Shloka 12

योगान्तरायाः, औपसर्गिकसिद्धयः, परवैराग्येन शैवप्रसादः

Devanagari script

विषयेषु विचित्रेषु जन्तोर्विषयलोलता अन्तराया इति ख्याता योगस्यैते हि योगिनाम्

Transliteration

viṣayeṣu vicitreṣu jantorviṣayalolatā antarāyā iti khyātā yogasyaite hi yoginām

Translation

Pour l’être incarné (paśu), l’avidité changeante envers les objets des sens, si variés, est appelée antarāya — obstacle au Yoga ; en vérité, ce sont là les entraves auxquelles se heurtent les yogins.

Word by Word

• विषयेषु: in sense-objects

• विचित्रेषु: manifold/variegated

• जन्तोः: of the creature/embodied being (jīva/paśu)

• विषयलोलता: restlessness or fickle craving for objects

• अन्तराया: an obstacle/impediment

• इति: thus

• ख्याता: is called/known

• योगस्य: of Yoga

• एते: these

• हि: indeed

• योगिनाम्: of yogins

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching on Yoga and its obstacles within the Linga Purana discourse)