Yogabindu

Author(s): Haribhadrasuri, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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YOGABINDU
Thus as a result of attributing to things a behaviour that is in conformity to the findings of observation etc. it has been possible to arrive at a correct assessment of the nature of things even if this asse. ssment is often differently worded by different circles.
अमुख्यविषयो यः स्यादुक्तिमेदः स बाधकः । हिंसाहिंसादिवद् यद्वा तत्त्वभेदव्यपाश्रयः ॥२८॥ amukhyavişayo paḥ syād uktibhedaḥ sa bādhakaḥ / himsāhińsādivad yadvā taitvabhedatya pasrayah |/28//
A difference of wording (and the consequent difference of views) that pertains to secondary matters (i. e. matters secondary from the point of view of yoga practice) will prove an obstacle (in the path of joga); such, for example, is the case with the difference of wording pertaining to the elaborate treatment of the question of killing versus non killing or with that pertaining to (the elaborate treatment of) metapbysical questions.
मुख्ये तु तत्र नैवासौ बाधकः स्याद् विपश्चिताम् । हिंसादिविरतावर्थे यमवतगतो यथा ॥२९॥ mukhye tu tatra naivāsau bādhakaḥ sjäd vipaścitām /
himsādiviratāv arthe yama-vralagato gatha 1/29/1 On the other hand, a difference of wording that pertains to essential matters (i.e. matters essential from the point of view of goga.practice) never proves an obstacle (in the path of joga) for the vise men; e. g. desistence from killing etc. is desigpated yama by one set of thinkers and vrata by another.
Note: To be explicit, in the sense indicated the word yama is current among the Sankhyas, the word vrata among the Tainas. (3) The Sereral Classifications of yoga :
मुख्यतत्त्वानुवेधेन स्पष्टलिङ्गान्वितस्ततः । युक्त्यागमानुसारेण' योगमार्गोऽभिधीयते ॥३०॥ mukhyalattvānuvedhena spastalingānvitas tataḥ 1
yuktyāgamānusārena yogamārgo’bhidhīyate 1/30|| Hence ve now proceed to offer in conformity to logic as well as the scriptures such an account of the yoga path as concerns itself with essential matters (i.e. matters essential from the point of view of yoga practice) and refers to features that are pretty obvious, 1. Both A and B read
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