UDARA ASANA
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Pranayama
Recaka Kumbhaka
Paddadhi 73
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Visualize your body free from any defects
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
- Sit with the soles of the feet together.
- Insert the hands underneath the legs
- Holding the feet with interlocked fingers.
- Bring the feet up to the chest.
- Bring the head down and touch the chin to the soles.
- Gaze to nose.
Asana
UDARA ASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Joga Pradipika 59–61
दोउ पगथली संपुट ठाने उभै हस्त
करि उरध हि तानै । अंगुष्ट
दोउ
सम ठहरावै चिबुक निचे ताहि लगावै ॥
५९॥ बहुरि
दोउ कर ऐसे धेरै आनि
पगन तर बाहरि करे । दोउ पगन की
अंगुरी जोई तिन परि करै कांकसी सोई
॥ ६०
dou pagathalī sampuṭa ṭhāne
ubhai hasta kari uradha hi
tānai । aṃguṣṭa dou sama
ṭhaharāvai cibuka nice tāhi
lagāvai ॥ 59॥ bahuri dou kara
aise dherai āni pagana tara
bāhari kare । dou pagana kī
aṃgurī joī tina pari karai
kāṃkasī soī ॥ 60
AKASHIC REVELATION
Let the both soles touch each
other. Insert both hands under
respective legs and hold the
sole with hands from down
along with bending the head
down, touch the sole with the
chin. Gaze at the tip of the
nose. Removes all sorts of
abdominal diseases or all
diseases are removed.
Pranayama
RECAKA KUMBHAḲA
Śāstra PramāṇaŚrimat
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
SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
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 Shambhavi-
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
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104–105
गुदं पाष्र्ण्या
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.
128.