20. BHUJANGASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA SHIVOHAM
- LOWER THE ENTIRE BODY DOWN ONTO THE STOMACH AND KEEP TOES POINTED BACKWARDS.
- KEEP HANDS NEXT TO CHEST AND RAISE THE HEAD UP USING STRENGTH OF LOWER BACK (LIFT NO HIGHER THAN BELLY BUTTON OFF MAT)
- OPEN MOUTH WIDE AND INHALE THROUGH HOLLOW OF THROAT.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A COBRA
GAZE
MUDRA
BHUJANGANI MUDRA
GHERANDA SAMHITA
3. 93-94
ASANA
BHUJANGASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERAṆḌA SAṂHITĀ 2. 41-42
अङ्गुष्ठ नाभिपर्यन्तमधोभूमौ विनिन्यसेत्
कराभ्याञ्च धरां धृत्वा ऊर्ध्वं शीर्षः फणीव हि
देहाग्निर्वर्धते नित्यं सर्वरोगविनाशनम्
जागर्ति भुजगी देवी भुजङ्गासनसाधनात्
AṄGUṢṬHA
NĀBHIPARYANTAMADHOBHŪMAU
VININYASEṪ KARĀBHYĀÑCA DHARĀṂ
DHṚTVĀ ŪRDHVA ŚĪRṢAḤ PHAṆĪVA HI ॥ 41
DEHĀGNIRVARDHATE NITYAṂ
SARVAROGAVINĀŚANAM
JĀGARTI BHUJAGĪ DEVĪ
BHUJAṄGĀSANASĀDHANĀT ॥ 42
AKASHIC REVELATION
KEEP THE BODY FROM THE TOES TO THE
NAVEL ON THE FLOOR AND PLACING THE
PALMS OF THE HANDS ALSO FIRMLY ON
THE FLOOR, RAISE THE HEAD LIKE A
SNAKE. THIS IS CALLED BHUJANGASANA.
THE FIRE OF THE BODY INCREASES, ALL
DISEASES ARE DESTROYED AND KUNDALINI
SHAKTI IS AWAKENED BY THE PRACTICE
OF BHUJANGASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATIḤ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṂ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUMBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAKA.
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 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.