MATSYENDRASANA 2
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(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6. 13
Sitkari
VISUALIZE MATSYENDRANATH, THE GREAT SAGE, AND MASTER OF HATHA YOGA
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
GAZE
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 AND EXTEND HAND DOWN TO THE FOOT, KEEPING OPPOSITE HAND ON GROUND BEHIND, TURN HEAD BACK AND GAZE TO THIRD EYE.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
MATSYENDRASANA 2
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHAPRADIPIKA OF SVATMARAMA 2. 12-13
मत्स्येन्द्रपीठं जठरप्रदीप्तिं
प्रचण्डरुग्मण्डलखण्डनास्त्रम्॥
अभ्यासतः कुण्डलिनीप्रबोधं दण्डस्थिरत्वं
हि ददाति पुंसाम्॥
MATSYENDRAPĪṬHAṀ JAṬHARAPRADĪPTIṀ
PRACAṆḌARUGMAṆḌALAKHAṆḌANĀSTRA
M ॥
ABHYĀSATAḤ KUṆḌALINĪPRABODHAṀ
DAṆḌASTHIRATVAṀ HI DADĀTI PUṀSĀM
॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE RIGHT FOOT IS PLACED AT THE
ROOT OF THE LEFT THIGH. THE LEFT LEG
IS PLACED BY THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT
KNEE. HOLDING LEFT LEG BY THE RIGHT
HAND AND TWISTING THE BODY, ONE
REMAINS STEADY.
THIS POSTURE COMES FROM SRI
MATSYENDRANATH. PRACTICE OF
MATSYENDRASANA STIMULATES THE
DIGESTIVE FUNCTION AND WORKS LIKE A
WEAPON TO DESTROY HOSTS OF SEVERE
AILMENTS. IT ALSO HELPS AROUSAL OF
KUNDALINI AND GIVES STABILITY TO THE
SPINE.
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 SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṀ VĀYUṀ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI
KUMBHAYITVĀ NĀSĀBHYĀṀ 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'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 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 पाष्ण्याँ तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
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.
91.