{"key":"About_Bandhas","title":"About Bandhas","type":"article","description":"The Three Bandhas - Instructed by Sadashiva TYPE:Description PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण Ssatra Pramana Source： Yoga-Sikhopanishad (101-103) Original Verse： \"बन्धत्रयमथेदानीं…","lastModified":"2019-09-27T05:18:12.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/About_Bandhas","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/About_Bandhas.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/About_Bandhas","displayTitle":"About Bandhas","namespace":0,"language":"sa","created":"2026-05-25T17:40:15.398Z","categories":[],"sections":[{"line":"The Three Bandhas - Instructed by Sadashiva","level":2,"anchor":"The_Three_Bandhas_-_Instructed_by_Sadashiva"},{"line":"Advanced Yogic Practices: Three Types of Bandhas Revealed","level":2,"anchor":"Advanced_Yogic_Practices:_Three_Types_of_Bandhas_Revealed"},{"line":"The Three Bandhas - Anti-Aging and Enlightening!","level":2,"anchor":"The_Three_Bandhas_-_Anti-Aging_and_Enlightening.21"},{"line":"The Three Bandhas - success to the accomplishment of Yoga","level":2,"anchor":"The_Three_Bandhas_-_success_to_the_accomplishment_of_Yoga"},{"line":"How to perform Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"How_to_perform_Bandhas"},{"line":"Importance of Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"Importance_of_Bandhas"},{"line":"Apply Three Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"Apply_Three_Bandhas"},{"line":"Active Kundalini through Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"Active_Kundalini_through_Bandhas"},{"line":"Delay Aging and Death through Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"Delay_Aging_and_Death_through_Bandhas"},{"line":"Description of Three Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"Description_of_Three_Bandhas"},{"line":"Proper Understanding Brings Results","level":2,"anchor":"Proper_Understanding_Brings_Results"},{"line":"When to Bandhas?","level":2,"anchor":"When_to_Bandhas.3F"},{"line":"Removing Diseases with Bandhas and Pranayama","level":2,"anchor":"Removing_Diseases_with_Bandhas_and_Pranayama"},{"line":"Bandhas only Before Food","level":2,"anchor":"Bandhas_only_Before_Food"},{"line":"Instruction on the Timing for Bandhas","level":2,"anchor":"Instruction_on_the_Timing_for_Bandhas"}],"infobox":null,"fields":null,"event":null,"leadImage":null,"format":"blocks","content":{"version":1,"converter":2,"toc":true,"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"The_Three_Bandhas_-_Instructed_by_Sadashiva","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The Three Bandhas - Instructed by Sadashiva"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"TYPE:Description"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Ssatra Pramana Source："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"link","pageKey":"Yoga","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Yoga"}]},{"type":"text","text":"-Sikhopanishad (101-103)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"बन्धत्रयमथेदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथाक्रमम् ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"नित्यं कृतेन तेनास्औ वायोर्जयमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १०१ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"चतुर्णामपि भेदानां कुम्भके समुपस्थिते ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"बन्धत्रयमिदं कार्यं वक्ष्यमाणं मया हि तत् ॥ १०२ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"प्रथमो मूलबन्धस्तु द्वितीयोड्डीयणाभिधः ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"जालंधरस्तृतीयस्तु लक्षणं कथयाम्यहम् ॥ १०३ ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"bandhatrayamathedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi yathākramam |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"nityaṃ kṛtena tenāsau vāyorjayamavāpnuyāt ॥ 101 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"caturṇāmapi bhedānāṃ kumbhake samupasthite |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"bandhatrayamidaṃ kāryaṃ vakṣyamāṇaṃ mayā hi tat ॥ 102 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"prathamo mūlabandhastu dvitīyoḍḍīyaṇābhidhaḥ |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"jālaṃdharastṛtīyastu lakṣaṇaṃ kathayāmyaham ॥ 103 ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"I shall now relate, in the prescribed order, the three Bandha-s, by performing which, this (practitioner) will attain the conquest of vital air. When "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Kumbhaka","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Kumbhaka"}]},{"type":"text","text":" of the four varieties has been successfully accomplished, this three-fold Bandha should be performed. That is related by me presently. The first is Mula-bandha; the second is what is known as Uddiyana; the third is Jalamdhara."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Advanced_Yogic_Practices:_Three_Types_of_Bandhas_Revealed","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Advanced Yogic Practices: Three Types of Bandhas Revealed"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"TYPE:Description"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sastra Pramana Source：Yoga Kundali-Upanishad (1, 40-41)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"चतुर्णामपि भेदानां कुम्भके समुपस्थिते ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"बन्धत्रयमिदं कार्यं योगिभिर्वीतकल्मष्ऐः ॥ ४० ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"प्रथमो मूलबन्धस्तु द्वितीयोड्डीयणाभिधः ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"जालंधरस्तृतीयस्तु तेषां लक्षणमुच्यते ॥ ४१ ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"caturṇāmapi bhedānāṃ kumbhake samupasthite |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"bandhatrayamidaṃ kāryaṃ Yogibhirvītakalmaṣaiḥ ॥ 40 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"prathamo mūlabandhastu dvitīyoḍḍīyaṇābhidhaḥ |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"jālaṃdharastṛtīyastu teṣāṃ lakṣaṇamucyate ॥ 41 ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When Kumbhaka of the four varieties has been well mastered, these three Bandhas should be practiced"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"by the Yogins devoid of impurities. The first is the Mula-Bandha. The second is named Uddiyana."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The third is the Jalamdhara."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"The_Three_Bandhas_-_Anti-Aging_and_Enlightening.21","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The Three Bandhas - Anti-Aging and Enlightening!"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"TYPE:Benefits"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sastra Pramana Source："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Yoga Cudamany Upanishad (45-51)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"अपानप्राणयोर्ऐक्यं क्षयान्मूत्रपुरीषयोः ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"युवा भवति वृद्धोऽपि सततं मूलबन्धनात् ॥ ४७ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ओड्याणं कुरुते यस्मादविश्रान्तं महाखगः ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ओड्डियाणं तदेव स्यान्मृत्युमातङ्गकेसरी ॥ ४८ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"उदरात् पश्चिमं ताणमधोनाभेर्निगद्यते ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ओड्याणमुदरे बन्धस्तत्र बन्धो विधीयते ॥ ४९ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"बध्नाति हि शिरोजातमधोगामि नभोजलम् ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ततो जालंधरो बन्धः कण्ठदुःख्औघनाशनः ॥ ५० ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"जालंधरे कृते बन्धे कण्ठदुःख्औघनाशने ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"न पीयूषं पतत्यग्न्औ न च वायुः प्रधावति ॥ ५१ ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration： \"apānaprāṇayoraikyaṃ kṣayānmūtrapurīṣayoḥ |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"yuvā bhavati vṛddho'pi satataṃ mūlabandhanāt ॥ 47 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"oḍyāṇaṃ kurute yasmādaviśrāntaṃ mahākhagaḥ |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"oḍḍiyāṇaṃ tadeva syānmṛtyumātaṅgakesarī ॥ 48 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"udarāt paścimaṃ tāṇamadhonābhernigadyate |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"oḍyāṇamudare bandhastatra bandho vidhīyate ॥ 49 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"badhnāti hi śirojātamadhogāmi nabhojalam |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"tato jālaṃdharo bandhaḥ kaṇṭhaduḥkhaughanāśanaḥ ॥ 50 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"jālaṃdhare kṛte bandhe kaṇṭhaduḥkhaughanāśane |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"na pīyūṣaṃ patatyagnau na ca vāyuḥ pradhāvati ॥ 51 ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation： The Nabho-mudra ("},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Khecari","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Khecari"}]},{"type":"text","text":") is the great mudra. That Yogin who knows the Udiyana, Jalamdhara and Mula-bandha"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"is the receptacle of Liberation. That is known as the Mula-bandha, wherein, having pressed the gentials with"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"the kick of the heel and firmly contracted the same, (the Yogin) should draw the Apana vital air upwards."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Even an old man always becomes a young man by means of the Mula-bandha, on account of the union of the "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Prana","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Prana"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"and Apana vital airs and the diminution of urine and faeces. Whereby the great bird soars high without effort,"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"that alone is the Udiyana, the lion of the elephant of death. Behind the belly and below the navel, the Bandha"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"is known as the (Pascima) Tana, while it is known as the Udiyana in the belly, where a Bandha is prescribed."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Whereby one binds the water of ether having its origin in the head and flowing downwards, for that reason"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"(it is known as) the Jalamdhara-Bandha, which destroys the numerous ailments of the throat."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When the Jalamdhara Bandha, which destroys the numerous ailments of the throat, is effected, neither does"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"the nectar flow into the fire, nor does the vital air leap forwards."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"The_Three_Bandhas_-_success_to_the_accomplishment_of_Yoga","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The Three Bandhas - success to the accomplishment of Yoga"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"TYPE:Technique"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sastra Pramana Source：Yoga-Tattvopanishad (118-122)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढया धिया ॥ ११८ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयं मृत्युमातङ्गकेसरी ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"बन्धो येन सुषुम्नायां प्राणस्तूड्डीयते यतः ॥ ११९ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"उड्याणाख्यो हि बन्धोऽयं योगिभिः समुदाहृतः ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"पार्ष्णिभागेन संपीड्य योनिमाकुञ्चयेद् दृढम् ॥ १२० ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"अपानमूर्ध्वमुत्थाप्य योनिबन्धोऽयमुच्यते ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"प्राणापान्औ नादबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ॥ १२१ ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ।\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"kaṇṭhamākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayed dṛḍhayā dhiyā ॥ 118 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"bandho jālaṃdharākhyo'yaṃ mṛtyumātaṅgakesarī |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"bandho yena suṣumnāyāṃ prāṇastūḍḍīyate yataḥ ॥ 119 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"uḍyāṇākhyo hi bandho'yaṃ Yogibhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"pārṣṇibhāgena saṃpīḍya yonimākuñcayed dṛḍham ॥ 120 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"apānamūrdhvamutthāpya yonibandho'yamucyate |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"prāṇāpānau nādabindū mūlabandhena caikatām ॥ 121 ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"gatvā Yogasya saṃsiddhiṃ yacchato nātra saṃśayaḥ |\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation： Constricting the throat (the Yogin) should conceive. It as the heart with a firm intellect."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"This is known as the Jalamdhara-bandha, the lion of the elephant of death. That Bandha, whereby the Prana"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"(vital air) will leap upwards into the Susumna Nadi and for that reason known as the "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Uddyana_Bandha","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Uddyana Bandha"}]},{"type":"text","text":","}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"this is wellknown to the Yogins. Pressing with the heels, (the Yogin) should constrict the genitals firmly,"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"forcing upwards the Apana vital air. This is known as the Yoni-bandha. The Prana and the Apana, are the Nada"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"and the Bindu respectively and attaining oneness through the Mulabandha, they impart success to the"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"accomplishment of Yoga. There is no doubt about this."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"How_to_perform_Bandhas","content":[{"type":"text","text":"How to perform Bandhas"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"TYPE:Technique"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Haṭharatnāvalī II.7-8"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालन्धराभिधः ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"कुम्भकान्ते रेचकाद्औ कर्तव्यस्तूड्डियानकः ॥7॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"अधस्ताकुञ्चनेञाशु कण्ठसङ्कोचने कृते"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"मध्ये पश्चिमतानेन स्यात्प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः ll 8 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration： \"pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālandharābhidhaḥ ॥"}]},{"type":"preformatted","text":"kumbhakānte recakādau kartavyastūḍḍiyānakaḥ ll 7 ll","style":"verse"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"adhastākuñcaneñāśu kaṇṭhasaṅkocane kṛte ll"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"madhye paścimatānena syātprāṇo brahmanāḍigaḥ ll 8 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"Jālandhara should be practiced after pūraka, while Uḍḍiyāna should be practiced at the end of kumbhaka,"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"but after recaka starts. 7."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"By contraction of the anal muscle (Mūlabhanda), by contraction of the throat (Jālandhara bandha)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"and pulling the abdominal wall backwards (Uḍḍiyāna bandha), the prana enters into the brahma-nāḍī (suṣumnā).8.\""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Importance_of_Bandhas","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Importance of Bandhas"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Haṭharatnāvalī (2, 68)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"भन्धत्रयमिदं श्रेष्ठं महासिद्ध्ऐश्च सेवितम् ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"सर्वेषां योगतन्त्राणां साधनं योगिनो विदुः ॥ ६८ ॥ \""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"bhandhatrayamidaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mahāsiddhaiśca sevitam ll"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"sarveṣāṃ Yogatantrāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ Yogino viduḥ ll 68 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"The set of three Bandhas is of great importance in all the yogīc treatises and is even practised"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"by the eminent Siddhas. 68 \""}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Apply_Three_Bandhas","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apply Three Bandhas"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Haṭharatnāvalī II.69"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"अधस्तात्कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसङ्कोचने कृते ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"मध्ये पश्चिमतानेन स्यात् प्राणो ब्र्हमनाडिगः ॥ ६९ ॥ \""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"adhastātkuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṅkocane kṛte ll"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"madhye paścimatānena syāt prāṇo brhamanāḍigaḥ ll 69 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Firmly contract the lower region (Apply Mūlabandha) , contract the throat (Apply Jālandhara bandha) and"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"retract in the middle (Apply Uḍḍiyāna bandha). Thus, prāṇa moves in the Brahmanāḍī. 69"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Active_Kundalini_through_Bandhas","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Active Kundalini through Bandhas"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Haṭharatnāvalī II.70"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"मूलस्थानं समाकुञ्च्य उड्डियानं तु कारयेत् ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"इडां च पिङ्गलं बद्ध्वा वाहयेत् पश्चिमं पथम् ॥ ७० ॥ \""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"mūlasthānaṃ samākuñcya uḍḍiyānaṃ tu kārayet ll"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"iḍāṃ ca piṅgalaṃ baddhvā vāhayet paścimaṃ patham ll 70 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Adopt Mūlabandha and practise Uḍḍiyāna. This closing of iḍā and piṅgalā directs the prāṅa into the posterior"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"path suṣumnā). 70"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Delay_Aging_and_Death_through_Bandhas","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Delay Aging and Death through Bandhas"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Haṭharatnāvalī II.71"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"अनेन्ऐव विधानेन प्रयाति पवनो लयम् ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"ततो न जायते मृत्युत्जरारोगादिकं तथा ॥ ७१ ॥ \""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"anenaiva vidhānena prayāti pavano layam ll"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"tato na jāyate mṛtyutjarārogādikaṃ tathā ll 71 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Adherence to such techniques alone merges the pavana into the laya state, which retard untimely death,"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"diseases and old age etc. 71"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Description_of_Three_Bandhas","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Description of Three Bandhas"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Nathamuni Yoga Rahasya I.60"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"उड्डीयानो मूलबन्धः जालंधर इति त्रिधा ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"बन्धा मुख्याः प्राणवृत्ति निरोधे सहकारिणः ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"uḍḍīyāno mūlabandhaḥ jālaṃdhara iti tridhā ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"bandhā mukhyāḥ prāṇavṛtti nirodhe sahakāriṇaḥ ॥60ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In disciplining the breath, the three types of Bandhas- Uddiyana Bandha, Mula bandha and Jalamdhara Bandha are of great importance."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Proper_Understanding_Brings_Results","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Proper Understanding Brings Results"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Nathamuni Yoga Rahasya I.61"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"बन्धत्रयरहस्यं यो न जानाति विशेषतः ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"प्राणायामास्तस्य सिद्धिं नैव दद्युः कृता अपि ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration： \"bandhatrayarahasyaṃ yo na jānāti viśeṣataḥ ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"prāṇāyāmāstasya siddhiṃ naiva dadyuḥ kṛtā api ॥ 93 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"For one who does not know clearly the special aspects of the three bandas, even if "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Pranayama","children":[{"type":"text","text":"pranayama"}]},{"type":"text","text":" is practiced,"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"it will not produce the claimed benefits."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"When_to_Bandhas.3F","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When to Bandhas?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Nathamuni Yoga Rahasya I.93"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"भुक्तेः प्रागेव कुर्वीत भुक्तो यामद्वयं त्यजेत् ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"श्वासोच्छ्वासौ यदा सिद्धौ दीर्घसूक्ष्मौ न वेगतः ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration： \"bhukteḥ prāgeva kurvīta bhukto yāmadvayaṃ tyajet ।"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"śvāsocchvāsau yadā siddhau dīrghasūkṣmau na vegataḥ ॥ 93 ll\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pranayama along with the Bandhas must be done either before food or six hours after a meal, so that the"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"exhalation and inhalation are long, smooth and not rapid."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Removing_Diseases_with_Bandhas_and_Pranayama","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Removing Diseases with Bandhas and Pranayama"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Nathamuni Yoga Rahasya II.50"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"मूलोड्याने जालधृतित्बन्धत्रिकयुतो यदि |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"प्राणायामस्सर्वरोगमूलोन्मूलनकारकः ॥ ५० ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"mūloḍyāne jāladhṛtitbandhatrikayuto yadi |"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"prāṇāyāmassarvarogamūlonmūlanakārakaḥ ॥ 50 ॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"When pranayama is done along with the three Bandhas, "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Mula_Bandha","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Mula Bandha"}]},{"type":"text","text":", Uddiyana Bandha and Jalamdhara Bandha,"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"the roots of all diseases are removed."}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Bandhas_only_Before_Food","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Bandhas only Before Food"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"PRAMANA：Āpta Pramāṇa - 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आप्त प्रमाण"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Apta Pramana Source：Haṭhapradīpikā of Svātmārāma IV.34"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Original Verse："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालन्धराभिधह् ॥"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"कुम्भकान्ते रेचक्दौ कर्तव्यस्तूद्दिय्नकः ॥34॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Transliteration："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālandharābhidhah ॥ kumbhakānte recakdau kartavyastūddiynakaḥ ॥34॥\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Translation："}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"\"Jālandhara Bandha (chin lock) should be practiced after pūraka, while Uḍḍiyāna should be practised"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"at the end of kumbhaka, but before recaka starts. 34\""}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"link","pageKey":"Category:Bandha","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Category: Bandha"}]}]}]},"images":{}}