KAKABHUSANDI ASANA

Description

Kakabhusandi asana: Asana

Asana Type:

Pramana

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण Joga pradipika 328-329

प्रथमे वैसक उकड ठानै दोउ हाथ पगां व्यचि आनै तिन को मोडि नल्यां परि ल्यवै पिष्टि पछै कांकसी करवै ॥ ३२८ या आसन के कीये ते दीरघु जुर सब जाय जैतराम यो कीजियै नासाद्रिष्टि लगाय ॥३२९

prathame vaisaka ukaḍa ṭhānai dou hātha pagāṃ vyaci ānai tina ko moḍi nalyāṃ pari lyavai piṣṭi pachai kāṃkasī karavai ॥ 328 yā āsana ke kīye te dīraghu jura saba jāya jaitarāma yo kījiyai nāsādriṣṭi lagāya ॥329

Translation

Keep the body from the toes to the navel on the floor and placing the palms of the hands also firmly on the floor, raise the head like a snake. This is called Bhujangasana. The fire of the body increases, all diseases are destroyed and kundalini Shakti is awakened by the practice of bhujangasana.

BrYs III.49-50

Instruction

1. Squat with the feet together, knees apart

2. Bring the chest between the legs

3. Wrap the arms around the legs below the knee

4. Hold the fingers at the back.

5. Gaze at the tip of the nose. "

Benefits

relief from chronic fever (dirghajvara).