Shloka 59

Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment

Sanskrit

लुप्तस्मृतेः स्मृतिः सद्यो योगिनस्तेन जायते ।

द्यावापृथिव्यौ वाय्वग्री व्यापिनावपि धारयेत् ॥

Transliteration

lupta-smṛteḥ smṛtiḥ sadyo yoginas tena jāyate /

dyāvāpṛthivyau vāyvagrī vyāpināv api dhārayet //

Translation

যার স্মৃতি লুপ্ত হয়েছে, তার স্মৃতি সেই সাধনায় তৎক্ষণাৎ উদিত হয়। আর ‘দ্যাবা-পৃথিবী’ ও ‘বায়্বগ্রি’—এ দুটিকেও সর্বব্যাপী তত্ত্বরূপে ধারণায় ধারণ করা যায়।

Word by Word

लुप्त-स्मृतेःof (one) whose memory is lost / of lost memory

स्मृतिःmemory

सद्यःimmediately

योगिनःof the yogin

तेनby that/through that

जायतेarises/is produced

द्यावापृथिव्यौheaven and earth

वाय्वग्रीwind-and-fire (vāyv-agni)

व्यापिनौall-pervading (two)

अपिalso/even

धारयेत्should hold/visualize

Speakers

Instructional discourse within Jaḍopākhyāna (yoga-teaching voice addressing the king)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Vedic pair as cosmic principles)Vāyu (implicit in vāyvagrī)

Key Themes

YogaDhāraṇāMemory restorationCosmic meditation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Memory is treated as recoverable through disciplined mental fixation; the text links cognitive repair to steadied attention and expansive contemplations that stabilize the mind.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Yogic upadeśa (instruction) embedded in narrative; outside pancalakṣaṇa classification.

What is the esoteric significance?

Meditating on all-pervading cosmic pairs (Heaven–Earth) and a prāṇa-associated principle (vāyvagrī) implies re-harmonizing the individual’s vāyu/prāṇa with macrocosmic order, thereby restoring smṛti.