Yogshatakam

SR No.: 002645
Original Sutra Author: Haribhadrasuri
Author: Punyavijay
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 144
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Yoga
File Size: 5 MB

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Yoga-sataka
59. Here attachment is to be defined as a feeling of attraction, aversion as a feeling of antipathy, while delusion is to be defined as ignorance. One has to think out as to which among these afflicts him rather intensely.
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60. After it (i. e. the defilement in question) has been detected one-holding firm in his faith in scriptural injunctions, seated in a lonely place, and having properly got ready (i. e, having performed the totality of prescribed rituals)-must ponder over the essential nature, the immediate consequence and the ultimate consequence of its object (i. e. of the object of the defilement in question), essential nature etc. which constitute the defects of this object.
61. Having paid his homage to the preceptor and the deities one must sit in padmasana posture or the like, unmindful of the presence of gadflies, mosquitoes etc. on his body and with his mind centred on the subject-matter concerned (i. e. on the object of the defilement under review).
62. From the preceptor and the deities the yoga-seeker receives favour and thereby he accomplishes the task at hand (i. e. he realizes the essential nature etc. of the object of the defilement afflicting him); this favour originating from them (i. e. from the preceptor and the deities) should be recognized as such by the yoga-seeker's own noticing that he has become equal to the task at hand.
63. Just as spells, (magically activated) precious stones etc. bestow favour on the worthy one who duly performs the prescribed ceremonies and this they do without physically assisting the person in question, so also is the case with the favour shown by the preceptor and the deities (ie. they too do not assist the yoga-seeker physically).
64. as a result of adopting an appropriate posture one's body is disciplined and one comes to develop an attitude of high regard for those who are known to have adopted the posture in question. Similarly, as a result of being unmindful of gadflies etc. one comes to acquire the capacity to exert himself well; this leads to the yoga-seeker attaining his ultimate aim (viz. success in yoga) as well (i. e. as also to the yoga-seeker attaining his immediate aim - viz. realizing the nature of the objects of a spiritual defilement).
65. One who has set his mind on it (i. e. on the object of a spiritual defilement) and has bestowed concentrated attention on it comes to realize its true nature; certainly, this (realization of the true
* Padmasana etc. are the postures enumerated and technically defined in Yoga literaturę.