VRKŚASANA
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(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
UDDIYANA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
106-109
JAPA SHIVOHAM
HANDS ABOVE THE HEAD
- 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.
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS A TREE
GAZE
MUDRA
ANJALI MUDRA
MUDRA VIDHANAM 4. 3
ASANA
VRKŚASANA
ĀPTA PRAMĀṆA - आप्त प्रमाण
GHERANDA SAMHITA 2.35
वामोरुमूलदेशे च याम्यं पादं निधाय 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 KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्य्Āम्-Āरम् सम्Āकृ॒S्य
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्S्वयोḥ
कृ॒Sपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिS्IहतĀ S्वस-
ध॒रṇअम् न बल्Āद्-यद्A
अनिŚअम् सहज्I कुम्भ्I
प्रोक्तḥ Śरि-कृ्Iतिव्Aसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṚṢYA
KUṆḌALAYĀḤ PĀRŚVAYOḤ
KṢIPET GACCHATĀ TIṢṬHATĀ ŚVASA-
DHĀRAṆAṂ NA BALĀD-YADĀ
ANIŚAṂ SAHAJAḤ KUMBHAḤ
PROKTAḤ ŚRĪ-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 अग्युयोः
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 ॥
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
KARTAVYASTUḌḌIYĀṆAKAḤ |
BANDHO YENA SUṢUMNĀYĀṂ
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
28.
GARUDASANA
(REPEATED)
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF
RAGHUVIRA VERSE 104
Sahaja
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD
104-105
JAPA SHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD GARUDA
GAZE
MUDRA
NAMASKAR MUDRA
MUDRA LAKSANAM 7
- STAND TALL AND PLACE ONE FOOT AT OPPOSITE HIP.
- BRING PALMS TOGETHER IN FRONT OF HEART CENTER.
- KEEP THE STANDING LEG 'STRAIGHT AS A ROD'.
ASANA
GARUDASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RUDRAYAMALAM (UTTARA-TANTRAM) 23. 98-100
गरुडासनमावक्ष्ये येन ध्यानं स्थिरं भवि।
सर्वदोषाद्विनिर्मुक्तो भवतीह महाबली॥२३.९८॥
एकपादमुरौ बद्ध्वा एकपादेन द डवत्।
जङ्घापादसन्धिदेशे ज्ञानव्यग्रं व्यवस्थितम्॥२३.९९
॥
एतदासनमाकृत्य प्रष्ठे संहारमुद्रया।
आराध्य योगनाथं च सदा सर्वेश्वरस्य च॥२३.१००॥
GARUḌĀSANAMĀVAKṢYE YENA DHYĀNAṂ
STHIRAṂ BHVI।
SARVADOṢĀDVINIRMUKTO BHAVATĪHA
MAHĀBALĪ॥23.98॥
EKAPĀDAMURAU BADDHVĀ EKAPĀDENA DA
ḌAVAT।
JAṄAGHĀPĀDASANDHIDEŚE JHĀNAVYAGRAṂ
VYAVASTHITAM॥23.99॥
ETĀDĀSANAMĀKṚTYA PRAṢṬHE
SAṂHĀRAMUDRAYĀ।
ĀRĀDHYA YOGANĀTHAṂ CA SADĀ
SARVEŚRVARASYA CA॥23.100॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
NOW (I SHALL TALK) GARUḌĀSANA
DOING WHICH THE MIND BECOMES
STABLE IN THIS WORLD; (AND THE
PRACTITIONER) BECOMES FREE OF ALL
SORTS OF IMPERFECTIONS AND BECOMES
A MAHĀBALI (A PERSON WITH SUPER
POWERS). STAND ON ONE FOOT
STRAIGHT LIKE A ROD AND PLACE THE
OTHER FOOT ON THE (OPPOSITE) THIGH
AT THE JOINT OF THE GROIN, DOING SO
RESTLESS (PRACTITIONER FOR
KNOWLEDGE) BECOMES STABLE MINDED.
AFTER DOING THIS ĀSANA MEDITATE ON
SAṂHĀRA MUDRA; THEN WORSHIP
YOGANĀTHA AND SARVEŚVARA.
PRANAYAMA
SAHAJA KUMBHAKA
ĀPTA PRAMANA - आप्त प्रमाण
KUMBHAKA PADDHATI OF RAGHUVIRA 104
नोभ्यĀम्-ĀरṂ समĀकॄष्y
कुṇḍअलय्Āḥ प्Āर्Śवयॊḥ
क्ṣइपेत् गच्छत्Ā तिṣठेत्Ā Śवस्-
ध्ĀरṆअṂ न ब्Āद्-यद्Ā
अनिŚअṂ सहजḥ कुम्भेḥ
प्रोक्तḥ Śरि-कॄत्तित्Āसस्Ā
NOBHYĀM-ĀRAṂ SAMĀKṬSYA
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
NAMASKARA MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
RAURAVA AGAMA - MUDRA LASKANAM VERSE 7
हृद्देशे तु निपीड़येत हस्तयोरुभयोस्तलम्
॥ ७ ॥
नमस्कारा तु विज्ञेया मन्त्रिणा मन्त्रवन्दने
।
HRUDDEŚE TU NIPĪḌYETA
HASTAYORUBHAYOSTALAM ॥7 ॥
NAMASKĀRĀ TU VIJÑEYĀ MANTRIṆĀ
MANTRAVANDANE ।
AKASHIC REVELATION
PRESSING TOGETHER THE PALMS OF
RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND AND
HOLDING THEM IN FRONT OF THE
HEART (I.E. THE MIDDLE OF THE CHEST)
IS NAMASKĀRĀ MUDRĀ. THIS MUDRA IS
TO BE SHOWN BY THE MANTRIṆĀ, THE
KNOWER OF THE MANTRA, AT THE TIME
OF DOING THE WORSHIP ACCOMPANIED
WITH RELEVANT MANTRA.
BANDHA
MULA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA SIKHOPANISHAD 104 - 105
गुदं पाष्ण्यां तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद्
बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति समीरणः
॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र
संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
GUDAṂ PĀRṢṆYĀ TU SAMPĪḌYA
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.