Shloka 85

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

Devanagari script

समासनस्थो योगाङ्गान्य् अभ्यसेद्धृषितः स्वयम् प्रणिपत्य गुरुं पश्चाद् भवं देवीं विनायकम्

Transliteration

samāsanastho yogāṅgāny abhyaseddhṛṣitaḥ svayam praṇipatya guruṃ paścād bhavaṃ devīṃ vināyakam

Translation

Assis dans une posture stable, l’aspirant doit pratiquer lui-même les membres du yoga avec une résolution courageuse. Après s’être d’abord prosterné devant le Guru, qu’il adore ensuite avec révérence Bhava (Śiva), la Devī (Śakti) et Vināyaka—afin que le paśu (l’âme individuelle) s’accorde à la grâce du Pati (Seigneur) et que les liens du pāśa (attache) se desserrent.

Word by Word

• समासनस्थः: seated in a stable/firm posture

• योगाङ्गानि: the limbs/auxiliaries of yoga

• अभ्यसेत्: should practice

• धृषितः: bold, resolute, of brave effort

• स्वयम्: by oneself, personally

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down, having prostrated

• गुरुम्: to the guru

• पश्चात्: thereafter

• भवम्: Bhava, Lord Śiva

• देवीं: the Goddess (Śakti/Devī)

• विनायकम्: Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa), remover of obstacles

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, conveying the Purva-Bhaga’s yoga-puja instruction)