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· SECTION 1 INTRODUCTORY
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(1) Benedictory Verse:
नत्वाऽऽद्यन्तविनिर्मुक्तं शिवं योगीन्द्रवन्दितम् । योगबिन्दुं प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वसिद्धथै महोदयम् ॥१॥ natua' dyantavinirmuktam šivan yogindravanditam /
yogabindum pravakspāmi tattvasiddhyai mahodayam 11111 Having bowed to the Beneficent One, who is free from a beginning and an end and is venerated by the chief among the yogins, I proceed on to narrate the treatize that is called Yoga bindu ( or the treatize that sets forth a constituent element-literally, a drop-of yoga ) and is conducive to mokṣa, this varration being undertaken with a view to seeking eplightenment as to the true nature of things. . (2) The Essential Unity of All Yoga-paths: :
सर्वेषां योगशास्त्राणामविरोधेन तत्त्वतः । सन्नीत्या स्थापकं चैव मध्यस्थांस्तद्विदः प्रति ॥२॥ sarveşāṁ yogaśāstrāņām avirodhena tallvatah / sannilya sthapakan caiva madhyasthāṁs tadvidaḥ prati 1/21/
It (i.e. this Yogabindu ) is not in essential conflict with any of the yoga-texts (belonging to the different schools of thought), and basing itself on a sound logic it establishes the non-conflicting character of these texts for the sake of those who are an impartial authority on the subject.
मोक्षहेतुर्यतो योगो भिद्यते न ततः कचित् । साध्याभेदात् तथाभावे तूक्तिभेदो न कारणम् ॥३॥ mokşahetur yato yogo bhidyate na tataḥ kvacit / sādhyabhedāi tathābhūve tūktibhedo na kāraṇam 11311
