Shloka 86

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

Devanagari script

योगीश्वरान् सशिष्यांश् च योगं युञ्जीत योगवित् आसनं स्वस्तिकं बद्ध्वा पद्ममर्धासनं तु वा

Transliteration

yogīśvarān saśiṣyāṃś ca yogaṃ yuñjīta yogavit āsanaṃ svastikaṃ baddhvā padmamardhāsanaṃ tu vā

Translation

योग का ज्ञाता, योगीश्वरों तथा उनके शिष्यों के साथ योग में प्रवृत्त हो। स्वस्तिकासन बाँधकर, या पद्मासन, अथवा अर्धासन धारण करके साधना आरम्भ करे।

Word by Word

• योगीश्वरान्: the lords among Yogins, accomplished masters

• सशिष्यान्: together with disciples

• च: and

• योगम्: to Yoga (the discipline of union)

• युञ्जीत: should yoke/engage (himself)

• योगवित्: the knower of Yoga

• आसनम्: posture/seat

• स्वस्तिकम्: Svastika posture

• बद्ध्वा: having bound/assumed firmly

• पद्मम्: Lotus posture (Padmāsana)

• अर्धासनम्: half-seat/half-posture

• तु वा: or else/alternatively

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic injunctions within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)