VRSASANA
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Pranayama
Antarangaka Kumbhaka
Āpta Pramāṇa
Hathatatvakaumudi
10.15
Bandha Mula Bandha Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda
ParamaSivoham
- Place perineum down on right heel.
- Keep left foot outside of hip, ankle to the side.
- Place hands on the mat, resembling a bull.
Visualize you are a bull
Gaze
Mudra Vaisnavi Mudra Yoga Sikhopanishad Verse 4.31
Asana
VRSASANA Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण Gheranda Samhita 2.38
याम्यगुल्फे पादमूले वामभागे
पदेतरम् ।
विपरीतं स्पृशेद्
भुमिंवृषासनमिदं भवेत् ॥ ३८॥
yāmyagulphe pādamule
vāmabhāge padetaram ।
viparītaṃ spṛśed
bhumimvṛṣāsanamidaṃ
bhavet ॥38॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Position the anus under the
right heel, place the left leg
on the left of it crossing it
the opposite way, and
touch the ground. This is
called the Bull–posture.
Pranayama
ANTARANGAKA
KUMBHAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa – आप्त प्रमाण
Hathatatvakaumudi 10.15
आकृष्याकृष्य वायुं भृशमति
प्राग्वच्चाकृष्य
बद्ध्वा लघु ॥
सुरसकृद् रेचकपूरकाभ्यां
कुम्भोऽयं चान्तरङ्गकः ॥
इति ॥ १५ ॥
ākṛṣyākṛṣya vāyuṃ
bhṛśamati prāgvaccākṛṣya
baddhvā laghu ॥
surasakṛd
recakapūrakābhyāṃ
kumbho'yaṃ
cāntaraṅgakaḥ ॥ iti ॥ 15 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
One should very forcefully
draw the air in, as told
before, retain it for a short
while and leave it in a very
controlled manner. With
this kind of inhalation and
exhalation this is
Antarangaka Kumbhaka.
Mudra
VAISNAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 5.14
अन्तर्लक्ष्य
बहिर्दृष्टिर्निमेषोन्मेषवर्जिता
।
एषा सा वृएष्णवी मुद्रा
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोपिता ॥ १४ ॥
antariaksyam
bahirdstirnimeṣonmeṣavarjita |
eṣá sa valsnavi mudrà
sarvatantreṣu gopita || 14 ||
AKASHIC REVELATION
The external vision of the Yogin,
when it becomes fixed only on
the one object In the Interior,
(with the mind concentrated on
the Viraj, Sutratman, Bija or the
Turiya in the Muladhara, Anahata
or Sahasrara) and in
consequence devoid of shutting
or opening the eyelids, this is the
reputed Vaisnavi Mudra, which is
well preserved as a secret in all
the Tantras. 14.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa – शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104 – 105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोध्र्वं समायाति
समीरनः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू
मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
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.