SIRSASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA MULA BANDHA YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 104-105
JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
PARAMASHIVOHAM
- FROM KNEES, PLACE FOREARMS ON GROUND, FINGERS INTERLOCKED, ELBOWS SHOULDER WIDTH APART.
- PLACE TOP OF HEAD ON THE GROUND, HOLDING BACK OF HEAD WITH HANDS.
- WALK TOES FORWARD UNTIL HIPS ALIGN WITH SHOULDERS.
- LIFT THE FEET UP AND STACK HIPS ON TOP OF SHOULDERS, KNEES ON TOP OF HIPS, AND ANKLES ON TOP OF KNEES.
- GAZE TO THE NOSE.
VISUALIZE SWAMIJI, THE SPH
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
SIRSASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण
Nathamuni's Yoga Rahasya 1.
53-54, 2. 13, 18
विपरीतं मण्डलं च दविर्धैव विदितं हि नः ।
दण्डासनं द्विधा प्रोक्तं विपरीतोपवेशने ॥
सर्वाङ्गशीर्षभागास्तु षट्षष्टिः प्रथितास्तु ते
।
VIPARĪTAṂ MAṆḌALAṂ CA DVIDHAIVA
VIDITAṂ HI NAḤ |
DAṆḌĀSANAṂ DVIDHĀ PROKTAṂ
VIPARĪTOPAVEŚANE ||
SARVĀṄGAŚĪRṢABHĀGĀSTU ṢAṬṢAṢṬIḤ
PRATHITĀSTU TE |
AKASHIC REVELATION
THEN THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
INVERTED MANDALAS (ARRANGEMENTS)-
SIRSASANA AND SARVANGASANA.
DANDASANA IS ALSO OF TWO TYPES
INVERTED (VIPARITA DANDASANA) AND
SEATED (DANDASANA). IT HAS BEEN
PROCLAIMED THAT THERE ARE SIXTY SIX
VARIATIONS OF SARVANGASANA AND
SIRSASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramana - आप्त प्रमाण
Kumbhaka Paddhati of
Raghuvira 104
नोभ्य्Āम्-Āरम् सम्Āकृष्
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्इवयोह्
क्इपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣठेत्Ā śवस्-
ध्Āर्अṇअम् न बल्Āद्-यद्Ā
अनिśअम् सहज्ह् कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्तḥ śरि-कृ्तिव्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṚṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ 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 दृष्टौ
निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति । सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५
॥
LAKṢYE'NTARBĀHYĀYĀM DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀM 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.
103.