SUKHASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI 62
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17
JAPA SOHUM
VISUALIZE LORD SHIVA IN YOUR INNER SPACE
GAZE
MUDRA
BINDU MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM
VERSE 3.5
- SIT IN A COMFORTABLE CROSS-LEGGED POSITION WITH YOUR HEAD, NECK AND SPINE IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
- BRING THE INDEX AND THUMBS TOGETHER AND PLACE ON TOP OF THE RESPECTIVE KNEES AND ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS.
ASANA
SUKHASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
TRISIKHI BRAHMANOPANISHAD 52
तत् सुखासनमित्युक्तमशक्तस्तत् समाचरेत
।
आसनं विजितं येन जितं तेन जगत्त्रयम् ॥
५२ ॥
TAT SUKHĀSANAMITYUKTAMAŚAKTASTAT
SAMĀCARET |
ĀSANAṂ VIJITAṂ YENA JITAṂ TENA
JAGATTRAYAM || 52 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THAT, WHEREIN COMFORT AND
STEADINESS ARE ATTAINED SOMEHOW OR
OTHER, IS KNOWN AS THE SUKHASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAКА
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATIḤ 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे व्याप्य
विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत् समानस्य तु
कुम्भकः
NĀBHĀVĀPŪRYA VĀYUŚ-CED-DEHE
VYĀPYA VIDHĀRITAḤ
KUMBHITE JVALANAṂ DHYĀYET
SAMĀNASYA TU KUMBHAKAḤ
AKASHIC REVELATION
WHEN THIS VAYU IS FILLED UP INTO THE
NAVEL AND HELD WITH
CONCENTRATION ON FIRE, IT IS
SAMANA-KUMBHAКА.
MUDRA
BINDU MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM II. 24
बिन्दुः मुद्रा
तर्जन्यंगुष्ठसंयोगाग्रतो बिन्दु मुद्रिका ॥
TARJANYAṂGUṢṬHASAṂYOGĀGAGRATO
BINDU MUDRIKĀ ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE INDEX FINGER AND THUMB TIPS
JOINT TOGETHER
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
DHYANABINDUPANISAD 91 - 93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणाहस्ताभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
आपूर्य श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
ŚODHANAṂ MALAJĀLĀNĀṂ GHAṬANAṂ
CANDRASŪRYAYOḤ || 91 ||
RASĀNĀM ŚOṢAṆAṂ
SAMYAṄ MAHĀMUDRĀBHIDHĪYATE || 92 ||
VAKṢONYASTAHANURNIPĪḌYA SUṢIRAṂ YONEŚCA
VĀMĀṄGHRĪṆĀ
HASYĀBHYĀMANUDHĀRAYAN PRAVITATAṂ
PĀDAṂ TATHĀ DAKṢIṆAM |
ĀPŪRYA ŚVASANENA KUKṢIYUGALAṂ BADHVĀ
ŚANAI RECAYEDEṢĀ
PĀTAKANĀŚINĪ NANU MAHĀMUDRĀ NṚṆĀṂ
PROCYATE || 93 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE CLEANSING (WITH THE
PRANAYAMA) OF THE HEAPS OF
IMPURITIES (IN THE NADIS), THE
BRINGING ABOUT OF THE UNION
BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN,
THE COMPLETE DRYING UP OF THE
BODILY FLUIDS, RASAS (VAATA, PITTA
AND KAPHA), IS KNOWN AS THE
MAHĀMUDRĀ. WITH THE CHIN LAID
ON THE CHEST, PRESSING THE ABYSS OF
THE GENITALS WITH THE LEFT FOOT,
HOLDING WITH THE TWO HANDS THE
OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT LEG, FILLING
WITH BREATH THE PAIR OF BELLIES
AND HOLDING IT UP, ONE SHOULD
SLOWLY EXHALE IT. THIS INDEED IS
SAID TO BE THE SIN-DESTROYING
MAHA-MUDRA FOR MEN.