Uttamāngāsana

Description

Uttamāngāsana: Asana

Asana Type

Arm balance

Pramana

Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Sastra Pramana Source

Rudrayamala Tantra 23.46-50

Original Verse

"स्थित्वैतदासने मन्त्री अधःशीर्ष करोति चेत्। उत्तमाङ्गासनं ज्ञेयं योगिनामतिदुर्लभम्॥२३.४६॥ एतदासनमात्रेण शरीरं शीतलं भवेत्। पुनः पुनः प्रसादेन चैतन्या कुण्डली भवेत्॥२३.४७॥"

Transliteration

"sthitvaitadāsane mantrī adhaḥśīrṣa karoti cet। uttamāṅgāsanaṃ jñeyaṃ Yogināmatidurlabham॥23.46॥ etadāsanamātreṇa śarīraṃ śītalaṃ bhavet। punaḥ punaḥ prasādena caitanyā kuṇḍalī bhavet॥23.47॥

for extended verse see end of chapter"

Translation

"Then by becoming stable in this āsana if the head is lowered; It comes to be known as uttamāngāsana which is very important for the Yogis. (23.46)

By doing this āsana itself the body cools down; And by doing it again and again the Kundali consciousness arises. (23.47)

By the left and right method he who does it again and again; By filling up the mūlādhar padma with subtle breath and does kumbhaka. (23.48)

By surely doing the kumbhaka prānāyāma by this method, the subtle breath should be dissolved in the mūlabrahmarandhra (aperture in the crown of the head) and stationed there. (23.49)

After performing this beneficial āsana, just as the eye of the needle is threaded; The same way if the subtle aperture ( in the crown of the head, sūksmarandhra) is filled up, the mind subsides. (23.50)"

Instruction

"1. Sit in Kukkutasana (in padmasana insert arms through legs and balance on the arms)

2. Bend the arms and lower the forehead towards the ground.

3. Hold the breath in this posture."

Regular Photo

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