VIRASANA
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Pranayama
Samana Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati 62
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
Embody the space and state of Bravery
Gaze
Mudra
Bindu Mudra
Mudra Vidhanam
Verse 3.5
- Place one foot on the thigh and other foot under opposite thigh.
- Touch thumb and index fingers together on top of the knees.
Asana
VIRASANA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Sandilyopanishad
1.3 – 4
एकं पादमथैकस्मिन्
विन्यस्योरुणि संस्थितः ।
इतरस्मिंस्तथा चोरु
वीरासनमुदीरितम् ॥ ४ ॥
ekam pādamathaikasmin
vinyasyoruṇi saṃsthitaḥ
itarasmimstatha corum
virasanamudiritam || 4||
AKASHIC REVELATION
Placing one foot over one
thigh and the other thigh
over the other foot similarly
sitting, thus is what is
known as Virasana.
Pranayama
SAMANA KUMBHKAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Kumbhaka Paddhatih 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे
व्याप्य विधारितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत्
समानस्र्य 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
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
śāmbhavī 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 पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् । वारं वारं यथा
चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मुलबन्धेन च्णैकताम् । 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.
119.