Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 42

BndP 3 42.1

अगस्त्य उवाच मुद्राविरचनारीतिमश्वानन निवेदय । याभिर्विरचिताभिस्तु श्रीदेवी संप्रसीदति

agastya uvāca mudrāviracanārītimaśvānana nivedaya / yābhirviracitābhistu śrīdevī saṃprasīdati

Agastya said: Declare, Horse-faced one, the manner of forming the hand-gestures (mudrās), by the forming of which the blessed Goddess is well pleased.

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BndP 3 42.2

हयग्रीव उवाच आवाहनी महामुद्रा त्रिखण्डेति प्रकीर्तिता । परिवृत्य करौ स्पष्टमङ्गुष्ठौ कारयेत्समौ

hayagrīva uvāca āvāhanī mahāmudrā trikhaṇḍeti prakīrtitā / parivṛtya karau spaṣṭamaṅguṣṭhau kārayetsamau

Hayagrīva said: The great mudrā of invocation is proclaimed as "Trikhaṇḍā." Having turned the two hands round so that they touch, one should set the thumbs plainly level.

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BndP 3 42.3

अनामान्तर्गते कृत्वा तर्जन्यौ कुटिलाकृती । कनिष्ठिके नियुञ्जीत निजस्थाने तपोधन । संक्षोभिण्याख्यामुद्रां तु कथयाम्यधुना श्रुणु

anāmāntargate kṛtvā tarjanyau kuṭilākṛtī / kaniṣṭhike niyuñjīta nijasthāne tapodhana / saṃkṣobhiṇyākhyāmudrāṃ tu kathayāmyadhunā śruṇu

Having placed the two forefingers, curved in shape, inside the ring fingers, one should set the little fingers in their own place, O rich in austerity. Now I shall declare the mudrā named Saṃkṣobhiṇī; listen.

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BndP 3 42.4

मध्यमे मध्यगे कृत्वा कनिष्ठाङ्गुष्टरोधिते । तर्जन्यो दण्डवत्कृत्वा मध्यमोपर्यनामिके

madhyame madhyage kṛtvā kaniṣṭhāṅguṣṭarodhite / tarjanyo daṇḍavatkṛtvā madhyamoparyanāmike

Having placed the middle fingers in the middle, blocked by the little fingers and the thumbs, and having made the forefingers rod-like, the ring fingers (resting) above the middle fingers—

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BndP 3 42.5

एतस्या एव मुद्राया मध्यमे सरले यदि । क्रियते विन्ध्यदर्पारे मुद्रा विद्राविणी तथा

etasyā eva mudrāyā madhyame sarale yadi / kriyate vindhyadarpāre mudrā vidrāviṇī tathā

If of this very mudrā the middle fingers are made straight, O foe of the Vindhya's pride, then the mudrā is Vidrāviṇī.

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BndP 3 42.6

मध्यमातर्जनीभ्यां तु कनिष्ठानामिके समे । अङ्कुशाकाररूपाभ्यां मध्यगे कलशोद्भव । इयमाकर्षिणी मुद्रा त्रैलोक्याकर्षणे क्षमा

madhyamātarjanībhyāṃ tu kaniṣṭhānāmike same / aṅkuśākārarūpābhyāṃ madhyage kalaśodbhava / iyamākarṣiṇī mudrā trailokyākarṣaṇe kṣamā

With the middle and forefingers shaped like hooks, the little and ring fingers being level, placed in the middle, O pitcher-born one—this is the Ākarṣiṇī mudrā, capable of drawing in the three worlds.

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BndP 3 42.7

पुटाकारौ करौ कृत्वा तर्जन्यावङ्कुशाकृती । परिवर्तक्रमेणैव मध्यमे तदधोगते

puṭākārau karau kṛtvā tarjanyāvaṅkuśākṛtī / parivartakrameṇaiva madhyame tadadhogate

Having made the hands cup-shaped and the forefingers hook-shaped, by the procedure of reversal, with the middle fingers going below them—

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BndP 3 42.8

क्रमेणानेन देवर्षे मध्यमामध्यगे ऽनुजे । अनामिके तु सरले तद्बहिस्तर्जनीद्वयम्

krameṇānena devarṣe madhyamāmadhyage 'nuje / anāmike tu sarale tadbahistarjanīdvayam

By this procedure, O divine sage, the middle fingers being in the middle, and the little fingers (too); the ring fingers straight, and outside them the pair of forefingers—

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BndP 3 42.9

दण्डाकारौ तत्ॐऽगुष्ठौ मध्यमावर्तदेशगौ । मुद्रैषोन्मादिनी नाम्ना ख्याता वातापितापन

daṇḍākārau tatoṃ'guṣṭhau madhyamāvartadeśagau / mudraiṣonmādinī nāmnā khyātā vātāpitāpana

Then the two thumbs, rod-shaped, placed at the bend of the middle fingers: this mudrā is known by the name Unmādinī, O scorcher of Vātāpi.

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BndP 3 42.13

अस्यास्त्वनामिकायुग्ममधः कृत्वाङ्कुशाकृति । तर्जन्यावपि तेनैव क्रमेण विनियोजयेत् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४२।१० ॥ इयं महाङ्कुशा मुद्रा सर्वकार्यार्थसाधिका ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,४२।११ ॥ सव्यं दक्षिणादेशे तु दक्षिणं सव्यदेशतः । बाहू कृत्वा तु देवर्षे हस्तौ सम्परिवर्त्य च ४२।१२ । कनिष्ठानामिके युक्ते क्रमेणानेन तापस । तर्जनीभ्यां समाक्रान्ते सर्वोर्ध्वमपि मध्यमे

asyāstvanāmikāyugmamadhaḥ kṛtvāṅkuśākṛti / tarjanyāvapi tenaiva krameṇa viniyojayet // bndp_3,42.10 // iyaṃ mahāṅkuśā mudrā sarvakāryārthasādhikā // bndp_3,42.11 // savyaṃ dakṣiṇādeśe tu dakṣiṇaṃ savyadeśataḥ / bāhū kṛtvā tu devarṣe hastau samparivartya ca 42.12 / kaniṣṭhānāmike yukte krameṇānena tāpasa / tarjanībhyāṃ samākrānte sarvordhvamapi madhyame

Of this (mudrā), having placed the pair of ring fingers below in hook shape, one should apply the forefingers as well by that same procedure. (10) This is the Mahāṅkuśā mudrā, which accomplishes the purposes of all undertakings. (11) Having put the left arm on the right side and the right on the left side, O divine sage, and having turned the hands about, (12) with the little and ring fingers joined by this procedure, O ascetic, and the middle fingers pressed by the forefingers above them all—

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BndP 3 42.14

लोपामुद्रापतेङ्गुष्ठौ कारयेत्सकलावपि । इयं तु खेचरी नाम मुद्रा सर्वोत्तमोत्तमा । एतद्विज्ञानमात्रेण योगिनीनां प्रियो भवेत्

lopāmudrāpateṅguṣṭhau kārayetsakalāvapi / iyaṃ tu khecarī nāma mudrā sarvottamottamā / etadvijñānamātreṇa yoginīnāṃ priyo bhavet

O husband of Lopāmudrā, one should make both thumbs entire (i.e. fully extended). This is the mudrā named Khecarī, the very highest of all. By merely knowing this, one becomes dear to the yoginīs.

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BndP 3 42.15

परिवर्त्य करौ स्पृष्टावर्धचन्द्रसमाकृती । तर्जन्यङ्गुष्ठयुगलं युगपद्योजयेत्ततः

parivartya karau spṛṣṭāvardhacandrasamākṛtī / tarjanyaṅguṣṭhayugalaṃ yugapadyojayettataḥ

Having turned the hands round so that they touch, shaped like a half-moon, one should then join the pair of forefingers and the pair of thumbs simultaneously.

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BndP 3 42.16

अधः कनिष्ठावष्टब्धमध्यमे विनियोजयेत् । अथैते कुटिले युक्त्वा सर्वाधस्तादनामिके । बीजमुद्रेयमाचिरात्सर्वसिद्धप्रवर्तिनी

adhaḥ kaniṣṭhāvaṣṭabdhamadhyame viniyojayet / athaite kuṭile yuktvā sarvādhastādanāmike / bījamudreyamācirātsarvasiddhapravartinī

Below, one should set the middle fingers held down by the little fingers; then, joining these two curved, the ring fingers lowest of all—this is the Bīja-mudrā, which quickly sets all attainments in motion.

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BndP 3 42.17

मध्याग्रे कुटिलाकारे तर्जन्युपरि संस्थिते । अनामिकामध्यगते तथैव हि कनिष्टिके

madhyāgre kuṭilākāre tarjanyupari saṃsthite / anāmikāmadhyagate tathaiva hi kaniṣṭike

With the tips of the middle fingers curved, resting above the forefingers, and the little fingers likewise placed in the middle of the ring fingers—

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BndP 3 42.18

सर्वा एकत्र संयोज्य चाङ्गुष्ठपरिपीडिताः । एषा तु प्रथमा मुद्रा योनिमुद्रेति संज्ञिता

sarvā ekatra saṃyojya cāṅguṣṭhaparipīḍitāḥ / eṣā tu prathamā mudrā yonimudreti saṃjñitā

having joined them all in one place and pressed them with the thumbs: this is the first mudrā, called the Yoni-mudrā.

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BndP 3 42.19

एता मुद्रास्तु देवर्षे श्रीदेव्याः प्रीतिहेतवः । पूजाकाले प्रयोक्तव्या यथानुक्रमयोगतः

etā mudrāstu devarṣe śrīdevyāḥ prītihetavaḥ / pūjākāle prayoktavyā yathānukramayogataḥ

These mudrās, O divine sage, are causes of Śrī Devī's pleasure; they are to be employed at the time of worship in accordance with their proper sequence.

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