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,-Upadesha 3, (Ch.-3, V.-61)

अथ मूलबन्धः पार्ष्णिभागेन सम्पीड्य योनिं आकुञ्चयेद्गुदम् । अपानं ऊर्ध्वं आकृष्य मूलबन्धोऽभिधीयते ॥ ३.६१ ॥

atha mūlabandhaḥ pārṣṇibhāgena sampīḍya yoniṃ ākuñcayedgudam । apānaṃ ūrdhvaṃ ākṛṣya mūlabandho'bhidhīyate ॥ 3.61 ॥

Atha: now (follows, Atha) Mūla-bandhaḥ: Mula Bandha Pārṣṇi: (the) heel (Parshni) Bhāgena: with (a) part, with (the) region (Bhaga) Sampīḍya: pressing (sam + pīḍ) Yonim: (the) dam, (the) Perineum (Yoni) Ākuñcayet: (man) contract (ā + kuñc) Gudam: (the) anus (guda) Apānam: (the) downward flowing energy (Apana) Ūrdhvam: upwards, upwards (Urdhva) Ākṛṣya: (and) pull ("pulling", ā + kṛṣ) Mūla-bandhaḥ: Root closure (Mula bandha) Abhidhīyate: (this) is called (abhi + dhā) || 61 ||


Pressing the Yoni (perineum) with the heel, contract and retract the anus. By drawing in the Apâna Vayu thus, the Mûla Bandha is made.



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