VRKŚASANA
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PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
[Figure: Bandha icon]
JAPA SHIVOHAM
HANDS ABOVE THE HEAD
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A TREE
GAZE
MUDRA ANJALI MUDRA MUDRA VIDHANAM 4. 3
- STAND TALL AND BRING ONE FOOT TO INNER THIGH.
- BRING PALMS TOGETHER AND RAISE THEM UP ABOVE THE HEAD, KEEPING ELBOWS STRAIGHT.
- PULL THE STOMACH IN AND UP AND GAZE FORWARD.
ASANA
VRKŚASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 2.35
वामोरुमूलदेशे च याम्यं पादं विधाय तु
तिष्ठेत् तु वृक्षवद्भूमौ वृक्षासनमिदं विदुः॥
३५
VĀMORUMŪLADEŚE CA YĀMYAṂ PĀDAṂ
NIDHĀYA TU
TIṢṬHET TU VṚKṢAVADBHŪMAU
VṚKṢĀSANAMIDAṂ VIDUḤ॥35
AKASHIC REVELATION
VRIKSHA: STAND STRAIGHT ON ONE LEG
(THE LEFT), BENDING THE RIGHT LEG,
AND PLACING THE RIGHT FOOT ON THE
ROOT OF THE LEFT THIGH; STANDING
THUS LIKE A TREE ON THE GROUND, IS
CALLED THE TREE-POSTURE.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMB HAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMB HAKA PADDHATI OF RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-Āरm् समĀkृṣय
कुṇḍअल्य्Āḥ प्Āर्इवयोह्
kṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣतह्तĀ Śवस-
धĀरṇअm् न बल्Āद्-यद्Ā
अनिŚअm् सहज्ḥ कुम्भ्ḥ
प्रोक्त्ḥ Śरि-kृत्त्व्Āसस्Ā
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
ANJALI MUDRA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
MUDRA VIDHANAM 4. 3
किचत्आकुिचत अगुययोः
वाभमखु ंकरयोः अयोयसबं धेअजलः
KINCHIT AAKUNCHITA
ANGULYAGRAYOH SVAABHIMUKHAM
KARAYOH ANYONYASAMBANDHE ANJALI
AKASHIC REVELATION
WITH BOTH PALMS FACING EACH
OTHER, KEPT IN CLOSE CONNECTION
AND HAVING CONTRACTED THE
FINGER-TIPS A LITTLE MAKES ANJALI
MUDRA.
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 106 - 109
कुम्भकान्ते रेचकादौ कर्तव्यस्तुड्डियाणकः ।
बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥
१०६ ॥ तस्मादुड्डियाणाख्योऽयं 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
KARTAVYASTUḌḌIYĀṆAKAḤ |
BANDHO YENA SUṢUMNĀYĀṂ
PRĀṆASTŪḌḌĪYATE YATAḤ || 106 ||
TASMĀDUḌḌIYĀṆĀKHYO'YAṂ YOGIBHIḤ
SAMUDĀHṚTAḤ |
UḌḌIYĀṆAṂ 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
26.