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33. VIDHUNANASANA

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(REPEATED)

PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA
HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

bee

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

mula bandha

JAPA SADASHIVOHAM

asana
  1. FROM SITTING ON TOES, EXTEND ONE LEG OUT STRAIGHT WITH HEEL DOWN AND TOES UP.
  1. WITH RESPECTIVE HAND, REACH FORWARD AND HOLD ONTO BIG TOE WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.
  1. KEEP OPPOSITE HAND ON BACK HEEL.
swamiji

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH

GAZE

gaze

MUDRA
PRANA MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 6.2

mudra

ASANA

VIDHUNANASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHARATNAVALI 3. 71

गुल्फस्थितौ पादमेकं प्रसार्य
तत्पादाग्रम् संस्पृशेतत्करेण
गुल्फं चान्यमं धारयेत्तत्करेण
धूनं पीठं चाभ्यसेच्चोभयत्र

GULPHASTHITAU PĀDAMEKAṂ PRASĀRYA
TATPĀDĀGRAM SAMSPṚŚETTATKAREṆA
GULPHAṂ CĀNYAMAṂ
DHĀRAYETTATKAREṆA
DHŪNAṂ PĪṬHAṂ
CĀBHYASECCOBHAYATRA

AKASHIC REVELATION

BY SITTING ON ONE HEEL, STRETCH THE
OTHER LEG FORWARD AND TOUCH ITS
TOES WITH THE RESPECTIVE HAND. THE
OTHER HEEL IS HELD WITH THE OTHER
HAND. THIS IS DHUṆA-PIṬHA, WHICH
SHOULD BE PRACTICED ON BOTH THE
SIDES.

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

PRANA MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM, NIVEDANA
MUDRĀḤ 6. 2

मध्यमातर्जन्यंनुष्ठयोगे प्राण-मुद्रा ।
MADHYAMĀTARJANYAMNUṢṬHAYOGE
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 पाष्ण्र्या 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 |
VĀRAM VĀRAM 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.

34.
SAURASANA
(REPEATED)

PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHEKA
HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

bee

BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

Mula Bandha

JAPA SADASHIVOHAM

Saurasana
Swamiji

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH

GAZE

Gaze

MUDRA
VARA MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM 9.5

Vara Mudra
  1. FROM TIPS OF TOES, EXTEND ONE LEG STRAIGHT OUT, HEEL DOWN AND TOES UP.
  1. KEEP FINGERS DOWN ON GROUND BY THE SIDES, PALMS FACING FORWARD.
emblem

ASANA

SAURASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHARATNAVALI 3.63

प्रसार्यैकं पाद॒तलं 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 भ्रामरीज्म्भक
वेगाकृष्टं 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 ो 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 पाष्ण्र्या 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 |
VĀRAM 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.

35.
VIDHUNANASANA
(REPEATED)

PRANAYAMA

BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

bee

BANDHA

MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105

mula bandha symbol

JAPA

SADASHIVOHAM

meditating person
Swamiji

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH

GAZE

gaze

MUDRA

PRANA MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 6.2

prana mudra
  1. FROM SITTING ON TOES, EXTEND ONE LEG OUT STRAIGHT WITH HEEL DOWN AND TOES UP.
  1. WITH RESPECTIVE HAND, REACH FORWARD AND HOLD ONTO BIG TOE WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.
  1. KEEP OPPOSITE HAND ON BACK HEEL.

ASANA

VIDHUNANASANA

ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण

HATHARATNAVALI 3. 71

गुल्फस्थितौ पादमेकं प्रसार्य
तत्पादाग्रम् सम्स्पृशेतत्करेण
गुल्फं चान्यमं धारयेत्तत्करेण
धूनं पीठं चाभ्यसेच्चोभयत्र

GULPHASTHITAU PĀDAMEKAṂ PRASĀRYA
TATPĀDĀGRAM SAṂSPṚŚETTATKAREṆA
GULPHAṂ CĀNYAMAṂ
DHĀRAYETTATKAREṆA
DHŪNAṂ PĪṬHAṂ
CĀBHYASECCOBHAYATRA

AKASHIC REVELATION

BY SITTING ON ONE HEEL, STRETCH THE
OTHER LEG FORWARD AND TOUCH ITS
TOES WITH THE RESPECTIVE HAND. THE
OTHER HEEL IS HELD WITH THE OTHER
HAND. THIS IS DHŪNA-PĪṬHA, WHICH
SHOULD BE PRACTICED ON BOTH THE
SIDES.

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

PRANA MUDRA

ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण

MUDRA VIDHANAM, NIVEDANA MUDRĀḤ 6. 2

मध्यमार्तर्जन्यंनुष्ठयोगे प्राण-मुद्रा ।

MADHYAMĀTARJANYAMNUṢṬHAYOGE 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 पाष्ण्या तु संपीड़य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं 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.

36.
BRAHMA JURANKUŚA
ASANA

PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA
HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

Honeybee

BANDHA
JALANDHARA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
109-112

Bandha visual

JAPA SADASHIVOHAM

Asana illustration
Visualize Swamiji

VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH

GAZE

Gaze illustration

MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5

Mudra illustration
  1. KEEP TOES ON GROUND AND PLACE PERINEUM ON TOP OF HEELS.
  1. KEEP GAP BETWEEN LEGS, AND BACK OF HANDS RESTING ON SIDES.
  1. TILT HEAD DOWN AND GAZE THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN THE PALMS.
A sadhu sitting in a pose

ASANA

BRAHMA JURANKUŚA ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
188-191

दोउ फणां पाणि होय वैसे
एडी दो गुदा निवैसै
कोर पगथल्या की माहिली
आयस माहि राखै मिली॥ १८८
दोउ गोडा आगे आनै
सूधो करि ऊंचा ले ठानै
हाथ दोउ ले उपर धरै
उभै हथेली सुधी करे ॥१८९
गोडा मधि दृष्टि को करै
ऐसी भांति ध्यान को धरै
सम ग्रीवा सम राषे काय
सुर को गहि आकर्ष वाय ॥१९०

इति आसन जब लग रहै जब लग श्रम अति होय

जुर होबे तन माहित्तो या कर नासे सोय ॥१९१

DOU PHAṆĀṂ PĀṆI HOYA VAISE
EḌĪ DO GUDĀ NIVAISAI
KORA PAGATHALYĀ KĪ MĀHILĪ
ĀYASA MĀHI RĀṢAI MILĪ ॥ 188
DOU GOḌĀ ĀGE ĀNAI
SŪDHO KARI ŪṂCĀ LE ṬHĀNAI
HĀTHA DOU LE UPARA DHAREṂ
UBHAI HATHELĪ SUDHĪ KARE ॥189
GOḌĀ MADHI DṚṢṬI KO KARE
AAISĪ BHĀṂTI DHYĀNA KO DHARAI
SAMA GRĪVĀ SAMA RĀṢE KĀYA
SURA KO GAHI ĀKARṢE VĀYA ॥190
ITI ĀSANA JABA LAGA RAHAI JABA LAGA ŚRAMA
ATI HOYA
JURA HOBE TANA MĀHIJO YĀ KARA NĀSE SOYA ॥
191

AKASHIC REVELATION

BALANCING ON TOES, SQUAT DOWN AND
SIT ON THE HEELS. PLACE PALMS FACE UP
ON RESPECTIVE KNEES. KEEP HEAD, NECK
AND SPINE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. GAZE
BETWEEN THE KNEES AS IF MEDITATING.
THIS ASANA SHOULD BE
PRACTICED TILL ONES GETS TIREDNESS.

PRANAYAMA

BHRAMARI KUMBHAКА
APTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
HATHATATTVA KAUMUDI 10. 18

अथ भ्रामरीजृम्भक
वेगाकृष्ट पूरकं भृंगनादं भृंगीनादं रेचकं
मन्दमन्दम् ॥
योगीन्द्राणामेवमभ्यासयोगाच्चित्ते जाता
काचिदानन्दमूर्च्छा ॥१८॥

ATHA BHRĀMARI KUMBHAКАḤ –
BHRAMARI KUMBHAКА
VEGĀKṚṢTA 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

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

JALANDHARA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 109-112

पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालंधराभिधः ॥ १०९ ॥

कंठसंकोचरूपोऽसौ वायुमार्गनिरोधकः ।
कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढमिच्छया ॥ ११० ॥

बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयममृताप्यायकारकः ।
अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसंकोचने कृते ॥ १११ ॥

मध्ये पश्चिमताणेन स्यात् प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः
कुण्डल्य ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदनेन निर्विकल्पकप्राप्तिः
वज्रासनस्थितो योगी चालयित्वा तु कुण्डलीम् ॥ ११२ ॥

PŪRAKĀNTE TU KARTAVYO BANDHO
JĀLAṂDHARĀBHIDHAḤ || 109||
KAṂṬHASAṂKOCARŪPO'SAU
VĀYUMĀRGANIRODHAKAḤ |

KAṆṬHAMĀKUÑCYA HṚDAYE STHĀPAYED
DṚḌHAMICCHAYĀ || 110 ||
BANDHO
JĀLAṂDHARĀKHYO'YAMAMṚTĀPYĀYAKĀRAKAḤ |

ADHASTĀT KUÑCANENĀŚU KAṆṬHASAṂKOCANE KṚTE
|| 111 ||
MADHYE PAŚCIMATĀṆENA SYĀT PRĀṆO
BRAHMANĀḌĪGAḤ |

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.