SURYA ASANA
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PRANAYAMA
BRAHMARI KUMBHAKA
HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA SADASHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE LORD SURYA IN YOUR INNER SPACE
GAZE
MUDRA
PADMA MUDRA
GHERANDA SAMHITA,
NABHOMUDRA 3.9
- SIT WITH TOES TUCKED AND PERINEUM PLACE ON TOP OF RAISED HEELS, KNEES OFF THE GROUND.
- BRING THE THUMBS AND LITTLE FINGERS TOGETHER, OPENING UP THE PALMS (RESEMBLING A LOTUS FLOWER).
- RAISE ARMS STRAIGHT UP ABOVE THE HEAD AND GAZE THROUGH HOLE BETWEEN THE PALMS.
ASANA
SURYA ASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
JOGAPRADIPYAKA OF JAYATARAMA
81-83
एडी दोउ गुदा तरि आनै
फणा पाणि बैठक पुनि ठानै
गोडा जंघ अधर करि रहै
आडे बाम इसी विधि गहै ॥८१
दोउ भुजा नभ दिसा पसारै
कमल स्वरूप अंगुरि धारै
पौहचा मधि छिद्र पुनि ठानै
छिद्र विषैं पुनि द्रिष्टिजुआनै॥८२
अग्नि वृद्धि अतिसैं करै रोगनास सब होय
उदर उलटि संको चिये सूर्यासैन सोय ॥८३
EḌĪ DOU GUDĀ TARI ĀNAI
PHAṆĀ PĀṆI BAIṬHAKA PUNI ṬHĀNAI
GOḌĀ JAṂGHA ADHARA KARI RAHAI
ĀḌE BĀMA ISĪ VIDHI GAHAI ॥81
DOU BHUJĀ NABHA DISĀ PASĀRAI
KAMALA SVARŪPA AṂGURI DHĀRAI
PAUHACĀ MADHI CHIDRA PUNI ṬHĀNAI
CHIDRA VIṢAI PUNI DRIṢṬI JU ĀNAI॥82
AGNI VṚDHI ATISAI KARAI ROGANĀSA
SABA HOYA
UDARA ULAṬI SAṂKO CIYE SŪRYĀSANA
SOYA ॥83
AKASHIC REVELATION
UP ON TOES AND PLACE BOTH THE HEELS
BELOW THE ANUS. ARMS, KNEES AND
THIGHS SHOULD REMAIN LIFTED UP,
TAKE BOTH THE HANDS TOWARDS SKY
AND FORM A LOTUS WITH THE HELP OF
FINGERS. AT THE ROOT OF THE PALM A
HOLE BE FORMED WHERE THE SADHAKA
SHOULD BRING HIS GAZE. ALSO
CONTRACT THE ABDOMEN WHICH
MEANS PRACTISE UDDIYANA.
PRANAYAMA
BHRAMARI KUMBHAКА
APTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण HATHATATTVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
अथ भ्रामरीज्ञम्भक
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
PADMA MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शा माण LAKSHMI TANTRAM 36
अगुठौ पावत ः लनावगुयो वरलाः
िताः।
एषा पकेह मु पुिटसौभायवधन ी।। 36।।
ANGUSHTHAU PAARSHVATO LAGNAU
ANGULYO VIRALAA STHITAA |
ESHAA PANKERUHEE MUDRAA PUSHTIS
SAUBHAGYAVARDHINEE ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
PLACE THE TWO THUMB FINGERS NEXT
TO EACH OTHER TOUCHING SIDEWAYS
AND THE OTHER FINGERS PLACED WIDE
APART LIKE A LOTUS FLOWER; THIS
PADMA MUDRA INCREASES THE
NOURISHMENT AND FORTUNE OF THE
PERSON DOING IT.
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥
१०६ ॥ तस्मादुड्डीयणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः
समुदाहृतः । उड्डियाणं 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