MARICI ASANA
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PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA
MAHA-
SADASHIVOHAM
- SIT WITH LEGS EXTENDED.
- BRING ONE HEAL TO GROIN, KNEE RAISED.
- REACH ARM IN AND AROUND RAISED KNEE AND CLASP HANDS BEHIND THE BACK.
- BRING THE CHEST TO THIGH, HEAD TO KNEE.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS SAGE MARICI
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
MARICI ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण NATHAMUNI'S YOGA RAHASYA
1. 51, 2. 17
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्चं च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
UTTĀNAPĀDAṂ KRAUÑCAṂ CA
MARĪCIṂ VĪRABHADRAKAM |
NAṬARĀJAṂ TRIKOṆAṂ CA
SUPTĀṄGAṢṬHAPRASĀRAṆE ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
UTTANAPADASANA, KRAUNCASANA,
MARICYASANA, VIRABHADRASANA,
NATARAJASANA, TRIKONASANA, SUPTA
PADANGUSTHASANA AND SUPTA
PRASARITA PADANGUSTASANA.
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 दृष्टौ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀM DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀM 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
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
गुदं पाष्ण्यां 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.
58.