Yogadrstisamuccaya and Yogavinshika

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

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The learned one ought to 'note that the entire lot of worldly acts classed under işta and pārta yields different results in accordance with the difference in mental attitudes of those performing these acts.
ऋत्विभिमन्त्रसंस्कारैर्ब्राह्मणानां समक्षतः । । अन्तर्वेद्यां हि यद् दत्तमिष्टं तदभिधीयते ॥११६॥ rtvigbhir mantrasaṁskārair brāhmaṇānās 'samakşataḥ / antarvedyam hi yad dattam istan tad abhidhayate //116||.
By işta we understand the offering of gifts by an authorized (i.e. by an agent authorized to perform jajña), at the yajña-ground, in the presence of Brahmins, and to the accompaniment of a purificatory chap. ting of hymns.
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.. वापीकूपतडागानि देवतायतनानि च ।
अन्नप्रदानमेतत् तु पूर्त तत्त्वविदो विदुः ॥११७॥
vapiküpatadāgāni devarāyatanāni cal ... ammapradanam etat tu purtan tattvavido viduh ||117||
The construction of ponds, wells, tanks and places of worship and the donation of foodmaterial constitute pürta-that is the view of those who are an expert on these matters.
अभिसन्धेः फलं भिन्नमनुष्ठाने समेऽपि हि । परमोऽतः स एवेह वारीव कृषिकर्मणि ॥११८॥ abhisand heh phalam bhinmam anusthane same' pi hi | paramo' tah sa eveha variva krsikarmani //118||
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Even when the performance of an act is of the same nature the ultimate consequences are different on account of the difference in men. tal attitudes accompanying the performavce in question; from this it follows that the most decisive factor in the performance of an act is the accompanying mental attitude-just as water is the in ost decisive factor in an agricultural operation.
रागादिभिरयं चेह भियतेऽनेकधा नृणाम् । नानाफलोपभोक्तृणां तथा बुद्धयादिभेदतः ॥११९॥ . rāgadibhir ayam ceha bhidyale'nekadha nặnām / nanaphalopabhokrnam tatha buddhyadibhedatah ||11911