UGRASANA
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PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI
VERSE 72
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA SHIVA SAMHITA
4. 16-17
JAPA
MAHA-SADASHIVOHAM
- SIT WITH LEGS STRAIGHT AND APART.
- CLASP HANDS BEHIND THE HEAD AND LEAN CHEST FORWARD AND DOWN, BRINGING THE HEAD TO KNEES.
- ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS.
VISUALIZE KALI IN YOUR INNER SPACE
GAZE
MUDRA
PARUŚU MUDRA MUDRA VIDHANAM
10. 17
ASANA
UGRASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण SHIVA SAMHITA 3.92-94
स्वपाणिभ्यां दृढं धृत्वा जानूपरि शिरो न्यसेत् ॥
आसनोग्रमिदं प्रोक्तं भवेदनिलदीपनम् ।
देहावसापहरणं पश्चिमोत्तानसंज्ञकम् ॥
य एतदासनं श्रेष्ठं प्रत्यहं साधयेत्सुधीः ।
वायुः पश्चिममार्गेण तस्य संचरति ध्रुवम् ॥ ९२ ॥
एतदभ्यासशीलानां सर्वसिद्धिः प्रजायते ।
तस्माद्योगी प्रयत्नेन साधयेत्सिद्धमात्मनः ॥ ९३ ॥
गोपनीयं प्रयत्नेन न यस्य कस्यचित् ।
येन शीघ्रं मरुत्सिद्धिर्भवेद् दुःखौघनाशिनी ॥ ९४ ॥
SVAPĀṆIBHYĀṂ DṚḌHAṂ DHṚTVĀ JĀNŪPARI ŚIRO NYASET ||
ĀSANOGRAMIDAṂ PROKTAṂ BHAVEDANILADĪPANAM |
DEHĀVĀSĀNAHARAṆAṂ PAŚCIMOTTĀNASAṂJÑAKAM ||
YA ETADĀSANAṂ ŚREṢṬHAṂ PRATYAHAṂ SĀDHYETSUDHĪḤ |
VĀYUḤ PAŚCIMAMĀRGEṆAṆA TASYA SAṄCARATI DHRUVAM || 92 ||
ETADABHYĀSASĪLĀNĀṂ SARVASIDDHIḤ PRAJĀYATE |
TASMĀDYOGĪ PRAYATNENA SĀDHAYETSIDDHAMĀTMANAḤ || 93 ||
GOPANĪYAṂ PRAYATNENA NA YASYA KASYACIT |
YENA ŚĪGHRAṂ MARUTSIDDHIRBHAVED DUḤKHAUGHANĀŚINĪ || 94 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
STRETCH OUT BOTH THE LEGS AND KEEP
THEM APART; FIRMLY TAKE HOLD OF THE
HEAD BY THE HANDS, AND PLACE THEM
ON THE KNEES. THIS IS CALLED
UGRĀSANA (THE STERN-POSTURE), IT
EXCITES THE MOTION OF THE AIR,
DESTROYS THE DULLNESS AND UNEASINESS
OF THE BODY, AND IS ALSO CALLED
PASCHIMA-UTTANA (THE POSTERIOR
CROSSED POSTURE.) THAT WISE MAN
WHO DAILY PRACTICES THIS NOBLE
POSTURE CAN CERTAINLY INDUCE THE
FLOW OF THE AIR UP THROUGH THE
ANUS. THOSE WHO PRACTICE THIS
OBTAIN ALL THE SIDDHIS; THEREFORE,
THOSE, DESIROUS OF ATTAINING POWER,
SHOULD PRACTICE THIS DILIGENTLY. THIS
SHOULD BE KEPT SECRET WITH THE
GREATEST CARE, AND NOT BE GIVEN TO
ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY. THROUGH IT,
VAYU-SIDDHI IS EASILY OBTAINED, AND IT
DESTROYS A MULTITUDE OF MISERIES.
PRANAYAMA
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण SRIMAT 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
PARUŚU MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण MUDRA VIDHANAM 10.17
तले तले तु करयो-स्तिर्यक् संयोज्य
चांगुलीः ।
संहताः प्रसृताः कुर्यात् मुद्रा परशु संज्ञिता ॥
TALE TALE TU KARAYO-STIRYAK
SAṂYOJYA CĀṂGULĪḤ |
SAṂHATĀ: PRASṚTĀḤ KURYĀT MUDRĀ
PARAŚU SAṂJÑITĀ ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
FOR EVERY PART/STEP INTERLACED THE
FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS. CONTRACT
AND EXPAND THEM, NAMED AS
PARASHU MUDRA.
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण DHYANABINDUPANISAD 91-93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणाहस्याभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
आपूर्य श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
ŚODHANAṂ MALAJĀLĀNĀṂ GHAṬANAṂ
CANDRASŪRYAYOḤ || 91 || RASĀNĀṂ ŚOṢAṆAṂ
SAMYAṄ MAHĀMUDRĀBHIDHĪYATE || 92 ||
VAKṢONYASTAHANURNIPĪḌYA SUṢIRAṂ YONEŚCA
VĀMĀṄGHRIṆĀ
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.
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