Surya Namaskar is included in the regular routine of prayer and worship. Means it must be practiced regularly. Its greater importance has been described in the scriptures. As per the scriptures, a single day worship of the sun has virtues equivalent to the bestowal presentation of one lakh milk cows. Like worship, Surya Namaskaras too has their own significance. Surya Namaskara means prayer (Vandana) of Lord Surya. Surya Vandana is short. Surya Namaskara is an ancient system of Indian exercise. Stand facing the east at dawn and peacefully chant the mantras to pray Lord Surya and offer red sandals, flowers, rice grains (Akshatas) with water of simply the water alone as ARGHE (libation) and perform Surya Namaskara. This whole process must be performed before the sunrise. |
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Now recite the following Mantra to pray Lord Surya. | |
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In the first position of Surya Namaskara contemplate the virtues of Lord Surya with concentrated mind and feel that you are the friend of everybody and have friendship with every creature on the earth. Immersing yourself with these feelings stand erect stretching your hand, neck and all other parts of your body. Stretching both of your arms, touch your thighs with palms and inflate the chest and point your vision on the tip of the point your vision on the tip of the nose.
This is a position of attention. Since you stand straight in 'Daksha' position hence this posture is named 'DAKSHASANA'.
Mantra : OM RAVAYE NAMAH Procedure :
Fold together both of your hands in such a way that that both the thumbs begin to touch your chest. Expand your chest and pull in the belly as far as possible. Look straight ahead. The head, the neck and the body should remain in a straight line. Closing the mouth inhale the breath and hold it inside as far as possible and then expose the breath.
BENEFITS : Both the shoulders and the food pipe (Esophagus) get exercise and diseases related to them are corrected. Eyesight is also improved. 4. POSTURE OF THE FOURTH NAMASKARA - HASTAPADASANA Mantra : OM BHANAVE NAMAH
Procedure : Inhaling the breath through nostrils retain it and bend forward without folding the knees. Ultimately rest both of your palms on the ground and touch your knees with your forehead or the nose and exhale the breath that you held so far with audible sound. If, in the beginning you are unable to rest your palms on the unable to rest your palms on the ground, simply touch the ground with finger and practice slowly. 5.POSTURE OF THE FIFTH NAMASKARA - EKAPADA PRASARANASANA Mantra : OM KHAGAYA NAMAH
Procedure : Inhale the breath through nostrils and pull your right leg backward in such a way that the knee and the fingers of the foot touch the ground. Push forward your left leg pressing the abdomen (belly) hard. Then raising your head as high as possible, look upward. Push down the waist and hold the breath and stay in the osture as long as you can. Mantra : OM PUSHNE NAMAH
Procedure : Inhale the breath deeply and hold it and pull both of your legs backward, so that the thumbs of the feet, ankles and knees touch each other. Stabilizing the feet and keeping the head, waist, the back and the elbows in a line bend forward and resting both the palms on the ground keep your body like a bow. Mantra : OM HIRANYAGARBHAYA NAMAH Procedure : BENEFITS :
8. POSTURE OF THE EIGHTH NAMASKARA - BHUJANAGA SANA Mantra : OM MARICHAYE NAMAH Procedure : Keeping the legs, palms and knees in Ashtanga prampatasana position, unfolding the arms rise up simultaneously inhaling the breath, push the chest out and bend the waist in circle and backward. Look as much up as possible and exhale the breath. (Fig.) BENEFITS :
9.POSTURE OF THE NINTH NAMSAKARA - BHUDHARASANA Mantra : OM ADITYAYA NAMAH Repeat the process of Bhudharasana as described in the step six (6) 10.POSTURE OF THE TENTH NAMASKARA - EKAPADAPRASARANASANA Mantra : OM SAVITRA NAMAH Procedure : Repeat the process of the fifth Namaskara as described in the step five (5) just reverse the position of the legs. 11. POSTURE OF THE ELEVENTH NAMASKARA - HASTAPADASANA Mantra : OM ARKAYA NAMAH Repeat the process described in the fourth Namskara, step four (4). 12.POSTURE OF THE TWELTH NAMASKARA - NAMASKARASANA Mantra : OM BHASKARAYA NAMAH Procedure :Standing in the position described in step two repeat the second Surya Namaskara. Thus performing all the postures for Surya Namaskara, each and every parts of the body gets ample exercise whereas the religious significance is also fully met with. Every human being must perform Suyra Namaskara and the anas related to it. By virtue of Surya Namaskara, the poverty of the people is done away with and they remain properous in many births. Results of Surya Namaskara are described thus in our scriptures: ADITYASYA NAMASKARAM YE KURVANTI DINE-DINE - JANMANTRA HASTRENA DARIDRAMNOPA JAYATE .. Meaning :The man who performs Surya Namaskara daily does not get poor in thousand births. Hence, give Surya Namaskara an urgent place in your daily routine. And like the daily rising of the sun. Surya Namaskara is indeed a daily routine. |
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