Yogadrstisamuccaya and Yogavinshika

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

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शास्त्रादेवावगम्यन्ते सर्वथैवेह योगिभिः ॥६॥ . . siddhākhya padasan praptihetubheda na taltvataļi /
śāstrād evīvagamyante sarvathaiveha yogibhiḥ 1161|| Certainly, the details pertaining to the path that leads to the attain- ... ment of the state called mokşa are, in their totality; comprehended by the yogins pot through the scriptural texts alone. .
सर्वथा तत्परिच्छेदात् साक्षात्कारित्वयोगतः । तत्सर्वज्ञत्वसंसिद्धेस्तदा सिद्धिपदाप्तितः ॥७॥ sarvathu talparicchedāt sākşatkaritvayogataḥ | tätsarvajñalvasamsiddhes tada siddhipadāptitaḥ 11711.
Were it possible to comprehend through the scriptural texts alone the totality of details in question one would have had a direct coguition of the things existing, would have had become omniscient and would have had attained mokṣa then and there (i.e. as soon as one went through these texts.) . . .
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सामर्थ्ययोगोऽवाच्योऽस्ति सर्वज्ञत्वादिसाधनम् ॥८॥
na caitad evam yal 'lasmāt pratibhajñānasangatah /
samarthyayogo’vācyo'sti sarvajñatvadisādhanam 11811 . But since that is not the case the couclusion ought to be that 'yoga by self-exertion' which is coupled with an intuitive understanding and which constitutes the proper means for attaining omniscience etc., is not awav amenable to verbal description.
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. (3-8) Haribhadra divides yogins into three classes according to the type of religious observance they undertake. In view of the general spirit of Haribhadra's teachings it will not be proper to think here just of the externals of religious observance but also-and mainly-of the spiritual upliftment that accompanies them. However, Haribbadra would not deny the importance of a man undertaking religious observance even when the accompanying spiritual upliftment is rather rudimentary. As a matter of fact, the first four yoga-viewpoints (out of eight) that he is going to deal with at length are characterized by the religious observance of just this kind. But it cannot be said with cartainty whether Haribhadra wanted to provide a place for this kind of religious observance in his