31. ANGHUŚTASANA
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PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
SADASHIVOHAM

- LOWER ONTO TIPS OF TOES, PLACING PERINEUM ON BACK OF HEELS.
- KEEP KNEES AND PALMS TOGETHER.

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
NAMASKAR MUDRA MUDRA LAKSANAM 7


ASANA
ANGHUŚTASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण HATHARATNAVALI 3. 16
कबन्धासबमित्याहुःगोरक्षासनमेव च
अंगुष्ठमुष्टिकं ज्ञेयं ब्रह्मप्रासादितं तथा
KABANDHĀSABAMITYĀHUḥGORAKŚĀSAN
AMEVA CA
AṂGUṢṬHAMUṢṬIKAṂ JÑEYAṂ
BRAHMAPRĀSĀDITAṂ TATHĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
SIT ON THE TOES AND TOUCH THE TWO
KNEES TOGETHER ON THE GROUND.
PLACE THE BUTTOCKS ON THE HEELS
AND FOLD THE HANDS ON THE CHEST.
PRANAYAMA
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
APTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण HATHATATTVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
अथ भ्रामरीज़म्भक
वेगाकृष्ट पूरकं भृंगनादं भृंगीनादं रेचकं
मन्दमन्दम् ॥
योगीन्द्राणामेवमभ्यासयोगाच्चित्ते जाता
काचिदानन्दमूर्च्छा ॥१८॥
ATHA BHRĀMARI KUMBHAKAḥ -
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
VEGĀKṚṢṬA PŪRAKAṂ BHṚṂGANĀDAṂ
BHṚṂGĪNĀDAṂ RECAKAṂ
MANDAMANDAM ॥
YOGĪNDRĀṆĀMEVAMABHYĀSAYOGĀCCIT
TE JĀTĀ KĀCIDĀNANDAMŪRCRCHĀ ॥18
॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
ONE INHALES FORCEFULLY TO PRODUCE
THE SOUND RESEMBLING THAT OF A
MALE BEE AND EXHALES VERY SLOWLY,
CREATING A SOUND SIMILAR TO THAT
OF A FEMALE BEE. THIS TECHNIQUE
FILLS THE MIND OF A YOGI WITH
EXCEPTIONALLY ECSTATIC FEELING.
MUDRA
NAMASKARA MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RAURAVA AGAMA - MUDRA
LASKANAM VERSE 7
हृद्देशे तु निपीड्येत हस्तयोरुभयोस्तलम्
॥७॥
नमस्कारा तु विज्ञेया मन्त्रिणा मन्त्रवन्दने
।
HRUDDEŚE TU NIPĪḌYETA
HASTAYORUBHAYOSTALAM ॥7 ॥
NAMASKĀRĀ TU VIJÑEYĀ MANTRIṆĀ
MANTRAVANDANE |
AKASHIC REVELATION
PRESSING TOGETHER THE PALMS OF
RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND AND
HOLDING THEM IN FRONT OF THE
HEART (I.E. THE MIDDLE OF THE CHEST)
IS NAMASKĀRĀ MUDRĀ. THIS MUDRA IS
TO BE SHOWN BY THE MANTRIṆĀ, THE
KNOWER OF THE MANTRA, AT THE TIME
OF DOING THE WORSHIP ACCOMPANIED
WITH RELEVANT MANTRA.
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAṂ 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.
32.
SAURASANA
PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

JAPA
SADASHIVOHAM

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE

MUDRA
VARA MUDRA MUDRA VIDHANAM 9.5

- FROM TIPS OF TOES, EXTEND ONE LEG STRAIGHT OUT, HEEL DOWN AND TOES UP.
- KEEP FINGERS DOWN ON GROUND BY THE SIDES, PALMS FACING FORWARD.
ASANA
SAURASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHARATNAVALI 3. 63
प्रसार्यैकं पादवलं संस्थाप्य त्वेकपादकम्
PRASĀRYAIKAṂ PĀDATALAṂ SAṂSTHĀPYA TVEKAPĀDAKAM
AKASHIC REVELATION
STRETCH OUT ONE LEG AND PLACE THE OTHER FOOT ON THE GROUND.
PRANAYAMA
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
APTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHATATTVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
अथ भ्रामरीजम्भक
वेगाकृष्ट पूरकं भृंगनादं भृंगीनादं रेचकं
मन्दमन्दम् ॥
योगीन्द्राणामेवमभ्यासयोगाच्चित्ते जाता
काचिदानन्दमूर्च्छा ॥१८॥
ATHA BHRĀMARI KUMBHAKAḤ -
BHRAMARI KUMBHAKA
VEGĀKṚṢṬA PŪRAKAṂ BHṚṂGANĀDAṂ
BHṚṂGĪNĀDAṂ RECAKAṂ
MANDAMANDAM ॥
YOGĪNDRĀṆĀMEVAMABHYĀSAYOGĀCCIT
TE JĀTĀ KĀCIDĀNANDAMŪRCRCHĀ ॥18
॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
ONE INHALES FORCEFULLY TO PRODUCE
THE SOUND RESEMBLING THAT OF A
MALE BEE AND EXHALES VERY SLOWLY,
CREATING A SOUND SIMILAR TO THAT
OF A FEMALE BEE. THIS TECHNIQUE
FILLS THE MIND OF A YOGI WITH
EXCEPTIONALLY ECSTATIC FEELING.
MUDRA
VARA MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आत माण
SHIVA MUDRA, MUDRA VIDHANAM
9.5
अधिततो दहतः सत् ओ वरमुका ।
ADHASTHITO DAKṢAHASTAḤ PRASṚTO VARAMUDRIKĀ ।
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE DOWNWARDS RIGHT HAND, STRETCHED OUT BLESSING WITH PALM.

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 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.