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

ヨーガを修する者には、災厄も、執着による堕落も生じない。このように修せられるとき、牟尼のプラーナ（prāṇa）は規律によって錬磨され、パシュ（pashu、個我）を縛る垢を焼き尽くす。

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)