SALABHASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A LOCUST
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
MAHASADASHIVOHAM
- LAY DOWN ON STOMACH AND PLACE HANDS ON GROUND BESIDE CHEST.
- RAISE THE LEGS UP BRINGING THIGHS OFF THE GROUND.
ASANA
SALABHASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 2. 38
अध्यास्यः शेते करयुग्मवक्षो भूमिमवष्टभ्य
करयोस्तलाभ्याम् |
पादौ च शून्ये च वितस्ति चोध्र्वं वदन्ति
पीठं शलभं मुनीन्द्राः || ३८ ||
ADHYĀSYAḤ ŚETE KARAYUGMAVAKṢO
BHŪMIMAVAṢṬABHYA
KARAYOSTALĀBHYĀM |
PĀDAU CA ŚŪNYE CA VITASTI CORDHVAṀ
VADANTI PĪṬHAṀ ŚALABHAṀ
MUNĪNDRĀḤ || 38 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
LIE ON THE GROUND FACE DOWNWARDS,
PLACE BOTH HANDS ON THE CHEST, THE
PALMS TOUCHING THE GROUND AND
RAISE THE LEGS IN THE AIR ONE CUBIT
HIGH. THIS POSTURE IS CALLED THE
SALABHASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-ĀरṂ समĀkṛṣय
कुṇḍअल्य्Aḥ पृRṣर्वयोḥ
kṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣठत्Ā śवस-
धRṇअम् न बल्Āद्-यद्A
अनिśअम् सहजḥ कुम्भḥ
प्रोक्तḥ śरि-kṛत्तिव्Aसस्A
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṚṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṀ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṀ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टऔ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति | सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्य
महाविद्या भवति | तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः | तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀṀ DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀṀ CA IYAṀ
ŚĀṀBHAVĪ MUDRĀ BHAVATI |
SARVATANTREṢU GOPYĀ MAHĀVIDYĀ
BHAVATI |
TAJJÑĀNENA SAṀSĀRANIVṚTTIḤ |
TATPŪJANAṀ 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 पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् |
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चूएकताम् |
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAM 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.
98.