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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
योगस्य प्रथमद्वारं वानिरोधोऽपरिप्रहः । निराशा च निरीहा च नित्यमेकान्तशीलता ॥ ३६७ ॥
367. The first steps to Yoga are control of speech, non-receiving of gifts, entertaining of no hope, freedom from activity, and always living in a retired place.
[ 'Gifts—i. e., superfluous gifts. ]
एकान्तस्थितिरिन्द्रियोपरमणे हेतुर्दमश्चेतसः
संरोधे करणं शमेन विलयं यायादहवासना । तेनानन्दरसानुभूतिरचला ब्राह्मी सदा योगिनः
तस्माधिस्तनिरोध एव सततं कार्यः प्रयत्नो मुनेः ॥३६८॥
368. Living in a retired place serves to control the sense-organs, control of the senses helps to control the mind, through control of the mind egoism is destroyed, and this again gives the Yogin an unbroken realisation of the Bliss of Brahman. Therefore the man of reflection should always strive only to control the mind.
पाचं नियच्छात्मनि तं नियच्छ
बुद्धौ धियं यच्छ च बुद्धिसाक्षिणि । तं चापि पूर्णात्मनि निर्विकल्पे
विलाप्य शान्तिं परमां भजस्व ॥ ३६६ ॥
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