Yogadrstisamuccaya and Yogavinshika

SR No.: 011128
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 139
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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YOGA DRȘTISAMUCCAVA
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न ह्यलक्ष्मीसखी लक्ष्मीर्य थाऽऽनन्दाय धीमताम् । तथा पापसखा लोके देहिनां भोगविस्तरः ॥१५९|| na liy alakşniisakhi lakşiir yatha'nandāya dhimatām / tatha papasakha loke dehinam bhogavistarah ||15911
- Just as prosperity that has got poverty for its twin fails to gladden the intelligent people so also should be the case with the total expanse of men's worldly enjoyments that has got sin for its twin. .
धर्मादपि भवन् भोगः प्रायोऽनर्थाय देहिनाम् । चन्दनादपि संभूतो दहत्येव हुताशनः ॥१६०॥ dharmād api bhavan bhogaḥ prāyo'narthāya dehinām | cand anād api sambhito dahaty eva hutasanah || 160//
Even that worldly enjoybient which has been aquired as a result of performing virtuous acts is conducive to undesirable consequences just as fire produced even from sandal wood certainly buros.
भोगात् तदिच्छाविरतिः स्कन्धभारापनुत्तये । स्कन्धान्तरसमारोपस्तत्संस्कारविधानतः ॥१६॥
bhogāt tadicchāviratiḥ skandhabhārā panuttaye / skandhantarasamāropas tatsamskaravidhanatahj/16111
Seeking release from the desire for enjoyment through indulging in enjoyment is like seeking relief from the shoulder's burden' through placing this burden on the other shoulder, for once you indulge in an enjoyment there is produced in your mind a corresponding impression (that will subsequently give rise to the desire concerned).
(b) Kāntā-the Sixth Yoga-viewpoint :
कान्तायामेतदन्येषां प्रीतये धारणा परा । मतोऽत्र नान्यमुन्नित्यं मीमांसाऽस्ति हितोदया ॥१६२॥ kāntāyām elad anyeşām prilaye dhārana para / alo'tra rânyam unnityam mimamsa'sti hitodayā //162/)
. In the stage of Kanta (i.e. of the Sixth yoga-viewpoint) all this (i. e. all.that was said in connection with the: fitth yoga-viewpoint) continues and is undertaken for the happiness of others; again there is here a real (tbough of an elementary kind concentration of mind on ope