MATSYENDRASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6. 13
Śitkari
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA OM NITHYANANDOHAM
- PLACE ONE FOOT ON TOP OF OPPOSITE THIGH.
- PLACE OPPOSITE FOOT ON GROUND ON FAR SIDE OF OPPOSITE THIGH.
- TWIST AND BRING ELBOW OUTSIDE OF RAISED KNEE.
- KEEP RAISED ARM BY THE NECK, TURN HEAD BACK AND GAZE TO THIRD EYE.
VISUALIZE
MATSYENDRANATH, THE
GREAT SAGE, AND
MASTER OF HATHA
YOGA
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
MATSYENDRASANA Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Gheranda Samhita 2. 22-23
उदरं पश्चिमाभासं कृत्वा तिष्ठति यत्नतः
नम्राङ्गं वामपादं हि दक्षजानूपरि न्यसेत्॥
२२
तत्र याम्यं कूर्परं च याम्ये करे च वक्त्रकं
भुवोर्मध्ये गतां दृष्टिं पीठं मत्स्येन्द्रमुच्यते
॥२३
udaraṃ pascimābhāsaṃ kṛtvā
tiṣṭhati yatnataḥ
namrāṅgaṃ vāmapādaṃ hi
dakṣajānvūpari nyaset॥22
tatra yāṃyaṃ kūrparaṃ ca yāmye
kare ca vaktrakaṃ
bhuvormadhye gatāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ pīṭhaṃ
matsyendramucyate॥23
AKASHIC REVELATION
Keeping the stomach at ease like
the back, bend the left leg and
place it with care on the right
thigh, put the elbow of the right
hand on top of it and the face on
the palm of right hand. Assuming
this posture, fix the gaze in the
middle of the forehead. This is
Mastyendra 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
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'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
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 ॥
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.
86.