Jalandhara Bandha

The Jalamdhara Bandha Explained

TYPE:Technique

PRAMANA：Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण

Sastra Pramana Source：

Yoga-Sikhopanishad (109-112)

Original Verse：

"पूरकान्ते तु कर्तव्यो बन्धो जालंधराभिधः ॥ १०९ ॥

कंठसंकोचरूपोऽस्औ वायुमार्गनिरोधकः ।

कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेद् दृढमिच्छया ॥ ११० ॥

बन्धो जालंधराख्योऽयममृताप्यायकारकः ।

अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसंकोचने कृते ॥ १११ ॥

मध्ये पश्चिमताणेन स्यात् प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः ।

कुण्डल्या ग्रन्थित्रयविभेदनेन निर्विकल्पकप्राप्तिः

वज्रासनस्थितो योगी चालयित्वा तु कुण्डलीम् ॥ ११२ ॥"

Transliteration：

"pūrakānte tu kartavyo bandho jālaṃdharābhidhaḥ ॥ 109 ॥

kaṃṭhasaṃkocarūpo'sau vāyumārganirodhakaḥ |

kaṇṭhamākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayed dṛḍhamicchayā ॥ 110 ॥

bandho jālaṃdharākhyo'yamamṛtāpyāyakārakaḥ |

adhastāt kuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṃkocane kṛte ॥ 111 ॥

madhye paścimatāṇena syāt prāṇo brahmanāḍigaḥ |

kuṇḍalyā granthitrayavibhedanena nirvikalpakaprāptiḥ

vajrāsanasthito yogī cālayitvā tu kuṇḍalīm ॥ 112 ॥"

Translation：

The Bandha known as Jalamdhara should be performed at the close of the Puraka (in-filling the vital air).

This is of the form of constricting the throat with a view to obstruct the passage of vital air.

After constricting the throat, he should establish (the vital air) firmly in the bosom. This is known as the

Jalamdhara-bandha, which causes the full flow of nectar. Should the constriction of the throat be made with

the immediate contraction of the nether part, by (performing) Pas'cima-tana in the middle, the Prana (vital air)

will reach the Brahma-nadi.