Yogabindu

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

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YOĞÅBINDU
Just as water is a perfect purificatory ageut in relation to a dirty piece of cloth, the scripture is considered by the wise iner to be a perfect purificatory agent in relation to man's mind comparable to a jewel.
शास्त्रे भक्तिर्जगद्वन्धैमुक्तेदंती परोदिता । अत्रैवेयमतो न्याय्या तत्प्राप्यासन्नभावतः ॥२३०॥ śāsire bhaktir jagadvandyair mukter dūti parodita /
alraivegam alo nyāyyā tat praplyāsannabhāvatah |/230|| By the universally reuerated personages (i.e. by the great religious preachers) the feeling of devotion totards the scripture has been characterized as the 'supreme messenger of moksa'; it is therefore proper to offer exclusive devotion to the scripture inasmuch as such a devotion closels precedes the attainment of mokşa. (5-iii) The Threefold Feeling of Ascertainment:
तथाऽऽत्मगुरुलिङ्गानि प्रत्ययत्रिविधो मतः । सर्वत्र सदनुष्ठाने योगमार्गे विशेषतः ॥२३१॥ tathā” tmagurulingāni pralyayas trividho mataḥ /
sarvatra sadanuşthane yogamärge visesalah 1/23111 In the case of all noble performance and particularly in that of Yoga-practice--the 'feeling of ascertainment' (earlier referred to) is of three types, viz. that derived from self-introspection, that derived from the preceptor's statement to that effect, that derived from the watching of an appropriate omen.
आत्मा तदभिलाषी स्याद् गुरुराह तदेव तु । तल्लिङ्गोपनिपातश्च संपूर्ण सिद्धिसाधनम् ॥२३२॥ ālmā tadabhilasī sjād gurur äha tad eva lu /.
tallingopanipālś ca sampūrņam siddhisādhanam 1/232|| One's own liking for a particular performance, the preceptor's injunction to that very effect (i.e. to the effect that the performance in question ought to be undertaken), and the appearance of appropriate omeps (i.e of omens forecasting the success of the performance in question )-these constitute the total aggregate indicating the successful completion of a performance.
सिद्धचन्तरस्य सद्बीजं या सा सिद्धिरिहोध्यते । ऐकान्तिक्यन्यथा नैव पातशक्त्यनुवेघतः ॥२३३॥ siddhyantarasya sadbijam jā sa siddhir ihocyale / aikāntiky, anyatha naira pātasaklyanuvedhalah 1/233//