SHANDILYOUPNISHAD

Shandilyopnishat:

People today are doing a wide range of popular pranayams to keep their body and mind healthy. Most understand it in the form of movement of breath and very few understand it in the form of movement of life force. Out of those, who take it as pranic energy movement, still fewer experience the movement of various pranas in their body. Since the movements of prana, which are ten in number, takes place in different parts of the body, the whole process can then be said as ‘pranic movement’ or ‘shaktichalan’.

We can experience the movement of these pranas in our body and hence the process of shaktichalan. This is amply shown to those who follow kriya yoga methods.

As it is possible to move the prana across any psychic channel in our body or outside of it, in this same way it can be held in a particular location of our choice also for a desired duration. In the above mentioned upnishad, great detail has been devoted to the effects of holding pran for a duration of one muhurt i.e. 48 minutes at different locations in our body. One feels extremely happy to share this for the benefit of all the readers who are unaware of it.

Place of holding pran vayu                Effect

To hold in nose daily                          The sins of hundreds of lives are burnt.

In the eyeball                                      knowledge of all subjects.

To hold at the nose tip                        knowledge of realm of Indra,

                                                            the King of the devtas (divine beings).

To hold in the ears                               knowledge of Yama, the Lord of death.

In the arm pit                                       knowledge of realm of demons.

In lower part of back                          knowledge of realm of Varun Devta,  

                                                            Lord of the water element.

In upper part of back                            knowledge of realm of air.

In one’s neck                                        knowledge of realm of the Moon.

In the left eye                                        knowledge of realm of Shiv Lok.

On the forehead                                    knowledge of realm of Brahma.

Lower part of the feet                           knowledge of realm of Atal.

Holding in the feet                                knowledge of realm of Vital.

In one’s knees                                       knowledge of realm of Sutal.

In the hip joint                                       knowledge of realm of Mahatal.

In one’s front part of thighs                  knowledge of realm of Rasatal.

In the waist                                            knowledge of realm of Talatal.

In the navel                                            knowledge of realm of earth.

In stomach                                            knowledge of realm of Bhuvarlok.

In the heart                                             knowledge of realm of Mahalok.

In upper part of heart                             knowledge of realm of Mahalok.

In the neck                                             knowledge of realm of Janlok.

In the eyebrows centre                           knowledge of realm of Tapolok.

In the upper part of forehead                  knowledge of the past and the future.

In the sound of animals, birds                understanding of their language.

In sanchit* karmas                                  understanding of previous birth.

In the whole body                                   to take the form like another.

In power                                                 power like Lord Hanuman.

In the Sun                                                knowledge of the Sun's realm.

In Dhruv                                                  knowledge of its movement.

In the space inside the throat                   victory over hunger and thirst,

                                                                 and stabilization of koorm upa-pran nadi.

In Taar                                                     Darshan of Sidhas.

In spaces in our body                               movement in the sky.

By holding pran in the navel                   all diseases cured.

By holding pran in the big toe                 The body becomes light.

One who drinks air through curling        All diseases are cured, one doesn’t get          

  the tongue.                                               tired easily.

One who drinks air during both                

 morning and evening for 3 months.       Devi Saraswati sits on his tongue.  

One who does this for six months           All diseases are removed.

One who breathes in by curling        

the tongue and holds it at its base.      Drinks nectar and has well being                                                                                                                 in every sense and situation.  
One who drinks air thus through tongue and       

holds it awhile in stomach, daily 1 month.   Pierces the food of devtas even. 

All the above explanation seems to be very interesting 
and can be practiced by sadhakas or practitioners of this vidya.
 Om!..Om!..Om!

                                                          ~*~

Sanchit* karma: accrued karmas of various births.