Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

योगादभ्यसते यस्तु व्यसनं नैव जायते एवमभ्यस्यमानस्तु मुनेः प्राणो विनिर्दहेत्

Transliteration

yogādabhyasate yastu vyasanaṃ naiva jāyate evamabhyasyamānastu muneḥ prāṇo vinirdahet

Translation

जो योग का अभ्यास करता है, उसके लिए व्यसनजन्य पतन या आपदा उत्पन्न नहीं होती। इस प्रकार अभ्यास किए जाने पर मुनि का प्राण, शुद्ध अनुशासन से, बन्धनकारी मलिनताओं को दग्ध कर देता है।

Word by Word

• योगात् (yogāt): through Yoga

• अभ्यसते (abhyasate): practices, repeatedly applies

• यः (yaḥ): who

• तु (tu): indeed

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam): misfortune, vice, addiction-like downfall

• नैव (naiva): not at all

• जायते (jāyate): arises

• एवम् (evam): thus, in this manner

• अभ्यस्यमानः (abhyasyamānaḥ): being practiced, steadily cultivated

• तु (tu): indeed

• मुनेः (muneḥ): of the sage

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ): vital breath, life-force

• विनिर्दहेत् (vinirdahet): would burn up completely, would consume

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)