Maheshvara Teaches Uma the Discipline of Yoga

Verse 1 (13.246.1)

साङ्ख्यज्ञाने नियुक्तानां यथावत्कीर्तितं मया । योगधर्मं पुनः कृत्स्नं कीर्तयिष्यामि ते शृणु ॥

sāṅkhyajñāne niyuktānāṃ yathāvatkīrtitaṃ mayā | yogadharmaṃ punaḥ kṛtsnaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi te śṛṇu

“I have told you, as it should be told, the way of those devoted to the knowledge of Sankhya. Now I shall set out for you again, in full, the discipline of Yoga; listen.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4222-4223.

Verse 2 (13.246.2)

स च योगो द्विधा भिन्नो ब्रह्मदेवर्षिसम्मतः । समानमुभयत्रापि वृत्तं शास्त्रप्रचोदितम् ॥

sa ca yogo dvidhā bhinno brahmadevarṣisammataḥ | samānamubhayatrāpi vṛttaṃ śāstrapracoditam

“That Yoga is of two kinds, and both are approved by Brahma and the divine seers. The conduct that the scriptures enjoin is the same in both.”

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मिदेवर्षि → ब्रह्मदेवर्षि (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; CE 4224 brahmadevarṣi-). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4224-4225.

Verse 3 (13.246.3)

स चाष्टगुणमैश्वर्यमधिकृत्य विधीयते । सायुज्यं सर्वदेवानां योगधर्मं परं श्रिताः ॥

sa cāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryamadhikṛtya vidhīyate | sāyujyaṃ sarvadevānāṃ yogadharmaṃ paraṃ śritāḥ

“It is laid down with the eightfold lordly power in view; and those who have taken refuge in the supreme discipline of Yoga attain union with all the gods.”

Note on the text: Corrected च चाष्टगुण → स चाष्टगुण (misprint in Wikisource; dropped स; CE 4226 sa cāṣṭaguṇam). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4226-4227.

Verse 4 (13.246.4)

ज्ञानं सर्वस्य योगस्य मूलमित्यवधारय । व्रतोपवासनियमैस्तत्सर्वं चापि बृंहयेत् ॥

jñānaṃ sarvasya yogasya mūlamityavadhāraya | vratopavāsaniyamaistatsarvaṃ cāpi bṛṃhayet

“Know that knowledge is the root of all Yoga, and one should strengthen all of it with vows, fasts and restraints.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4228-4229.

Verse 5 (13.246.5)

ऐकात्म्यं बुद्धिमनसोरिन्द्रियाणां च सर्वशः । आत्मनो वेदितं प्राज्ञे ज्ञानमेतत्तु योगिनाम् ॥

aikātmyaṃ buddhimanasorindriyāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | ātmano veditaṃ prājñe jñānametattu yoginām

“The complete oneness of intellect, mind and senses, together with the knowing of the Self: this, O wise one, is the knowledge of yogis.”

Note on the text: Reading differs from the CE (4231 ātmany avyayini prājñe); the page reading is kept. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4230-4231.

Verse 6 (13.246.6)

अर्चयेद्ब्राह्मणानग्निं देवतायतनानि च । वर्जयेदशिवं भावं सर्वसत्त्वमुपाश्रितः ॥

arcayedbrāhmaṇānagniṃ devatāyatanāni ca | varjayedaśivaṃ bhāvaṃ sarvasattvamupāśritaḥ

“One should honour brahmins, the sacred fire and the shrines of the gods, and, holding to the welfare of all beings, avoid every inauspicious state of mind.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4232-4233.

Verse 7 (13.246.7)

दानमध्ययनं श्रद्धा व्रतानि नियमास्तथा । सत्यमाहारशुद्धिश्च शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । एतैश्च वर्धते तेजः पापं चाप्यवधूयते ॥

dānamadhyayanaṃ śraddhā vratāni niyamāstathā | satyamāhāraśuddhiśca śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ | etaiśca vardhate tejaḥ pāpaṃ cāpyavadhūyate

“Giving, study, faith, vows and restraints, truthfulness, purity of food, cleanliness and mastery of the senses: by these one's radiance grows and sin is shaken off.”

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुद्धा → श्रद्धा (misprint in Wikisource; CE 4234 śraddhā). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4234-4236.

Verse 8 (13.246.8)

निर्धूतपापस्तेजस्वी लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः । अमोधो निर्मलो दान्तः पश्चाद्योगं समाचरेत् ॥

nirdhūtapāpastejasvī laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ | amodho nirmalo dāntaḥ paścādyogaṃ samācaret

“Only when he has shaken off sin, is radiant, eats lightly, has conquered his senses, and is unfailing, spotless and self-controlled, should he then practise Yoga.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4237-4238.

Verse 9 (13.246.9)

अवरुध्यात्मनः पूर्वं मत्स्यघात इवामिषम् । एकान्ते विजने देशे सर्वतः संवृते शुचौ । कल्पयेदासनं तत्र स्वास्तीर्णं मृदुभिः कुशैः ॥

avarudhyātmanaḥ pūrvaṃ matsyaghāta ivāmiṣam | ekānte vijane deśe sarvataḥ saṃvṛte śucau | kalpayedāsanaṃ tatra svāstīrṇaṃ mṛdubhiḥ kuśaiḥ

“First restraining himself, as a fisherman does with his bait, he should prepare for himself, in a secluded, empty and clean spot, closed in on every side, a seat well spread with soft kusha grass.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4239-4241.

Verse 10 (13.246.10)

उपविश्यासने तस्मिन्नृजुकायशिरोधरः । अव्यग्रः सुखमासीनः स्वाङ्गानि न विकम्पयेत् । सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥

upaviśyāsane tasminnṛjukāyaśirodharaḥ | avyagraḥ sukhamāsīnaḥ svāṅgāni na vikampayet | samprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan

“Seated on that seat, with body, head and neck upright, undistracted and at ease, he should not shake his limbs; he should look at the tip of his own nose, without gazing about in any direction.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4242-4244.

Verse 11 (13.246.11)

मनोऽवस्थापनं देवि योगस्योपनिषद्भवेत् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन मनोऽवस्थापयेत्सदा ॥

mano'vasthāpanaṃ devi yogasyopaniṣadbhavet | tasmātsarvaprayatnena mano'vasthāpayetsadā

“Fixing the mind, O goddess, is the inner secret of Yoga; therefore one should always, with every effort, hold the mind steady.”

Note on the text: CE lines 4245-4247 (three lines on fixing the mind between the brows) are not on the page and are not added. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4248-4249.

Verse 12 (13.246.12)

त्वक्छ्रोत्रं च ततो जिह्वा घ्राणं चक्षुश्च संहरेत् । पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि सन्धाय मनसि स्थापयेद्बुधः ॥

tvakchrotraṃ ca tato jihvā ghrāṇaṃ cakṣuśca saṃharet | pañcendriyāṇi sandhāya manasi sthāpayedbudhaḥ

“The wise one should draw in the skin, the ear, then the tongue, the nose and the eye; and having gathered the five senses together, he should rest them in the mind.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4250-4251.

Verse 13 (13.246.13)

सर्वं चापोह्य सङ्कल्पमात्मनि स्थापयेन्मनः । यदैतान्यवतिष्ठन्ते मनःषष्ठानि चात्मनि ॥

sarvaṃ cāpohya saṅkalpamātmani sthāpayenmanaḥ | yadaitānyavatiṣṭhante manaḥṣaṣṭhāni cātmani

“Putting away every intention, he should rest the mind in the Self. When these senses, with the mind as the sixth, stand firm in the Self,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4252-4253.

Verse 14 (13.246.14)

प्राणापानौ तदा तस्य युगपत्तिष्ठतो वशे । प्राणे हि वशमापन्ने योगसिद्धिर्ध्रुवा भवेत् ॥

prāṇāpānau tadā tasya yugapattiṣṭhato vaśe | prāṇe hi vaśamāpanne yogasiddhirdhruvā bhavet

“then his in-breath and out-breath come together under his control; and when the breath is mastered, success in Yoga is certain.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4254-4255.

Verse 15 (13.246.15)

शरीरं चिन्तयेत्सर्वं विपाट्य च समीपतः । अन्तर्देहगतिं चापि प्राणानां परिचिन्तयेत् ॥

śarīraṃ cintayetsarvaṃ vipāṭya ca samīpataḥ | antardehagatiṃ cāpi prāṇānāṃ paricintayet

“He should contemplate the whole body, as though opened up and close before him, and he should also contemplate the courses of the vital breaths within the body.”

Note on the text: The page footnote gives निपात्य (for विपाट्य) as another manuscript reading; the page reading is kept. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4256-4257.

Verse 16 (13.246.16)

ततो मूर्धानमग्निं च शरीरं परिपालयेत् । प्राणो मूर्धनि च श्वासो वर्तमाने विचेष्टते ॥

tato mūrdhānamagniṃ ca śarīraṃ paripālayet | prāṇo mūrdhani ca śvāso vartamāne viceṣṭate

“Then he should guard the head, the fire and the body; for the life-breath, abiding in the head, and the respiration keep working there.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4258-4259.

Verse 17 (13.246.17)

सज्जस्तु सर्वभूतात्मा पुरुषः स सनातनः । मनो बुद्धिरहङ्कारो भूतानि विषयांश्च सः ॥

sajjastu sarvabhūtātmā puruṣaḥ sa sanātanaḥ | mano buddhirahaṅkāro bhūtāni viṣayāṃśca saḥ

“That eternal Person, the Self of all beings, is lodged there; he is the mind, the intellect, the ego, the elements and the objects of the senses.”

Note on the text: The CE reads सजन्तुः (4260 sa jantuḥ) for सज्जस्तु; सज्ज is good Sanskrit, so the page reading is kept. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4260-4261.

Verse 18 (13.246.18)

बस्तिर्मूलं गुदं चैव पावकं च समाश्रितः । वहन्मूत्रं पुरीषं च सदाऽपानः प्रवर्तते ॥

bastirmūlaṃ gudaṃ caiva pāvakaṃ ca samāśritaḥ | vahanmūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca sadā'pānaḥ pravartate

“Resting on the bladder, the root, the anus and the fire, the apana wind ever moves there, carrying away urine and excrement.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4262-4263.

Verse 19 (13.246.19)

अतः प्रवृत्तिर्देहेषु कर्म चापानसंयुतम् । उदीरयन्सर्वधातूनत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवर्तते । उदान इति तं विद्युरध्यात्मकुशला जनाः ॥

ataḥ pravṛttirdeheṣu karma cāpānasaṃyutam | udīrayansarvadhātūnata ūrdhvaṃ pravartate | udāna iti taṃ vidyuradhyātmakuśalā janāḥ

“From it come the movements in bodies and the action joined with apana. Stirring all the constituents of the body, it then moves upward; those skilled in knowledge of the Self call it udana.”

Note on the text: Corrected देहषु → देहेषु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; CE 4264 deheṣu). Corrected सर्वधातूनन्त ऊर्ध्वं → सर्वधातूनत ऊर्ध्वं (misprint in Wikisource; stray न्; the sandhi needs अत ऊर्ध्वम्, CE 4265 ata ūrdhvam). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4264-4266.

Verse 20 (13.246.20)

सन्धौसन्धौ स निर्विष्टः सर्वचेष्टाप्रवर्तकः । शरीरेषु मनुष्याणां व्यान इत्युपदिश्यते ॥

sandhausandhau sa nirviṣṭaḥ sarvaceṣṭāpravartakaḥ | śarīreṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ vyāna ityupadiśyate

“Lodged in every joint and setting all movements going, it is called vyana in the bodies of men.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4267-4268.

Verse 21 (13.246.21)

धातुष्वग्नौ च विततः समानोऽग्निः समीरणः । स एव सर्वचेष्टानामन्तकाले निवर्तकः ॥

dhātuṣvagnau ca vitataḥ samāno'gniḥ samīraṇaḥ | sa eva sarvaceṣṭānāmantakāle nivartakaḥ

“Samana, a wind that is itself fire, spreads through the bodily constituents and the fire; it is the same that brings all movement to rest at the time of death.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4269-4270.

Verse 22 (13.246.22)

प्राणानां सन्निपातेषु संसर्गाद्यः प्रजायते । ऊष्मा सोऽग्निरिति ज्ञेयः सोऽन्नं पचति देहिनाम् ॥

prāṇānāṃ sannipāteṣu saṃsargādyaḥ prajāyate | ūṣmā so'gniriti jñeyaḥ so'nnaṃ pacati dehinām

“The heat that arises where the breaths meet and mingle should be known as the fire; it cooks the food of embodied beings.”

Note on the text: Corrected सोग्निरिति → सोऽग्निरिति (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Corrected सोन्नं → सोऽन्नं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4271-4272.

Verse 23 (13.246.23)

अपानप्राणयोर्मध्ये व्यानोदानावुपाश्रितौ । समन्वितः समानेन सम्यक्पचति पावकः ॥

apānaprāṇayormadhye vyānodānāvupāśritau | samanvitaḥ samānena samyakpacati pāvakaḥ

“Between apana and prana, vyana and udana are established; joined with samana, the fire digests the food well.”

Note on the text: CE lines 4275-4276 follow here and are not on the page. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4273-4274.

Verse 24 (13.246.24)

शरीरमध्ये नाभिः स्यान्नाभ्यामग्निः प्रतिष्ठितः । अग्नौ प्राणाश्च संयुक्ताः प्राणेष्वात्मा व्यवस्थितः ॥

śarīramadhye nābhiḥ syānnābhyāmagniḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | agnau prāṇāśca saṃyuktāḥ prāṇeṣvātmā vyavasthitaḥ

“In the middle of the body is the navel; in the navel the fire is established; in the fire the breaths are joined; and in the breaths the Self abides.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4277-4278.

Verse 25 (13.246.25)

पक्वाशयस्त्वधो नाभेरूर्ध्वमामाशयस्तथा । नाभिर्मध्ये शरीरस्य सर्वप्राणाश्च संश्रिताः ॥

pakvāśayastvadho nābherūrdhvamāmāśayastathā | nābhirmadhye śarīrasya sarvaprāṇāśca saṃśritāḥ

“Below the navel lies the receptacle of digested food, and above it the receptacle of undigested food; the navel is in the middle of the body, and all the vital breaths rest upon it.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4279-4280.

Verse 26 (13.246.26)

स्थिताः प्राणादयः सर्वे तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश्चराः । वहन्त्यन्नरसान्नाड्यो दशप्राणाग्निचोदिताः ॥

sthitāḥ prāṇādayaḥ sarve tiryagūrdhvamadhaścarāḥ | vahantyannarasānnāḍyo daśaprāṇāgnicoditāḥ

“All the breaths, prana and the rest, are stationed there, moving sideways, upward and downward; and the ten channels, driven by the breaths and the fire, carry the essence of food.”

Note on the text: Corrected तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश्वराः → तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश्चराः (misprint in Wikisource; श्व for श्च; CE 4281 adhaścarāḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4281-4282.

Verse 27 (13.246.27)

योगिनामेष मार्गस्तु पञ्चस्वेतेषु तिष्ठति । जितश्रमः समासीनो मूर्धन्यात्मानमादधेत् ॥

yogināmeṣa mārgastu pañcasveteṣu tiṣṭhati | jitaśramaḥ samāsīno mūrdhanyātmānamādadhet

“This is the path of yogis, and it rests on these five. Having overcome fatigue and seated himself, he should fix his self in the head.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4283-4284.

Verse 28 (13.246.28)

मूर्धन्यात्मानमाधाय भ्रुवोर्मध्ये मनस्तथा । सन्निरुध्य ततः प्राणानात्मानं चिन्तयेत्परम् ॥

mūrdhanyātmānamādhāya bhruvormadhye manastathā | sannirudhya tataḥ prāṇānātmānaṃ cintayetparam

“Having fixed his self in the head, and likewise his mind between the eyebrows, he should then hold the breaths in check and contemplate the Supreme Self.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4285-4286.

Verse 29 (13.246.29)

प्राणे त्वपानं युञ्जीत प्राणांश्चापानकर्मणि । प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरो भवेत् ॥

prāṇe tvapānaṃ yuñjīta prāṇāṃścāpānakarmaṇi | prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparo bhavet

“He should join apana to prana, and prana to the function of apana; having stopped the courses of prana and apana, he should devote himself to the control of the breath.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4287-4288.

Verse 30 (13.246.30)

एवमन्तः प्रयुञ्जीत पञ्च प्राणान्परस्परम् । विजने सम्मिताहारो मुनिस्तूष्णीं निरुच्छ्वसन् ॥

evamantaḥ prayuñjīta pañca prāṇānparasparam | vijane sammitāhāro munistūṣṇīṃ nirucchvasan

“In this way he should join the five breaths to one another within, in a solitary place, moderate in food, a silent sage who scarcely breathes.”

Note on the text: Corrected मुनस्तूष्णीं → मुनिस्तूष्णीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; CE 4290 munis tūṣṇīm). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4289-4290.

Verse 31 (13.246.31)

अश्रान्तश्चिन्तयेद्योगी उत्थाय च पुनःपुनः । तिष्ठन्गच्छन्स्वपंश्चापि युञ्जीतैवमतन्द्रितः ॥

aśrāntaścintayedyogī utthāya ca punaḥpunaḥ | tiṣṭhangacchansvapaṃścāpi yuñjītaivamatandritaḥ

“Untiring, the yogi should meditate, rising again and again; standing, walking, even sleeping, he should practise in this way without sloth.”

Note on the text: Corrected स्वपंस्चापि → स्वपंश्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4291-4292.

Verse 32 (13.246.32)

एवं नियुञ्जतस्तस्य योगिनो युक्तचेतसः । प्रसीदति मनः क्षिप्रं प्रसन्ने दृश्यते परम् ॥

evaṃ niyuñjatastasya yogino yuktacetasaḥ | prasīdati manaḥ kṣipraṃ prasanne dṛśyate param

“For the yogi who thus applies himself, with a collected mind, the mind soon grows clear, and when it is clear the Supreme is seen.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4293-4294.

Verse 33 (13.246.33)

विधूम इव दीप्तोऽग्निरादित्य इव रश्मिवान् । वैद्युतोऽग्निरिवाकाशे पुरुषो दृश्यतेऽव्ययः ॥

vidhūma iva dīpto'gnirāditya iva raśmivān | vaidyuto'gnirivākāśe puruṣo dṛśyate'vyayaḥ

“The imperishable Person is seen like a blazing fire without smoke, like the sun with its rays, like a flash of lightning in the sky.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4295-4296.

Verse 34 (13.246.34)

दृष्ट्वा तदात्मनो ज्योतिरैश्वर्याष्टगुणैर्युतः । प्राप्नोति परमं स्थानं स्पृहणीयं सुरैरपि ॥

dṛṣṭvā tadātmano jyotiraiśvaryāṣṭaguṇairyutaḥ | prāpnoti paramaṃ sthānaṃ spṛhaṇīyaṃ surairapi

“Seeing that light of the Self, endowed with the eight qualities of lordly power, he reaches the supreme state, which even the gods long for.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4297-4298.

Verse 35 (13.246.35)

इमान्योगस्य दोषांश्च दशैव परिचक्षते । दोषैर्विघ्ने वरारोहे योगिनां कविभिः स्मृताः ॥

imānyogasya doṣāṃśca daśaiva paricakṣate | doṣairvighne varārohe yogināṃ kavibhiḥ smṛtāḥ

“They say that there are exactly ten faults of Yoga, O lovely one; the wise remember them as the obstacles that faults put in the way of yogis.”

Note on the text: The CE reads दोषैर्विघ्नो ... स्मृतः (4300); the page has विघ्ने ... स्मृताः, kept as the page reading. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4299-4300.

Verse 36 (13.246.36)

कामः क्रोधो भयं स्वप्नः स्नेहमत्यशनं तथा । वैचित्यं व्याधिरालस्यं लोभं च दशमं स्मृतम् ॥

kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ svapnaḥ snehamatyaśanaṃ tathā | vaicityaṃ vyādhirālasyaṃ lobhaṃ ca daśamaṃ smṛtam

“Desire, anger, fear, sleep, attachment, overeating, bewilderment, disease, sloth, and greed as the tenth: these are the ten remembered.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4301-4302.

Verse 37 (13.246.37)

एतैस्तेषां भवेद्विघ्नो दशभिर्देवकारितैः । तस्मादेतानपास्यादौ युञ्जीत च परं मनः ॥

etaisteṣāṃ bhavedvighno daśabhirdevakāritaiḥ | tasmādetānapāsyādau yuñjīta ca paraṃ manaḥ

“By these ten, brought about by the gods, an obstacle arises for them; therefore one should first cast these aside and then yoke the mind to the Supreme.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4303-4304.

Verse 38 (13.246.38)

इमानपि गुणानष्टौ योगस्य परिचक्षते । गुणैस्तैरष्टभिर्द्रव्यमैश्वर्यमधिगम्यते ॥

imānapi guṇānaṣṭau yogasya paricakṣate | guṇaistairaṣṭabhirdravyamaiśvaryamadhigamyate

“They declare also these eight qualities of Yoga; through those eight qualities the lordly power is attained.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4305-4306.

Verse 39 (13.246.39)

अणिमा महिमा चैव प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यमेव हि । ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च यत्र कामावसायिता ॥

aṇimā mahimā caiva prāptiḥ prākāmyameva hi | īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca yatra kāmāvasāyitā

“They are anima (smallness), mahima (greatness), prapti (reaching), prakamya (free will), ishitva (mastery) and vashitva (control), together with yatrakamavasayita, the power by which every wish is fulfilled.”

Note on the text: The page names seven powers and then यत्रकामावसायिता; the CE (4307) reads प्राकाश्यलाघवे, which includes laghima. The CE reading is not added. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4307-4308.

Verse 40 (13.246.40)

एतानष्टौ गुणान्प्राप्य कथञ्चिद्योगिनां वराः । ईशाः सर्वस्य लोकस्य देवानप्यतिशेरते ॥

etānaṣṭau guṇānprāpya kathañcidyogināṃ varāḥ | īśāḥ sarvasya lokasya devānapyatiśerate

“Having somehow gained these eight qualities, the best of yogis become lords of the whole world and surpass even the gods.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4309-4310.

Verse 41 (13.246.41)

योगोऽस्ति नैवात्यशिनो न चैकान्तमनश्नतः । न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य नातिजागरतस्तथा ॥

yogo'sti naivātyaśino na caikāntamanaśnataḥ | na cātisvapnaśīlasya nātijāgaratastathā

“There is no Yoga for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all; not for one given to too much sleep, nor for one who is too wakeful.”

Note on the text: Corrected योगोस्ति → योगोऽस्ति (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Corrected नातिजागतरस्तथा → नातिजागरतस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; letters transposed; CE 4312 nātijāgaratas tathā). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4311-4312.

Verse 42 (13.246.42)

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु । युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥

yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu | yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā

“For one who is moderate in food and recreation, moderate in his efforts in action, and moderate in sleep and waking, Yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrow.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4313-4314.

Verse 43 (13.246.43)

अनेनैव विधानेन सायुज्यं तत्प्रकल्प्यते । सायुज्यं देवसात्कृत्वा प्रयुञ्जीतात्मभक्तितः ॥

anenaiva vidhānena sāyujyaṃ tatprakalpyate | sāyujyaṃ devasātkṛtvā prayuñjītātmabhaktitaḥ

“By this very method union is brought about; having made that union his own with the gods, he should practise it with devotion to the Self.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4315-4316.

Verse 44 (13.246.44)

अनन्यमनसा देवि नित्यं तद्गतचेतसा । सायुज्यं प्राप्यते देवैर्यत्नेन महता चिरात् ॥

ananyamanasā devi nityaṃ tadgatacetasā | sāyujyaṃ prāpyate devairyatnena mahatā cirāt

“With a single mind, O goddess, and with his thought ever fixed on it, he attains union with the gods, by great effort, after a long time.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4317-4318.

Verse 45 (13.246.45)

हविर्भिरर्चनैर्होमैः प्रणामैर्नित्यचिन्तया । अर्चयित्वा यथाशक्ति स्वकं देशं विशन्ति ते ॥

havirbhirarcanairhomaiḥ praṇāmairnityacintayā | arcayitvā yathāśakti svakaṃ deśaṃ viśanti te

“Having worshipped as best they can, with oblations, offerings, sacrifices, bows and constant meditation, they enter their own realm.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4319-4320.

Verse 46 (13.246.46)

सायुज्यानां विशिष्टं च मामकं वैष्णवं तथा । मां प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते विष्णुं वा शुभलोचने ॥

sāyujyānāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ ca māmakaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tathā | māṃ prāpya na nivartante viṣṇuṃ vā śubhalocane

“Among the kinds of union, the most excellent are union with me and union with Vishnu; those who reach me, or Vishnu, O fair-eyed one, do not return.”

Note on the text: Corrected विष्णु वा → विष्णुं वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE 4322 viṣṇuṃ vā). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4321-4322.

Verse 47 (13.246.47)

इति ते कथितो देवि योगधर्मः सनातनः । न शक्यः प्रष्टुमन्येन योगधर्मस्त्वया विना ॥

iti te kathito devi yogadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | na śakyaḥ praṣṭumanyena yogadharmastvayā vinā

“Thus, O goddess, I have told you the eternal dharma of Yoga; no one other than you could ask me about the dharma of Yoga.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 4323-4324.