VIRABHADRASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMB HAKA
KUMB HAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA SHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD VIRABHADRA
GAZE
- KEEP ONE FOOT FLAT ON THE GROUND, TOES POINTING FORWARDS, AND THE KNEE BENT AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
- EXTEND OTHER LEG BACK, KEEPING KNEE STRAIGHT AND TOES POINTED OUT AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
- RAISE ARMS UP PARALLEL BESIDE EARS, PULL THE STOMACH IN AND UP, AND GAZE TO THIRD EYE.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
VIRABHADRASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
NATHAMUNI'S YOGA RAHASYA
1. 50-51, 2. 20
वासिष्ठमथकौण्डिन्यमूर्ध्वकुक्कुटमेव च
अष्टावक्रमथोत्तानमयूरं सेतुबन्धनम्
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्चं च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
VĀSIṢṬHAMATHAKAUṆḌINYAMŪRDHVAK
UKKUṬAMEVA CA
AṢṬĀVAKRAMATHOTTĀNAMAYŪRAṂ
SETUBANDHANAM
UTTĀNAPĀDAṂ KRAUÑCAṂ CA
MARĪCIṂ VĪRABHADRAKAM |
NAṬARĀJAṂ TRIKOṆAṂ CA
SUPTĀṄGAṢṬHAPRASĀRAṆE ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
KEEP ONE FOOT FORWARD, KNEE BENT
AT LEVEL OF HIP. BACK LEG EXTENDED
STRAIGHT FOOT ON AN ANGLE. RAISE
BOTH ARMS UPWARDS, NEAR THE EARS,
PALMS FACING TOGETHER.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-ĀरṂ समĀkṛṣय
कुṇḍअल्य्Āḥ पृĀर्Śवयॊḥ
कॄइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣ!हतĀ Śवस-
धĀrṇअm न बत्Āद्-यदĀ
अनिŚअm सहजḥ कुम्भḥ
प्रोक्तḥ Śरि-कॄ!तिव्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṚṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
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'NTARBĀHYĀYĀM DṚṢṬAU
NIMEṢONMEṢAVARJITĀYĀM 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
UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106 - 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥
१०६ ॥
तस्मादुड्डीयणाख्योऽयं योगिभिः
समुदाहृतः । उड्डीयाणं 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 SUṢUMNĀYĀM
PRĀṆASTŪḌḌĪYATE YATAḤ || 106 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYĀṆĀKHYO'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
24.
VIRABHADRASANA
(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA
SHIVOHAM
- KEEP ONE FOOT FLAT ON THE GROUND, TOES POINTING FORWARDS, AND THE KNEE BENT AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
- EXTEND OTHER LEG BACK, KEEPING KNEE STRAIGHT AND TOES POINTED OUT AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
- RAISE ARMS UP PARALLEL BESIDE EARS, PULL THE STOMACH IN AND UP, AND GAZE TO THIRD EYE.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD VIRABHADRA
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
ASANA
VIRABHADRASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
NATHAMUNI'S YOGA RAHASYA
1. 50-51, 2. 20
वासिष्ठमथकौण्डिन्यमूर्ध्वकुक्कुटमेव च
अष्टावक्रमथोत्तानमयूरं सेतुबन्धनम्
उत्तानपादं क्रौञ्चं च मरीचिं वीरभद्रकम् ।
नटराजं त्रिकोणं च सुप्ताङ्गुष्ठप्रसारणे ॥
VĀSIṢṬHAMATHAKAUṆḌINYAMŪRDHVAK
UKKUṬAMEVA CA
AṢṬĀVAKRAMATHOTTĀNAMAYŪRAṂ
SETUBANDHANAM
UTTĀNAPĀDAṂ KRAUÑCAṂ CA
MARĪCIṂ VĪRABHADRAKAM |
NAṬARĀJAṂ TRIKOṆAṂ CA
SUPTĀṄGAṢṬHAPRASĀRAṄE ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
KEEP ONE FOOT FORWARD, KNEE BENT
AT LEVEL OF HIP. BACK LEG EXTENDED
STRAIGHT FOOT ON AN ANGLE. RAISE
BOTH ARMS UPWARDS, NEAR THE EARS,
PALMS FACING TOGETHER.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-ĀरṂ समĀk्ṣय
कुṇḍअल्य्Aḥ प्Aर्śवयॊḥ
k्ṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā त्iṣहतĀ śवस-
ध्Aरṇअंm न बल्Āद्-यद्A
अन्iśअंm सहजḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्तḥ śरि-k्ṛत्तिव्Aसस्A
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṬSYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAM NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAM SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRI-KṚTTIVĀSASĀ
AKASHIC REVELATION
INHALING PRANA THROUGH THE
NOSE AND CARRYING IT ALONG THE
KUNDALI, ONE SHOULD HOLD IT
COMFORTABLY OFF AND ON. THIS IS
SAHAJA-KUMBHAKA NARRATED BY SRI-
KRTTIVASA (SHIVA)
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
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 SUṢUMNĀYĀM
PRĀṆASTŪḌḌĪYATE YATAḤ || 106 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌĪYĀṆĀKHYO'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