PHODYASANA
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PRANAYAMA
BHASTRIKA KUMBHAKA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 96-100
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
PARAMASHIVOHAM
- SIT WITH HANDS BEHIND CALVES AND STRETCH THE LEGS UP.
- BRING FOREHEAD TO THE KNEES AND COME TO A VERTICAL POSITION WITH LEGS.
VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
PHODYASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
120-122
दोउ हाथ पग बाहर आनै
गोडा तरै कांकसी ठानै
अंगुष्ठ पिंडली लगता धरै
चरण उभै आकास दिसि करै॥१२०
पिष्टि सकूला धरती लावै
उदर संकोचि ऊर्ध ठहरावै
गोडा सीस भिथंभन करै
इह विधि फोद्या आसन धरै॥१२१
देह विसाली ना रहे रक्तपिती पुनि जाय
फुंसी गुंमरि आदि जे नाना रोग नसाय ॥
१७२
DOU HĀTHA PAGA BĀHARA ĀNAI
GOḌĀ TARAI KĀṂKASĪ ṬHĀNAI
AMGUṢṬHA PIṂḌALĪ LAGATĀ DHARAI
CARAṆA UBHAI ĀKĀSA DISI KARAI ||120
PIṢṬI SAKŪLĀ DHARATĪ LĀVAI
UDARA SAṂKOCI ŪRDHA ṬHAHARĀVAI
GOḌĀ SĪSA BHITHAṂBHANA KARAI
IHA VIDHI PHODYĀ ĀSANA DHARAI ||121
DEHA VISĀLĪ NĀ RAHE RAKTAPITĪ PUNI
JĀYA
PHUṂSĪ GUṂMARI ĀDI JE NĀNĀ ROGA
NASĀYA ||172
AKASHIC REVELATION
SIT WITH LEGS EXTENDED ON GROUND.
SLOWLY RAISE LEGS UPWARD BY
CATCHING HOLD OF CALVES WITH TWO
HANDS. BY CONTRACTING THE
ABDOMEN, RAISE THE HEAD UP
TOWARDS THE KNEES.
PRANAYAMA
BHASTRIKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA-SIKHOPANISHAD 96 - 100
"स्तनयोरथ भस्त्रेव लोहकारस्य वेगतः ॥ ९६ ॥
रेचयेत् पूरयेद्वायुमाश्रमं देहगं धिया ।
यथा श्रमो भवेद्देहे तथा सूर्येण पूरयेत् ॥ ९७ ॥
कण्ठसंकोचनं कृत्वा पुनश्चन्द्रेण रेचयेत् ।
वातपित्तश्लेष्महरं शरीराग्निविवर्धनम् ॥ ९८ ॥
कुण्डलीबोधकं वक्त्रदोषघ्नं शुभदं सुखम् ।
ब्रह्मनाडीमुखान्तःस्थकफायगर्लनाशनम् ॥ ९९ ॥
सम्यग्बन्धसमुद्भूतं ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदकम् ।
विशेषेणैव कर्तव्यं भस्त्राख्यं कुम्भकं त्विदम् ॥ १०० ॥
STANAYORATHA BHASTREVA LOHAKĀRASYA VEGATAḤ || 96 ||
RECAYET PŪRAYEDVĀYUMĀŚRAMAṂ DEHAGAṂ DHIYĀ |
YATHĀ ŚRAMO BHAVEDDEHE TATHĀ SŪRYEṆA PŪRAYET || 97 ||
KAṆṬHASAṂKOCANAṂ KṚTVĀ PUNAŚCANDREṆA RECAYET |
VĀTAPITTAŚLEṢMAHARAṂ ŚARĪRĀGNIVIVARDHANAM || 98 ||
KUṆḌALĪBODHAKAṂ VAKTRADOṢAGHNAṂ ŚUBHADAṂ SUKHAM |
BRAHMANĀḌĪMUKHĀNTAḤSTHAKAPHĀDYARGALANĀŚANAM || 99 ||
SAMYAGBANDHASAMUDBHŪTAṂ GRANTHITRAYAVIBHEDAKAM |
VIŚEṢEṆAIVA KARTAVYAṂ BHASTRĀKHYAṂ KUMBHAKAṂ TVIDAM ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
(THE PRACTITIONER) SHOULD
INTELLIGENTLY EXPEL WITH SPEED THE AIR
IN THE BODY, OUT OF THE TWO BREASTS
AND FILL (IT) IN (LIKEWISE), TILL HE IS
OVERCOME WITH FATIGUE, AS WITH A
BLACKSMITH'S PAIR OF BELLOWS. WHEN
FATIGUE COMES ON IN THE BODY, THEN
SHOULD HE FILL IN THROUGH THE SOLAR
(NADI) AND AFTER CONSTRICTING THE
THROAT, SHOULD EXPEL (IT) AGAIN
THROUGH THE LUNAR (NADI). (THIS
KUMBHAKA) REMOVES (THE EXCESS OF) THE
MIND, BILE AND PHLEGM, RAISES THE
TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY, ROUSES THE
KUNDALI, REMOVES DEFECTS IN THE
MOUTH, BESTOWS AUSPICIOUSNESS, IS
WHOLESOME, REMOVES IMPEDIMENTS,
SUCH AS PHLEGM REMAINING IN THE
INTERIOR OF THE OPENING OF THE
BRAHMA-NADI, AND IS CAPABLE OF
BURSTING THROUGH THE THREE KNOTS AS
THE RESULT OF EFFECTIVELY PRACTICING
THE BANDHAS. THIS KUMBHAKA IS KNOWN
AS THE BHASTRA AND SHOULD BE SPECIALLY
PRACTISED.
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 चोध्र्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
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.
104. PARIGHASANA
PRANAYAMA BHASTRIKA KUMBHAKA YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 96-100
BANDHA MULA BANDHA YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 104-105
JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
PARAMASHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A MACE
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
- SIT AND EXTEND LEGS OUT AND UP AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
- BRING HANDS BEHIND AND HOLD OPPOSITE SHOULDERS.
- KEEP CHEST UPRIGHT, LEGS STRAIGHT, TOES POINTED.
- HOLD THE BREATH AND GAZE TO THIRD EYE.
ASANA
PARIGHASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Kapalakurantaka's Hathabhyasa Paddhati 2
उत्तानं शयनं कृत्वा पादौ मिलित्वा प्रसार्य
नितंबं भूमौ स्पृष्ट्या हस्ताभ्यां कन्धरा
बध्वा कुंभकं कृत्वा तिष्टेत् परिघासन
भवति ॥२॥
uttānaṁ śayanaṁ kṛtvā pādau
militvā prasārya
nitaṁbaṁ bhūmau spṛṣṭyā
hastābhyāṁ kandharā
badhvā kuṁbhakaṁ kṛtvā tiṣṭet
parighāsana bhavati ॥2॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Lying supine extend both the feet
united together and touching the
ground with buttocks catch firmly
the shoulder with two hands and
remain with kumbhaka performed.
This is called Parighasana.
PRANAYAMA
BHASTRIKA KUMBHAKA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga-Sikhopanishad 96 - 100
"स्तनयोरथ भस्त्रेव लोहकारस्य वेगतः ॥ ९६ ॥
रेचयेत् पूरयेद्वायुमाश्रमं देहगं धिया ।
यथा श्रमो भवेद्देहे तथा सूर्येण पूरयेत् ॥ ९७ ॥
कण्ठसंकोचनं कृत्वा पुनश्चन्द्रेण रेचयेत् ।
वातपित्तश्लेष्महरं शरीराग्निविवर्धनम् ॥ ९८ ॥
कुण्डलीबोधकं वक्त्रदोषघ्नं शुभदं सुखम् ।
ब्रह्मनाडीमुखान्तःस्थकफाद्यर्गलनाशनम् ॥ ९९ ॥
सम्यग्बन्धसमुद्भूतं ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदकम् ।
विशेषेणैव कर्तव्यं भस्त्राख्यं कुम्भकं त्विदम् ॥ १०० ॥
stanayoratha bhastreva lohakārasya vegataḥ || 96 ||
recayet pūrayedvāyumāśramaṁ dehagāṁ dhiyā |
yathā śramo bhaveddehe tathā sūryeṇa pūrayet || 97 ||
kaṇṭhasaṁkocanaṁ kṛtvā punaścandreṇa recayet |
vātapittaśleṣmaharaṁ śarīrāgnivivardhanaṁ || 98 ||
kuṇḍalībodhakaṁ vaktradoṣaghna śubhadaṁ sukham |
brahmanāḍīmukhāntaḥsthakaphādyargalanāśanam || 99 ||
samyagbandhasamudbhūtaṁ granthitrayavibhedakam |
viśeṣeṇaiva kartavyaṁ bhastrākhyaṁ Kumbhakaṁ tvidam ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
(The practitioner) should
intelligently expel with speed the air
in the body, out of the two breasts
and fill (it) in (likewise), till he is
overcome with fatigue, as with a
blacksmith's pair of bellows. When
fatigue comes on in the body, then
should he fill in through the Solar
(nadi) and after constricting the
throat, should expel (it) again
through the Lunar (nadi). (This
Kumbhaka) removes (the excess of) the
mind, bile and phlegm, raises the
temperature of the body, rouses the
Kundali, removes defects in the
mouth, bestows auspiciousness, is
wholesome, removes impediments,
such as phlegm remaining in the
interior of the opening of the
Brahma-nadi, and is capable of
bursting through the three knots as
the result of effectively practicing
the Bandhas. This Kumbhaka is known
as the Bhastra and should be specially
practised.
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 mokṣaphapadam || 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 Śāmbhavi-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 चोर्ध्व समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṁ pārṣṇyā tu saṁpīḍya
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.
105. NAUKASANA
PRANAYAMA
BHASTRIKA KUMBHAKA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 96-100
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
PARAMASHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A BOAT
KEEP ELBOWS AND PALMS DOWN ON THE GROUND
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
- SIT AND EXTEND LEGS OUT AND UP AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
- BRING THE ELBOWS DOWN ON THE GROUND BESIDE THE HIPS.
- KEEP CHEST UPRIGHT, LEGS STRAIGHT, TOES POINTED.
ASANA
NAUKASANA ĀpTa Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka Hathabhyasa Paddhati 11
उत्तानशयनं कूर्पराभ्यां भूमिमवष्टभ्यहस्तौ
नितंबं निधाय
शिरः ऊरु जंघापादान् दंडवत् धारयेत्
नौकासनमं भवति
UTTĀNAŚAYANAṂ KŪRPARĀBHYĀṂ
BHŪMIMAVAṢṬABHYAHASTAU NITAṂBAṂ
NIDHĀYA
ŚIRAḤ ŪRU JAṂGHĀPĀDĀN DAṂḌAVAT
DHĀRAYET NAUKĀSANAMAṂ BHAVATI
AKASHIC REVELATION
LYING SUPINE HOLD THE GROUND WITH
THE ELBOWS AND KEEP THE TWO HANDS
ON THE HIPS. THEN KEEP UP THE HEAD,
THE THIGH, THE SHANK AND THE FEET
LIKE A STICK. THIS IS CALLED
NAUKASANA.
PRANAYAMA
BHASTRIKA KUMBfIAKA Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Yoga-Sikhopanishad 96 - 100
"स्तनयोरथ भस्त्रेव लोहकारस्य वेगतः ॥ ९६ ॥
रेचयेत् पूरयेद्वायुमाश्रमं देहगं धिया ।
यथा श्रमो भवेद्देहे तथा सूर्येण पूरयेत् ॥ ९७ ॥
कण्ठसंकोचनं कृत्वा पुनश्चन्द्रेण रेचयेत् ।
वातपित्तश्लेष्महरं शरीराग्निविवर्धनम् ॥ ९८ ॥
कुण्डलीबोधकं वक्त्रदोषघ्नं शुभदं सुखम् ।
ब्रह्मनाडीमुखान्तःस्थकफाद्यर्गलनाशनम् ॥ ९९ ॥
सम्यग्बन्धसमुद्भूतं ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदकम् ।
विशेषेणैव कर्तव्यं भस्त्राख्यं कुम्भकं त्विदम् ॥ १०० ॥
STANAYORATHA BHASTREVA LOHAKĀRASYA VEGATAḤ || 96 ||
RECAYET PŪRAYEDVĀYUMĀŚRAMAṂ DEHAGAṂ DHIYĀ |
YATHĀ ŚRAMO BHAVEDDEHE TATHĀ SŪRYEṆA PŪRAYET || 97 ||
KAṆṬHASAṂKOCANAṂ KṚTVĀ PUNAŚCANDREṆA RECAYET |
VĀTAPITTAŚLEṢMAHARAṂ ŚARĪRĀGNIVIVARDHANAM || 98 ||
KUṆḌALĪBODHAKAṂ VAKTRADOṢAGHNA SUBHADAṂ SUKHAM |
BRAHMANĀḌĪMUKHĀNTAḤSTHAKAPHĀDYARGALAN ĀŚANAM || 99 ||
SAMYAGBANDHASAMUDBHŪTAṂ GRANTHITRAYAVIBHEDAKAM |
VIŚEṢEṆAIVA KARTAVYAṂ BHASTRĀKHYAṂ KUMBHAKAṂ TVIDAM ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
(THE PRACTITIONER) SHOULD
INTELLIGENTLY EXPEL WITH SPEED THE AIR
IN THE BODY, OUT OF THE TWO BREASTS
AND FILL (IT) IN (LIKEWISE), TILL HE IS
OVERCOME WITH FATIGUE, AS WITH A
BLACKSMITH'S PAIR OF BELLOWS. WHEN
FATIGUE COMES ON IN THE BODY, THEN
SHOULD HE FILL IN THROUGH THE SOLAR
(NADI) AND AFTER CONSTRICTING THE
THROAT, SHOULD EXPEL (IT) AGAIN
THROUGH THE LUNAR (NADI). (THIS
KUMBHAKA) REMOVES (THE EXCESS OF) THE
MIND, BILE AND PHLEGM, RAISES THE
TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY, ROUSES THE
KUNDALI, REMOVES DEFECTS IN THE
MOUTH, BESTOWS AUSPICIOUSNESS, IS
WHOLESOME, REMOVES IMPEDIMENTS,
SUCH AS PHLEGM REMAINING IN THE
INTERIOR OF THE OPENING OF THE
BRAHMA-NADL AND IS CAPABLE OF
BURSTING THROUGH THE THREE KNOTS AS
THE RESULT OF EFFECTIVELY PRACTICING
THE BANDHAS. THIS
KUMBHAKA IS KNOWN AS THE BHASTRA
AND SHOULD BE SPECIALLY PRACTISED.
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 पाष्ण्यां 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 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.
106.