Indian Antiquary Vol 51

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(MAROH, 1922
C. The Prana-Lingi's Realization of God. 1. I assume the posture, Paschima Padmdsana 20: I straighten my back, poise my shoulders and move not my lips. I gaze steadfastly, with my eye-brows bent low. So I build a temple in the Brahma-randhra21 and catch Kudalasangama Deva in my hands.
2. When my eyes are full, I cannot see. When my ears are full, I cannot hear. When my hands are full, I cannot worship. When my mind is full, I cannot contemplate, O mighty Kudalasangama Deva.
3. What if a snake's hole has many openings !--the snake stays in one place. Behold, the mind, by means of contemplation removes its own delusion. Mark how it is cleansed from phenomenal states, when it meditates, 0 Kudalasangama Deva.
4. O Thou God, that art pure and pervadest the whole earth, water, light, air and sky, no one can behold Thy greatness save the man whose form has become pranava '22 itself. By meditation on that jewel of knowledge the passage of my veins becomes pure, and so I worship, and see Kudalasangama Deva.
6. When that Linga, by the favour of the Guru, enters your mind, if you say that you have come to know it by regulating the vital airs of the body, you are surely guilty of ingratitude. If you say you have realized it by controlling the nerves called Idå, Pingala and Sushumna, will Kudalasangama Deva fail to cut your nose ?
Stage V: Barana : Self-Surrender.
A. Knowledge of God. 1. By knowledge of Thee my bodily passions have been destroyed; by knowledge of Thee my mental passions have been destroyed; by knowledge of Thee my Karma has been cut through. Thy servants have given me constant advice and have showed me faith in its reality, 0 Kudalasangama Deva.
2. What good will reading and listening do you who have no knowledge of the path of God? Why even the parrot reads ! But it does not know the path of God, O Kudalasaigama Deva. It was Channayya the Mahar who had the fruits of reading.
3. A flock of sheep enter a garden of sugarcane and nibble only the leaves of the cane. Hence they cannot taste the sweet juice that is inside. It is only the elephant in rut that can know Thee. How can these sheep know Thee?
4. Faith mixed with pride breeds Karma. Acting without knowing brings loss to one's own calmness. If you act without knowing what is proper for the occasion, Kudalasangama Deva refuses to stay in you.
B. The State of Sarana. 1. Do not compare things that are incomparable. They are devoid of time and action, devoid of worldliness, Thy servants, O Kudalasangama Deva.
2. Is the sea great? It is bounded by the earth. Is the earth great ? It stands on the head-jewel of the lord of serpents. Is the lord of serpents great ? He is only & signet-ring on the little finger of Parvati. Is Parvati great ? She is only one half of the body of Paramesvara. Is Paramesvara great ? He is confined on the edge of the top of the inind of the servants of our Kudalasangama Deva.
20 One of the bodily postures recommended in the Yoga Philosopby. • 21 An orifice, believed to oxist in the skull on the crown of the head, through which the soul escapes at death.
33 A name for the sacred syllable Om.