TARAKŚVASANA
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Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kapalakurantaka Hathabhyasa Paddhati 26
गजासन वस्थित्वा मस्तकं वारं वारं
दक्षिणकुक्षिम
सव्यकुक्षिम् नयेत् तरक्श्वासनं भवति
GAJĀSANA VASTHITVĀ MASTAKAṂ
VĀRAṂ VĀRAṂ DAKṢIṆAKUKṢIM
SAVYAKUKṢIM NAYET TARAKŚVĀSANAṂ
BHAVATI
AKASHIC REVELATION
MAINTAINING THE POSITION OF
GAJASANA EXTENDED THE HEAD
FREQUENTLY TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE BELLY AND LEFT SIDE OF THE
BELLY (ALTERNATIVELY). IT IS CALLED
TARAKSVASANA.
PRANAYAMA
SAMANA KUMBHAkA
Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Kumbhaka Paddhatih 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-KUMBHAkA.
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
JALANDHARA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Yoga Sikhopanishad 109-112
पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालंधराभिधः ॥ १०९ ॥
कंठसंकोचरूपोऽसौ वायुमार्गनिरोधकः ।
कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढमिच्छया ॥ ११० ॥
बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयममृताप्यायकारकः ।
अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसंकोचने कृते ॥ १११ ॥
मध्ये पश्चिमताणेन स्यात् प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः ।
कुण्डल्या ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदनेन निर्विकल्पकप्राप्तिः
वज्रासनस्थितो योगी चालयित्वा तु कुण्डलीम् ॥ ११२ ॥
PŪRAKĀNTE TU KARTAVYO BANDHO
JĀLAṂDHARĀBHIDHAḤ || 109||
KAṂṬHASAṂKOCARŪPO'SAU
VĀYUMĀRGANIRODHAKAḤ |
KAṆṬHAMĀKUÑCYA HṚDAYE STHĀPAYED
DṚḌHAMICCHAYĀ || 110||
BANDHO
JĀLAṂDHARĀKHYO'YAMAMṚTĀPYĀYAKĀRAKAḤ |
ADHASTĀT KUÑCANENĀŚU KAṆṬHASAṂKOCANE KṚTE
|| 111 ||
MADHYE PAŚCIMATĀṆENA SYĀT PRĀṆO
BRAHMANĀḌĪGAḤ |
KUṆḌALYĀ GRANTHITRAYAVIBHEDANENA
NIRVIKALPAKAPRĀPTIḤ
VAJRĀSANASTHITO YOGĪ CĀLAYITVĀ TU KUṆḌALĪM ||
112 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE BANDHA KNOWN AS JALANDHARA
SHOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE CLOSE
OF THE PURAKA (IN-FILLING THE VITAL
AIR). THIS IS OF THE FORM OF
CONSTRICTING THE THROAT WITH A
VIEW TO OBSTRUCT THE PASSAGE OF
VITAL AIR. AFTER CONSTRICTING THE
THROAT, HE SHOULD ESTABLISH (THE
VITAL AIR) FIRMLY IN THE BOSOM. THIS
IS KNOWN AS THE JALANDHARA
BANDHA , WHICH CAUSES THE FULL
FLOW OF NECTAR. SHOULD THE
CONSTRICTION OF THE THROAT BE
MADE WITH THE IMMEDIATE
CONTRACTION OF THE NETHER PART,
BY (PERFORMING) PASCIMATANA IN
THE MIDDLE, THE PRANA (VITAL AIR)
WILL REACH THE BRAHMA-NADI.