297. KARMUKASANA 2
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Pranayama Kākacañcu Kumbhaka Hathatatva Kaumudi 12.18
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda
ParamaShivoham
- From Padmasana...
- Hook right hand index & middle finger around right toes (from the bottom of foot).
- Lift elbow as if pulling a bow back and move big toe around.
- Place left hand on opposite knee and keep straight.
- Repeat on opposite side.
Visualize yourself as a Paramaśiva's bow
Gaze
Mudra
Prana Mudra
Mudra Vidhanam
Verse 6.2
Asana
KARMUKASANA 2
Śāstra Pramāṇa –
शास्त्र प्रमाण
Rudrayamalam
(Uttara-Tantram) 23.83-86
अथान्यमासनमावक्ष्ये योगपूरकरक्षणात्।
कृत्वा पद्मासने पादा अङ्गजङ्घो
स्थितम् ॥२३.८३॥
हस्तमेकं तु जङ्घया कार्मुकं
कूर्परोर्द्धकम्।
पद्मासने समाधाय अङ्गुष्ठं परिधावयेत्
॥२३.८४ ॥
athānyāsanamāvakṣye
Yogapūrakarakṣaṇāt|
kṛtvā padmāsanam pada
aṅguṣṭhajaṅghayo sthitam ||23.83||
hastamekam tu jaṅghayā
kārmukam kūrparorddhakam |
padmāsane samadhaya ahguṣṭham
paridhavayet ||23.84||
AKASHIC REVELATION
Now (I shall talk about)
another asana that can help
to strengthen the puraka
(pranayama). After doing
Padmasana rest both the big
toes on the thighs. Place one
hand on the thigh and bend
the other like a bow and
place it on the middle part of
the knee joint, keep moving
the big toe while sitting in
padmasana. By doing this
alternatively by the left and
right method, it comes to be
known as the karmukasana.
O Lord! He who does this
supreme karmukasana, all
his ailments disappear and
he becomes blissful. 23.85
Pranayama
KAKACANCU KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त
प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 12.18
राजदन्तयुगुलान्तमस्पृशन्
सन्निधाय रसनां तदन्तिके ॥
काकचञ्चुपुटमारुतं पिबेत्
प्राणसंयमनमेतदुत्तमम् ॥
१८ ॥
rājadantayugulāntamaspṛśa
n sannidhāya rasanāṃ
tadantike ||
kākacañcupuṭamārutaṃ
pibet
prāṇasaṃyamanametadutta
mam || 18 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
Without touching the front
teeth and placing the
tongue near them, one
should draw the air in by
making the lips like the
beak of a crow. This is a
superior practice of
Pranayama.
Mudra
PRANA MUDRA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Mudra Vidhanam, Nivedana
Mudrāḥ 6. 2
मध्यमातर्जन्यंगुष्ठयोगे
प्राण -मुद्रा ।
madhyamātarjanyaṃnuṣṭhayoge prāṇa-mudrā |
AKASHIC REVELATION
When the middle and index finger
stand nearby each other (we
should understand that the other
fingers are folded), it is called
Prana mudra.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र
प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात्।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति
समीरणः॥ १०४॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम्।
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.
298.