NARAKASANA
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Pranayama
Murrcha Kumbhaka
Sundaradeva 10.19
Murrcha
Bandha
Jalandhara Bandha
Yoga-Sikhopanishad
109-112
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Visualize blissfuly traveling through hell, unscathed
- Lie supine and raise hips and legs up, (bring hands to lower back for support if needed.)
- Elbows and hands extend on mat below, helping balance the body as legs raised up straight.
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
NARAKASANA Āpta Pramāṇa – आस प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka's Hathabhyasa Paddhati 14
ग्रीवाकंठेन
भूमिंविष्ठम्भ
पादाग्रद्वयं
उर्ध्वमुत्रयेत् नर्कासनं
भवति ॥
grīvākaṃṭhena
bhūmiṃviṣṭhambha
pādāgradvayaṃ
urdhvamutrayet narkāsanaṃ
bhavati ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Holding the ground with
throat and neck (also
shoulder) erect upwards both
the toes of the feet. This is
called Narakasana.
Pranayama
MURCCHA KUMBHAKA Āpta Pramāṇa – आस प्रमाण Hathatatvakaumudi by Sundaradeva 10.19
आपूर्य कुम्भितं प्राणं
बद्ध्वा जालन्धरं शनैः ॥
रेचयेन्-मूर्च्छना -कुम्भो मनो
-मूर्च्छा सुख-प्रदा ॥ १७०
॥
āpūrya kumbhitaṃ prāṇaṃ
baddhvā jālandharaṃ śanaiḥ
॥
recayen-mūrcchanā-kumbho
mano-mūrcchā sukha-pradā
॥ 170 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Inhale and retain the air
firmly adopting jalandhara
bandha and then exhale
slowly, while maintaining
jalandhara bandha. This is
called manomurccha
kumbhaka, which brings
about a state of swooning to
a yogi.
Mudra
SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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
śāmbhavī 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 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
JALANDHARA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 109 – 112
पूरकान्ते तु कर्तब्यो बन्धो जालंधराभिधः ॥ १०९ ॥
कंठसंकोचरूपोऽसऔ वायुमार्गनिरोधकः ।
कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढमिच्छया ॥
११० ॥
बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयममृताप्यायकारकः ।
अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसंकोचने कृते ॥ १११ ॥
मध्ये पश्चिमताणेन स्यात् प्राणो
ब्रह्मनाडिगः ।
कुण्डल्या ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदनेन
निर्विकल्पकप्राप्तिः
वज्रासनस्थितो योगी चालयित्वा तु कुण्डलीम् ॥
११२ ॥
pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālaṃdharābhidhaḥ
॥ 109 ॥
kaṃṭhasamkocarūpo'sau vāyumārganirodhakaḥ
|kaṇṭhamākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayed
dṛḍhamicchayā ॥ 110 ॥
bandho jālaṃdharākhyo'yamamṛtāpyāyakārakaḥ
adhastāt kuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṃkocane kṛte ॥ 111
॥ madhye paścimatāṇena syāt prāṇo
brahmanāḍigaḥ | kuṇḍalyā
granthitrayavibhedanena nirvikalpakaprāptiḥ
vajrāsanasthito yogī cālayitvā tu kuṇḍalīm ॥ 112 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION The bandha known as Jalandhara should be performed at the close of the Puraka (in-filling the vital air). This is of the form of constricting the throat with a view to obstruct the passage of vital air. After constricting the throat, he should establish (the vital air) firmly in the bosom. This is known as the Jalandhara bandha , which causes the full flow of nectar. Should the constriction of the throat be made with the immediate contraction of the nether part, by (performing) Pascimatana in the middle, the Prana (vital air) will reach the Brahma-nadi.
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