Mula Bandha
The Mula Bandha Explained
TYPE:Technique
PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Sastra Pramana Source：
Yoga-Sikh upanishad (104-105)
Original Verse：
"गुदं पार्ष्ण्या तु संपीड्य वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् ।
वारं वारं यथा चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापान्औ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन च्ऐकताम् ।
गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥"
Transliteration：
"gudaṃ pārṣṇyā tu saṃpīḍya vāyumākuñcayed balāt |
vāraṃ vāraṃ yathā cordhvaṃ samāyāti samīraṇaḥ ॥ 104 ॥
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū mūlabandhena caikatām |
gatvā Yogasya saṃsiddhiṃ yacchato nātra saṃśayaḥ ॥ 105 ॥"
Translation：
"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."
Apta Pramana Source：
Haṭhapradīpikā of Svātmārāma V.79
Original Verse：
"अथ मूल-मुद्रा
पार्ष्णीभागेन सम्पीड्य योनिमाकुञ्चयेद् गुदम् ॥
अपानमूर्ध्वम्-आकृष्य मूलबन्धोऽयमुच्यते ॥७९॥"
Transliteration：
"atha mūla-mudrā
pārṣṇībhāgena sampīḍya yonimākuñcayed gudam ॥
apānamūrdhvam-ākṛṣya mūlabandho'yamucyate ॥79॥"
Translation：
"Press the perineum with the heel, contract the anus and raise the apana upwards.
This is called Mula-Bandha. 79"