Book Title: Yogadrstisamuccaya and Yogavinshika
Author(s): K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ LAST FOUR YOGA-VIEWPOINTS 79 .: The stage called Prabhā (1. e. one who occupies this stage constitu ting the seventh yoga-viewpoint) develops a liking for meditative concen. tration (of a medium type) and for that very reason there is usually no feeling of ailment (i. e, spiritual ailment) here; again, the stage is accompanied by an acceptance of the correct position as to the essential nature of thłogs and more particularly by a feelivg of calm. [170] In this verse begius Haribhadra's account of the seventh yogaviewpoint. Note that dhyāna (i. e. meditative concentration of a medium type) occupies seventh place in Patañjali's list of spiritual qualifications, acceptance seventh place in Bhagavaddatta's list, while 'non.ailment seventh place in Bbadanta Bhāskara's list. An alternative reading for 'višeşena samānvita' is 'sal pravşltipadāvaha'; in that case the later half of the verse will mean : again, the stage is accompanied by an acceptance of the correct position as to the essential nature of things and is conducive to mokşa'. ध्यानजं सुखमस्यां तु जितमन्मथसाधनम् । विवेकबलनिर्जातं शमसारं सदैव हि ॥१७१॥ dhyānajam sukham asyāñ tu jitamanmathasādhanam / vivekabalanirjalan samasāram sadaiva hi ||177|| In this stage one enjoys the bliss born of meditative concentration, a bliss which registers victory over the factors responsible for the rise of cupidity, which is a consequent of the power of discriminatory knowledge, which is always predominantly calm. सर्व परवशं दुःखं सर्वमात्मवशं सुखम् । एतदुक्तं समासेन लक्षणं सुखदुःखयोः ॥१७२॥ sarvam paravasam duhkham sarvam almavasam sukkam etad uktań samāsena lakşanaṁ sukha-duhkhayoh 1/172|| Whateyer lies in the power of other is of the pature of pain, whatever lies in one's own power is of the nature of pleasure these ir brief are the respective definitions of pain and pleasure. पुण्यापेक्षमपि ह्येवं सुखं परवशं स्थितम् । ततश्च दुःखमेवैतत् तल्लक्षणनियोगतः ॥१७३॥ ... punyāpekşam api hy evan sukham paravasam sthitam / tataś ca duḥkham evaitat tallakşaņaniyogataḥ 111173||

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