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

For one whose memory has been lost, memory arises at once by that practice. One may also hold in concentration ‘Dyāvā-Pṛthivī’ (Heaven-and-Earth) and ‘Vāyvagrī’ as all-pervading principles.

Word by Word

• लुप्त-स्मृतेः: of (one) whose memory is lost / of lost memory
• लुप्त-स्मृतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुप्त + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय-प्रायः: 'lost memory' as a unit)

• स्मृतिः: memory
• स्मृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• योगिनः: of the yogin
• योगिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (also possible प्रथमा बहुवचन by form, but context favors gen. sg.: 'of the yogin')

• तेन: by that/through that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (by that/through that)

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्यावापृथिव्यौ: heaven and earth
• द्यावापृथिव्यौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावा + पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (heaven and earth)

• वाय्वग्री: wind-and-fire (vāyv-agni)
• वाय्वग्री: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु + अग्रि/अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (vayu + agni; a combined notion used in dhāraṇā)

• व्यापिनौ: all-pervading (two)
• व्यापिनौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying dyāvāpṛthivyau)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• धारयेत्: should hold/visualize
• धारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speakers

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

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

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

Key Themes

• Yoga
• Dhāraṇā
• Memory restoration
• Cosmic 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.