Karuna Yoga Vidya Peetham Bangalore

Jalandhara Bandha (throat lock)

Atha jalandharabandhah

Kanthamakunchya hrdaye sthapayechchibukam drdham/

Bandho jalandharakhyoayam jaramrtyuvinasakah//

Contracting the throat by bringing the chin to the chest sternum bone is the bandha called Jalandhara Bandha. It eradicates old age and death. (Chapter -3, Verse 70).

Badhnati hi sirajalamadhoghami nabhojalam/

Tato jalandharo bandhah kanthaduhkhaughanasanah//

That is jalandhara bandha which holds the flow of nectar in the throat. It eliminates all throat ailments. (Chapter -3, Verse 71).

Jalandhare krte bandhe kanthasamkochalakshane/

Na piyusham patatyaghnau na cha vayuh prakupyati//

Having performed Jalandhara Bandha by contracting the throat, the nectar does not fall into the gastric fire and the prana is not disturbed. (Chapter -3, Verse 72).

 

Kanthasamkochanenaiva dve nadyau stambhayed drdham/

Madhyachakramidam jneyam shodasadharabandhanam//

By firmly contracting the throat, the two nadis, ida and pingala are paralyzed and the sixteen adharas of the manipura chakra are locked. (Chapter -3, Verse 73).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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