the knees.
  1. Gaze to nose.
Frog

Visualize yourself as a frog

Gaze

Eyes

Mudra
Manduki Mudra
Gheranda Samhita
Verse 3.62-63

Mudra illustration
icon

Asana

MANDUKASANA 2
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Hatharatnavali 3.55

। पृष्ठं सम्पीड्य
गुल्फाभ्यां जान्वंगे सवलयाकृतिः ॥
हस्तौ पादतले क्षिप्तो
मण्डूकं पाददोषहृत् ॥५५॥

| pṛṣṭhaṃ sampīḍya
gulphābhyāṃ jānvamge
savalayākṛtiḥ ॥
hastau pādatale kṣiptau
maṇḍūkaṃ pādadoṣahṛt ॥55॥

AKASHIC REVELATION
The ankles are placed under
the buttocks. The knees are
kept wide apart. Hands are
placed under the knees. This
is Mandukasana.

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 ॥

सूर्योंज्जायी शीतली च भस्त्री
चैव चतुर्थिका ।
भेदैरेव समं कुम्भो यः स्यात्
सहितकुम्भकः ॥ २१ ॥

prāṇarodhamathedānīm 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 samam 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

MANDUKI MUDRA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Gheranda Samhita 3.62 - 63

अथ माण्डुकीमुद्राकथनम् ।
मुखं संमुद्रितं कृत्वा जिह्वामूलं
प्रचालयेत् ।
शनैर्गसेदमृतं 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 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

UDDIYANA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Yoga Sikhopanishad 106 - 109

कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियाणकः
। 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
|

uḍḍiyāṇaṃ tu sahajaṃ guruṇā kathitaṃ sadā ॥
107 ॥

abhyaset tadatandrastu vṛddho'pi taruṇo bhavet |
nābherūrdhvamadhaścāpi tāṇaṃ kuryāt *
prayatnataḥ ॥ 108 ॥

sāṇmāsamabhyasenmṛtyuṃ 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
head, flowing downwards).

230. NARA SIMHASANA

Pranayama
Ujjayi Pranayama
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19

Ujjayi

Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad

Mula Bandha symbol

Japa

Lotus flower

Om Nithyananda Paramashivoham

Illustration of Nara Simhasana
  1. Keep your toes on mat, heels up and together.
  1. Place perineum on heels.
  1. Place palms on the ground, spread fingers wide, thumbs touching, and base of hand touching the toes.
  1. Gaze to nose.
  1. Stick out tongue and exhale.
Narasimha deity

Visualize Narasimha, one of the 10 Avatars of Vishnu

Gaze

Gaze symbol

Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5

Shambhavi Mudra illustration

Asana

NARA SIMHASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Joga Pradipika 303 - 305

॥ अथ नरसिंघघ आसन ॥ दोउ फणा
पाणि होय वैसै । एडी मेलिर गुदा निवैसै
। सुम सरीर नीका ठहरावै । नासा
अग्र दृष्टि को ल्याबै
॥ ३०३

॥ atha narasiṃghagha āsana ॥
dou phaṇā pāṇi hoya vaisai ।
eḍī melira gudā nivaisai । suma
sarīra nīkā ṭhaharāvai । nāsā
agra driṣṭi ko lyābai ॥ 303

AKASHIC REVELATION Join both the feet like hand and keeping the heels together place it against anus. Gaze at the tip of nose. Place palm on the ground touching the toes. Keep all fingers separate. Both the thumb should touch each other. Open wide your mouth, take out the tongue.

Pranayama

UJJAYI PRANAYAMA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Kundalyupanishad 19 - 21

प्राणरोधमथेदानों 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 ॥

prāṇarodhamathedānīṁ 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 samaṁ 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

SAMBHAVI 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'ntarbāhyāyāṁ dṛṣṭau
nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṁ ca iyaṁ
śāṁbhavī mudrā bhavati |
sarvatantreṣu gopyā mahāvidyā
bhavati |
tajjñānena saṁsāranivṛttiḥ |
tatpūjanaṁ 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 Shambhavi-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

emblem

MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 - 105

गुदं पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥

प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं
यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥

gudaṁ pārṣṇyā tu saṁpīḍya
vāyumākuñcayed balāt |
vāraṁ vāraṁ yathā cordhvaṁ
samāyāti samīraṇaḥ || 104 ||

prāṇāpānau nāndabindū
mūlabandhena caikatām |
gatvā Yogasya saṁsiddhiṁ
yacchato nātra saṁśayaḥ || 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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