Niralamba Upanishad 23: Verse 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यमाद्यष्टाङ्गयोगसङ्कल्पो बन्धः ॥२३॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
यम-आदि-अष्टाङ्ग-योग-सङ्कल्पः । बन्धः ॥२३॥
IAST Transliteration
yamādy-aṣṭāṅga-yoga-saṅkalpo bandhaḥ ||23||
Translation
Die willentliche Setzung (saṅkalpa) des achtgliedrigen Yoga, beginnend mit yama, ist Bindung und Knechtschaft.
Academic Translation
The volitional construction (saṅkalpa) of the eight-limbed yoga beginning with yama is bondage.
Verse Context
Saṅkalpa as the root of bondage; transcendence of doership (kartṛtva) even in yogic practiceMahavakya: Indirect: prepares for mahāvākya-realization by undermining identification with the ‘practitioner/doer’; points toward the recognition implied in ‘tat tvam asi’/‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ where no separate achiever remains.AtharvaChandas: Prose
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