Yogabindu

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

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YOGABINDU
For it is logically tepable to maintain that the blameless mind of these great souls is thoroughly devoted to the path of mokṣa and that on account of their standing close to (ie, standing on the verge of attaining) right understanding.
तथा चान्यैरपि ह्येतद् योगमार्गकृतश्रमैः । संगीतमुक्तिभेदेन यद् गोपेन्द्रमिदं वचः ॥१०॥ tathā cānyair api hy elad zogamārgakrlasramai” /
sangitamuktibhedena yad gaupendram idam vacah ||100|| The same declaration has been made-though in a different language by others too who have diligently pursued the path of yoga; the following, for example, is what Gopendara says.
"अनिवृत्ताधिकारायां प्रकुतौ सर्वथैव हि । न पुंसस्तत्त्वमार्गेऽस्मिजिज्ञासाऽपि प्रवर्तते ॥१०१॥ "anirịttadhikārāyās prakslau sarvathaiva hi /
na pumsas tallavamārge'smin jijñāsā” pi prararlate 1/10]|| "So long as prakrti has not in the least desisted from dominating a soul this soul does not develop eren a curiosity to know the path of truly grasping the nature of thipgs (i. e. the path of yoga).
Note: Prakti is the physical factor posited by the Sankhya School in the form of what causes a soul's bondage-just as pudgala is the factor similarly posited by the Jaina
क्षेत्ररोगाभिभूतस्य यथाऽव्यन्तं विपर्ययः । तद्वदेवास्य विज्ञेयस्तदावर्तनियोगतः ॥१०२॥ kşetrarogābhibhūtasya jathā'lyantam ciparyayah|
tadvad eväsya vijneyas tadāvartaniyogataḥ://1021! Just as a man suffering from some basic bodily mualady has a thoroughly mistaken view of the things of everyday experience so also does the soul in question hare-on account of prakti operating in an unabated fashion a thoroughly mistaken view of the essential nature of things.
जिज्ञासायामपि ह्यत्र कश्चित् सों निवर्तते । नाक्षीणपाप एकान्तादाप्नोति कुशलां धियम् ॥१०॥ jijñāsāyām api hy alra kaścit sargo nitarlatel
nākşınapāpa ckāntad āpnoti kušalam dhizam (103/1 Even a mere curiosity to know it (i.e. to know the path of joga) means somre diminution of the praktli's domination of the soul concerned;