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ध्यानस्तवः
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With conceptual thinking and with shifting,
the first type of sukla dhyana is called
pṛthaktva or diverse aspects.
But the second [i.e., ekatva] is free of shifting, with conceptual thinking on a single aspect of an object.
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Vitarka or conceptual thinking should be scriptural knowledge,
vicara or shifting, altering threefold activities, words, and objects, from one to the other. So contemplating on various objects
is described as pṛthaktva.
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These two divisions of sukla dhyāna, based on
scriptural knowledge with [or without] alteration of the objects of contemplation, are said, Oh Lord, To occur to the sages well-versed in Purvas,
with threefold activities and one activity, in due order.
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६१
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To the omniscient ascetic in the 13th spiritual stage with subtle bodily activity,
Should arise this śukla dhyana, Oh Lord, called sūkṣmakriya-pratipati or unfailing subtle bodily activity.
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