SAMANASANA
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(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA
MAHA-
SADASHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
- SIT WITH ONE HEEL AT THE PERINEUM.
- LIFT AND HOLD THE OTHER FOOT, PULLING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT ONTO THE CHEST.
- GAZE TO THE THIRD EYE AND HOLD THE BREATH IN MULADHARA CHAKRA.
ASANA
SAMANASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RUDRAYAMALAM
(UTTARA-TANTRAM) 23. 71-72
समानासनमावक्ष्ये सिद्धमन्त्रादिसाधनात्।
एकपादमूरौ दत्त्वा गुह्योऽन्यल्लिङ्गवक्त्रके
॥२३.७१॥
एतद् वीरासनं नाथ समानासनसंज्ञ कम्।
इत्याकृत्य जपेन्मन्त्रं धृत्वा वायुं चतुर्दले॥
२३.७२॥
SAMĀNĀSANAMĀVAKṢYE
SIDDHAMANTRĀDISĀDHANĀT |
EKAPĀDAMŪRAU DATTVĀ
GUHYO'NYALLIṄGAVAKTRAKE || 23.71 ||
ETAD VĪRĀSANAṂ NĀTHA
SAMĀNĀSANASAṂJÑA KAM |
ITYĀKṚTYA JAPENMANTRAṂ DHṚTVĀ
VĀYUṂ CATURDALE || 23.72 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
(NOW I TELL YOU ABOUT) SAMĀNĀSANA
WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF SIDDAMANTRA
ETC.; PLACE ONE FOOT ON THE CHEST
AND THE OTHER ON (THE PLACE
BETWEEN) THE ANUS AND THE GENITALS.
THIS, O LORD! IS NAMED VĪRĀSANA OR
SAMĀNĀSANA. WHILE DOING THIS
ĀSANA (ONE MUST) CHANT THE
MANTRA HOLDING THE BREATH IN THE
CATURDALA (FOUR-LEAVED) OF THE
MŪLĀDHĀRA.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SRIMAT SARVAJNANOTTRA AGAMA
YOGA PADA 19
ततोर्ध्वं रेचयेत् वायुं मृदुनिश्वास संयुतम्
॥ १९॥
रेचकस्त्वेष विख्यातः प्राणसंशयकारक |
TATORDHVAM RECAYET VA'YUM MR'DU
NIS'VASA SAMYUTAM |
RECAKASTVES"A VIKHYA'TAH PRA'N.A
SAMS'AYA KA'RAKAH ||19 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE SADHAKA SHOULD EMPTY THE
STOMACH BY SLOWLY EXHALING THE
PRANA. THIS MODE OF PRANAYAMA IS
KNOWN AS RECAKA WHICH IS
INSTRUMENTAL IN DRIVING THE PRANA
OUT.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टऔ
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 पार्ष्ण्या 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 SAMĪRAṄAḤ || 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.
72.
APANASANA (REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA
MAHA-SADASHIVOHAM
- SIT AND PLACE ONE LEG ON TOP OF THE RESPECTIVE SHOULDER.
- RAISE OTHER FOOT UPWARDS AND STRAIGHT.
- KEEP HANDS ON THE GROUND TO THE SIDES AND GAZE TO THE THIRD EYE.
VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
APANASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RUDRAYAMALAM
(UTTARA-TANTRAM) 23. 68-70
केवल॑ पादमेकञ्च स्कन्धे चारोप्य यत्नतः।
एकपादेन गगने तिष्ठेत् दण्डवत् प्रभो। २३.६८॥
अपानासनमेतद्धि सर्वेषां पूरकाश्रयम्।
कृत्वा सूक्ष्मे शीर्षपद्मे समारोप्य व वायुभिः॥
२३.६९॥
तदा सिद्धो भवेन्मर्त्यः प्राणापानसमागमः।
अपानसनयोगेन कृत्वा योगेश्वरो भुवि॥ २३.७०
॥
KEVALAṂ PĀDAMEKAÑCA SKANDHE
CĀROPYA YATNATAḤ।
EKAPĀDENA GAGANE TIṢṬHET DA ṆDAVAT
PRABHO।23.68॥
APĀNĀSANAMETADDHI SARVEṢĀṂ
PŪRAKĀŚRAYAM।
KṚTVĀ SŪKṢME ŚĪRṢAPADME SAMĀROPYA
VA VĀYUBHIḤ॥23.69॥
TADĀ SIDDHO BHAVENMARTTYAḤ
PRĀṆĀPĀNASAMĀGAMAḤ।
APĀNASANAYOGENA KṚTVĀ YOGEŚVARO
BHUVI॥23.70॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
(IF YOU) PLACE JUST ONE FOOT ON THE
SHOULDER WITH EFFORT AND (RAISE)
THE SECOND FOOT LIKE A ROD TOWARDS
THE SKY IT SURELY BECOMES
APĀNĀSANA, (AND IF) BY DOING PŪRAKA
IN ŚĪRṢPADMĀSANA BY THE SUBTLE
BREATH THEN PERSON (WHO IS BOUND
TO DIE ONE DAY, ANYBODY WHO IS
BORN WILL SURELY DIE ONE DAY)
BECOMES A SIDDHA. THIS WAY PRĀṆA
AND APĀNA BECOME ONE, AND BY
DOING THIS APĀNĀSANA ONE BECOMES
YOGEŚWARA (SUPREME AMONG YOGIS).
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SRIMAT SARVAJNANOTTRA AGAMA
YOGA PADA 19
ततोर्ध्वं रेचयेत् वायुं मृदुनिश्वास संयुतम्
॥ १९॥
रेचकस्त्वेष विख्यातः प्राणसंशयकारक ।
TATORDHVAM RECAYET VA'YUM MR'DU
NIS'VASA SAMYUTAM |
RECAKASTVES'A VIKHYA'TAH PRA'N.A
SAMS'AYA KA'RAKAH ||19||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE SADHAKA SHOULD EMPTY THE
STOMACH BY SLOWLY EXHALING THE
PRANA. THIS MODE OF PRANAYAMA IS
KNOWN AS RECAKA WHICH IS
INSTRUMENTAL IN DRIVING THE PRANA
OUT.
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 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 |
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.
73. GOMUKHASANA
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6. 13
Śitkari
VISUALIZE THE FACE OF A COW
GAZE
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA OM NITHYANANDOHAM
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
- SIT AND CROSS ONE LEG OVER THE OTHER, ALIGNING THE KNEES AT THE CENTER OF THE BODY.
- WITH FEET BY OPPOSITE HIPS, PLACE BOTH HANDS ON TOP OF THE STACKED KNEES.
- GAZE TO THE NOSE.
ASANA
GOMUKHASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SANDILYOPANISHAD 3. 2
सव्ये दक्षिणगुल्फं तु पृष्ठपार्श्वे नियोजयेत्
।
दक्षिणेऽपि तथा सव्यं गोमुखं गोमुखं यथा ॥
२ ॥
SAVYE DAKṢIṆAGULPHAṂ TU
PṚṢṬHAPĀRŚVE NIYOJAYET |
DAKṢIṆE'PI TATHĀ SAVYAṂ GOMUKHAṂ
GOMUKHAṂ YATHĀ || 2 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
ONE SHOULD PLACE HIS RIGHT ANKLE OF
THE LEG ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK
(OF THE LEG) AND ALSO THE LEFT ANKLE
OF THE LEG ON THE RIGHT SIDE
SIMILARLY. THIS IS GO-MUKHA,
RESEMBLING THE FACE OF THE COW.
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI PRANAYAMA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SANDILYOPANISHAD 6. 1-3
वक्त्रेण सीत्कारपूर्वकं वायुं गृहीत्वा
यथाशक्ति
कुम्भयित्वा नासाभ्यां रेचयेत् ।
तेन क्षुत्तृष्णालस्यनिद्रा न जायन्ते
सीत्कारप्राणायाममाह- वक्त्रेणेति ॥ १३-३
॥
VAKTREṆA SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṂ VĀYUṂ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI
KUMBHAYITVĀ NĀSĀBHYĀṂ RECAYET |
TENA KṢUTTṚṢṆĀLASYANIDRĀ NA
JĀYANTE
SĪTKĀRAPRĀṆĀYĀMAMĀHA-
VAKTREṆETI || 13-3
AKASHIC REVELATION
SUCKING THE AIR THROUGH THE
MOUTH, WITH THE SITKARA (HISSING
SOUND), HOLDING IT IN KUMBHAKA AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE, (THE YOGIN)
SHOULD EXPEL IT THROUGH THE
NOSTRILS. THEREFROM THIRST, HUNGER
AND SLEEP THROUGH INDOLENCE, WILL
NOT BE PRODUCED.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
MANDALA BRAHMANOPANISHAD 3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां दृष्टौ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्य
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 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.
74. ANASUYASANA
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6. 13
Śitkari
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS RISHIKA ANASUYA
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
[Figure: Bandha Illustration]
GAZE
MUDRA
PRANA MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 6.2
JAPA OM NITHYANANDOHAM
- FROM GOMUKHASANA POSITION, HOLD THE BIG TOES WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS.
- RELAX SHOULDERS AND PULL THE STOMACH IN AND UP.
- GAZE TO THE NOSE.
ASANA
ANASUYASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
87-89
दछिन गोडो नीचो ठानै वावों ताके ऊपर
आनै ।
गोडा संधि मिलावै भारी आडापद पुनि
देसंधि पसारी ॥८७॥
दोउ पदके अङ्गुष्ट जोई दोऊ कर ते पकरै
सोई ।
नासाद्रिष्ट अचल करि रहिये अनसूया
आसन यह कहिये ॥८८॥
यह आसन नित ही करै देही कंचन होय
जयतराम साधन कियै रोग रहै नहि कोय
॥८९
DACHINA GOḌO NĪCO ṬHĀNAI VĀVOṂ
TĀKE ŪPARA ĀNAI |
GOḌĀ SAṂDHI MILĀVAI BHĀRĪ
ĀḌĀPADA PUNI DESAṂDHI PASĀRĪ ||87
||
DOU PADAKE AṄGUṢṬA JOĪ DOŪ KARA
TE PAKARAI SOĪ |
NĀSĀDRIṢṬI ACALA KARI RAHIYE
ANASŪYĀ ĀSANA YAHA KAHIYE ||88 ||
YAHA ĀSANA NITA HĪ KARAI DEHĪ
KAṂCANA HOYA
JAYATARĀMA SĀDHANA KIYAI ROGA
RAHAI NAHI KOYA ||89
AKASHIC REVELATION
PLACE LEFT KNEE ABOVE THE RIGHT
KNEE SO THAT BOTH THE KNEES
SHOULD TOUCH EACH OTHER. EXTEND
THE LEGS AWAY FROM THE BODY.
CATCH HOLD OF THE TOES WITH
OPPOSITE HANDS. GAZE AT THE TIP OF
THE NOSE.
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI PRANAYAMA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SANDILYOPANISHAD 6. 1-3
वक्त्रेण सीत्कारपूर्वकं वायुं गृहीत्वा
यथाशक्ति
कुम्भयित्वा नासाभ्यां रेचयेत् ।
तेन क्षुत्तृष्णालस्यनिद्रा न जायन्ते
सीत्कारप्राणायाममाह- वक्त्रेणेति ॥ १३-३
॥
VAKTREṆA SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṂ VĀYUṂ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI
KUMBHAYITVĀ NĀSĀBHYĀṂ RECAYET |
TENA KṢUTTṚṢṆĀLASYANIDRĀ NA
JĀYANTE
SĪTKĀRAPRĀṆĀYĀMAMĀHA-
VAKTREṆETI || 13-3
AKASHIC REVELATION
SUCKING THE AIR THROUGH THE
MOUTH, WITH THE SITKARA (HISSING
SOUND), HOLDING IT IN KUMBHAKA AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE, (THE YOGIN)
SHOULD EXPEL IT THROUGH THE
NOSTRILS. THEREFROM THIRST, HUNGER
AND SLEEP THROUGH INDOLENCE, WILL
NOT BE PRODUCED.
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
UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106 - 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डीयाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥
१०६ ॥ तस्मादुड्डीयणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः
समुदाहृतः । उड्डीयाणं तु सहजं गुरुणा कथितं
सदा ॥ १०७ ॥
अभ्यसेत् तदतन्द्रस्तु वृद्धोऽपि तरुणो भवेत् ।
नाभेरूर्ध्वमधश्चापि ताणं कुर्यात् प्रयत्नतः ॥
१०८ ॥
षाण्मासमभ्यसेन्मृत्युं जयत्येव न संशयः ।
KUMBHAKĀNTE RECAKĀDAU
KARTAVYASTŪḌḌĪYĀṆAKAḤ |
BANDHO YENA SUṢUMNĀYĀṂ
PRĀṆASTŪḌḌĪYATE YATAḤ || 106 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYAṆĀKHYO'YAṂ YOGIBHIḤ
SAMUDĀHṚTAḤ |
UḌḌĪYĀṆAṂ TU SAHAJAṂ GURUṆĀ
KATHITAṂ SADĀ || 107 ||
ABHYASET TADATANDRASTU VṚDDHO'PI
TARUṆO BHAVET |
NĀBHERŪRDHVAMADHAŚCĀPI TĀṆAṂ
KURYĀT PRAYATNATAḤ || 108 ||
ṢĀṆMĀSAMABHYASENMṚTYUṂ JAYATYEVA
NA SAṂŚAYAḤ |
AKASHIC REVELATION
BY WHAT MEANS A GREAT BIRD SOARS
UP WITHOUT REST, THAT ALONE IS THE
UDDIYANA AND A BANDHA IS
PRESCRIBED THEREFOR. ONE SHOULD
ASSUME THE PASCIMA-TANA
(CONSTRICTING THE BELLY) POSTURE
IN THE BELLY ABOVE THE NAVAL. THIS
WILL BE THE UDDIYANA-BANDHA, THE
LION WHICH WILL QUELL THE
ELEPHANT OF DEATH, AND WHICH
BINDS (THE DISEASE-GENERATING)
PHLEGM WHICH IS THE WATER OF
ETHER HAVING ITS ORIGIN AT THE
(THOUSAND PETALLED LOTUS OF THE
75. ANASUYASANA 2
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6. 13
Śitkari
BANDHA MULA BANDHA YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 104-105
JAPA OM NITHYANANDOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS RISHIKA ANASUYA
GAZE
MUDRA
PARUŚU MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
10. 17
- FROM GOMUKHASANA POSITION, INTERLACE FINGERS BEHIND THE BACK AND LEAN FORWARD AND DOWN.
- BRING THE CHIN OVER THE KNEES AND TOUCH THE NOSE TO THE GROUND.
- GAZE TO THE NOSE.
ASANA
ANASUYASANA 2
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
YOGA ASANAMALA SACITRA 45
जीमणा गोदा की स्यंधि उपरि डावा गोडा की
संधि मिलाई राषै
गोडास्यौ ले पगथल्या लौ आडवाइ सूधा राषै
हाथा स्यौ पगाका अगूठा पकडै अथावा दोऊ
हाथ पाछा नै करि काकसी करै
मूलदवार पाछै काकसी राषै
नासिका धरती लगावै द्रिष्ट नासा अग्र
आसन कौगुण यहु आसन मास दोई करी
साधै तौ कचनमै देहदोई
JĪMAṆĀ GODĀ KĪ SYAṂDHI UPARI ḌĀVĀ
GOḌĀ KĪ SAṂDHI MILĀĪ RĀṢAI
GOḌĀSYAU LE PAGATHALYĀ LAU ĀḌAVĀI
SŪDHĀ RĀṢAI
HĀTHĀ SYAU PAGĀKĀ AGŪṬHĀ PAKAḌAI
ATHĀVĀ DOŪ HĀTHA PĀCHĀ NAI KARI
KĀKASĪ KARAI
MŪLADVĀRA PĀCHAI KĀKASĪ RĀṢAI
NĀSIKĀ DHARATĪ LAGĀVAI DRIṢṬI NĀSĀ
AGRA
ĀSANA KAUGUṆA YAHU ĀSANA MĀSA
DOĪ KARĪ SĀDHAI TAU KAṂCANAMAI
DEHADOĪ
AKASHIC REVELATION
AFTER SPREADING THE FEET WIDE APART
FOLLOWED BY PLACING ONE KNEE OVER
THE OTHER, ONE IS SUPPOSED TO CATCH
HOLD OF THE HANDS OVER THE BACK.
THEN ONE SHOULD BEND THE HEAD
DOWN TO TOUCH THE NOSE TO THE
GROUND.
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI PRANAYAMA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SANDILYOPANISHAD 6. 1-3
वक्त्रेण सीत्कारपूर्वकं वायुं गृहीत्वा
यथाशक्ति
कुम्भयित्वा नासाभ्यां रेचयेत् ।
तेन क्षुत्तृष्णालसresource
सीत्कारप्राणायाममाह- वक्त्रेणेति ॥ १३-३
॥
VAKTREṆA SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṂ VĀYUṂ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI
KUMBHAYITVĀ NĀSĀBHYĀṂ RECAYET |
TENA KṢUTTṚṢṆĀLASYANIDRĀ NA
JĀYANTE
SĪTKĀRAPRĀṆĀYĀMAMĀHA-
VAKTREṆETI || 13-3
AKASHIC REVELATION
SUCKING THE AIR THROUGH THE
MOUTH, WITH THE SITKARA (HISSING
SOUND), HOLDING IT IN KUMBHAKA AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE, (THE YOGIN)
SHOULD EXPEL IT THROUGH THE
NOSTRILS. THEREFROM THIRST, HUNGER
AND SLEEP THROUGH INDOLENCE, WILL
NOT BE PRODUCED.
MUDRA
PARUŚU MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM 10.17
तले तले तु करयो-स्तिर्यक् संयोज्य
चांगुलीः ।
संहताः प्रसृताः कुर्यात् मुद्रा परशु संज्ञिता ॥
TALE TALE TU KARAYO-STIRYAK
SAṂYOJYA CĀṂGULĪḤ |
SAṂHATĀḥ PRASṚTĀḤ KURYĀT MUDRĀ
PARAŚU SAṂJÑITĀ ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
FOR EVERY PART/STEP INTERLACED THE
FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS. CONTRACT
AND EXPAND THEM, NAMED AS
PARASHU 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
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.
76. GARUDASANA 2
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI KUMBHAKA
SANDILYOPNAISHAD 6. 13
Śitkari
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD GARUDA
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
JAPA OM NITHYANANDOHAM
- SIT ON THE GROUND WITH ONE HEEL PRESSED AGAINST THE PERINEUM.
- KEEP THE OPPOSITE FOOT ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.
- KEEP SPINE TALL, CHEST OUT AND HANDS ON RESPECTIVE KNEES.
- GAZE TO THE NOSE.
ASANA
GARUDASANA 2
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
YOGA ASANAMALA SACITRA 72
डावो पग मोडि येडी माहिलों गुलफ
मूलद्वार नीचै दे
बैसै जीमणी पगथलि धरती टेकी गोडो ऊंचौ
उभौ राषै
पगथली माहिली कोर डावा गोडा अरु पीडी
माहिली
कानी लगावै हाथ गोडा उपरि राषै द्रिष्ट
नासा अग्र
आसन कौ गुण कहि भाति धात जाति होई
तथ भै
ḐĀVO PAGA MOḌI YEḌĪ MĀHILAUṂ
GULAPHA MŪLADVĀRA NĪCAI DE
BAISE JĪMAṆĪ PAGATHALĪ DHARATĪ ṬEKĪ
GOḌO ŪṂCAU UBHĀU RĀṢAI
PAGATHALĪ MĀHILĪ KORA ḌĀVĀ GOḌĀ
ARŪ PĪḌĪ MĀHILĪ
KĀNĪ LAGĀVAI HĀTHA GOḌĀ UPARI
RĀṢAI DRIṢṬI NĀSĀ AGRA
ĀSANA KAU GUṆA KAHI BHĀTI DHĀTA
JĀTI HOĪ TATHA BHAI
AKASHIC REVELATION
SIT ON THE GROUND. BEND THE LEFT
LEG AND PLACE ITS ANKLE UNDER THE
ANUS. THEN PLACE RIGHT FOOT CLOSE
TO THE SIDE OF THE LEFT KNEE AND
CALF, KEEPING ITS KNEE VERTICALLY
RAISED. PLACE HANDS ON RESPECTIVE
KNEES AND DIRECT THE GAZE AT THE TIP
OF THE NOSE.
PRANAYAMA
SITKARI PRANAYAMA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
SANDILYOPANISHAD 6. 1-3
वक्त्रेण सीत्कारपूर्वकं वायुं गृहीत्वा
यथाशक्ति
कुम्भयित्वा नासाभ्यां रेचयेत् ।
तेन क्षुत्तृष्णालस्यनिद्रा न जायन्ते
सीत्कारप्राणायाममाह- वक्त्रेणेति ॥ १३-३
॥
VAKTREṆA SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṂ VĀYUṂ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI
KUMBHAYITVĀ NĀSĀBHYĀṂ RECAYET |
TENA KṢUTTṚṢṆĀLASYANIDRĀ NA
JĀYANTE
SĪTKĀRAPRĀṆĀYĀMAMĀHA-
VAKTREṆETI || 13-3
AKASHIC REVELATION
SUCKING THE AIR THROUGH THE
MOUTH, WITH THE SITKARA (HISSING
SOUND), HOLDING IT IN KUMBHAKA AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE, (THE YOGIN)
SHOULD EXPEL IT THROUGH THE
NOSTRILS. THEREFROM THIRST, HUNGER
AND SLEEP THROUGH INDOLENCE, WILL
NOT BE PRODUCED.
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 ŚAMBHAVĪ-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 ॥
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.
77.