MATSYAPITHAKA ASANA
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(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6.13
Śitkari
VISUALIZE MATSYA, THE FISH AVATAR OF VISHNU
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
GAZE
JAPA OM NITHYANANDOHAM
MUDRA
PRANA MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 6.2
- PLACE ONE FOOT ON TOP OF OPPOSITE THIGH AND WRAP RESPECTIVE ARM AROUND THE KNEE, HOLDING ONTO OPPOSITE SHIN.
- EXTEND OPPOSITE HAND STRAIGHT AND HOLD ONTO RESPECTIVE TOE WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER, GAZE TO THE NOSE.
ASANA
MATSYA PITHAKA ASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
TRISIKHI BRAHMANOPANISHAD 48
वामेन वामाङ्गुष्ठं तु गृहीतं मत्स्यपीठकम्
।
योनि वामेन संपीड्य मेढ्रादुपरि दक्षिणम् ॥
४९ ॥
VĀMENA VĀMĀṄGUṢṬHAṂ TU GṚHĪTAṂ
MATSYAPĪṬHAKAM |
YONI VĀMENA SAṂPĪḌYA
MEḌHRĀDUPARI DAKṢIṆAM || 48 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
PLACING THE RIGHT FOOT AT THE ROOT
OF THE LEFT THIGH, WITH THE TWO
HANDS EMBRACING THE KNEES AND THE
LEFT HAND GRASPING THE LEFT BIG TOE,
IS THE MATSYA-PITHAKA POSTURE.
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI PRANAYAMA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SANDILYOPANISHAD 6. 1-3
वक्त्रेण सीत्कारपूर्वकं वायुं गृहीत्वा
यथाशक्ति
कुम्भयित्वा नासाभ्यां रेचयेत् ।
तेन क्षुत्तृष्णालस्यनिद्रा न जायन्ते
सीत्कारप्राणायाममाह- वक्त्रेणेति ॥ १३-३
॥
VAKTREṆA SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṂ VĀYUṂ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI
KUMBHAYITVĀ NĀSĀBHYĀṂ RECAYET |
TENA KṢUTTṚṢṆĀLASYANIDRĀ NA
JĀYANTE
SĪTKĀRAPRĀṆĀYĀMAMĀHA-
VAKTREṆETI || 13-3
AKASHIC REVELATION
SUCKING THE AIR THROUGH THE
MOUTH, WITH THE SITKARA (HISSING
SOUND), HOLDING IT IN KUMBHAKA AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE, (THE YOGIN)
SHOULD EXPEL IT THROUGH THE
NOSTRILS. THEREFROM THIRST, HUNGER
AND SLEEP THROUGH INDOLENCE, WILL
NOT BE PRODUCED.
MUDRA
PRANA MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM, NIVEDANA
MUDRĀḤ 6. 2
मध्यमातर्जन्यंगुष्ठयोगे प्राण-मुद्रा ।
MADHYAMĀTARJANYAṂNUṢṬHAYOGE
PRĀṆA-MUDRĀ |
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THE MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER
STAND NEARBY EACH OTHER (WE
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE OTHER
FINGERS ARE FOLDED), IT IS CALLED
PRANA MUDRA.
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
गुदं पाष्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोधर्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM 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.
85.