Shloka 52

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

गृहीतो दम्यमानस्तु यथास्वस्थस्तु जायते तथा समीरणो ऽस्वस्थो दुराधर्षश् च योगिनाम्

Transliteration

gṛhīto damyamānastu yathāsvasthastu jāyate tathā samīraṇo 'svastho durādharṣaś ca yoginām

Translation

Lorsqu’il est saisi et discipliné, il devient stable et bien établi ; de même, lorsque le Vent vital (prāṇa) n’est pas maîtrisé, il demeure instable et se révèle extrêmement difficile à vaincre pour les yogins.

Word by Word

• गृहीतः: seized/held in restraint

• दम्यमानः: being tamed/controlled

• तु: indeed

• यथा: just as

• स्वस्थः: steady, well-established, at ease

• जायते: becomes/arises

• तथा: so, in the same way

• समीरणः: the wind, vital breath (prāṇa-vāyu)

• अस्वस्थः: unsteady, not at ease

• दुराधर्षः: hard to subdue/overpower

• च: and

• योगिनाम्: of yogins

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating yogic discipline within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva teaching stream)