उत्सेक उदधेर्यद्वत्कुशाग्रेणैकबिन्दुना ।मनसो निग्रहस्तद्वद्भवेदपरिखेदतः ॥ ४१ ॥ utseka udadheryadvatkuśāgreṇaikabindunā |manaso nigrahastadvadbhavedaparikhedataḥ || 41 || 41. The mind can be …
Mandukya Karika 3.40
मनसो निग्रहायत्तमभयं सर्वयोगिना(णा)म् ।दुःखक्षयः प्रबोधश्चाप्यक्षया शान्तिरेव च ॥ ४० ॥ manaso nigrahāyattamabhayaṃ sarvayoginā(ṇā)m |duḥkhakṣayaḥ prabodhaścāpyakṣayā śāntireva ca || 40 …
Mandukya Karika 3.39
अस्पर्शयोगो वै नाम दुर्दर्शः सर्वयोगिभिः ।योगिनो बिभ्यति ह्यस्मादभये भयदर्शिनः ॥ ३९ ॥ asparśayogo vai nāma durdarśaḥ sarvayogibhiḥ |yogino bibhyati hyasmādabhaye bhayadarśinaḥ || 39 …
Appendix – References To Yoga (Raja Yoga)
hvetâshvatara Upanishad CHAPTER II अग्निर्यत्राभिमथ्यते वायुर्यत्राधिरुध्यते ।सोमो यत्रातिरिच्यते तत्र सञ्जायते मनः ॥६॥ 6. Where the fire is rubbed, where the air is controlled, where the …
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Independence – Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms
जन्मौषधि-मन्त्र-तपः-समाधिजाः सिद्धयः ॥१॥ 1. The Siddhis (powers) are attained by birth, chemical means, power of words, mortification, or concentration. Sometimes a man is born with the Siddhis, …
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Powers – Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms
We have now come to the chapter in which the Yoga powers are described. देशबन्धश्चित्तस्य धारणा ॥१॥ 1. Dhâranâ is holding the mind on to some particular object. Dharana (concentration) is …
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