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Shloka 76

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

पातकं धारणाभिस्तु प्रत्याहारेण निर्दहेत् विषयान्विषवद्ध्यात्वा ध्यानेनानीश्वरान् गुणान्

pātakaṃ dhāraṇābhistu pratyāhāreṇa nirdahet viṣayānviṣavaddhyātvā dhyānenānīśvarān guṇān

ダーラナー(dhāraṇā)という集中の修習によって罪は焼かれ、プラティヤーハーラ(pratyāhāra)という感官の収摂によってそれはことごとく焼き尽くされる。感官の対象を毒と観じ、ディヤーナ(dhyāna)の禅定によってプラクリティ(prakṛti)の主権なきグナ(guṇa)を超えるとき、パシュ(paśu)はパーシャ(pāśa)の束縛から導き出され、主たるパティ(Pati)、すなわちシヴァ(Śiva)へと向かわしめられる。

पातकम् (pātakam)sin, demerit
पातकम् (pātakam):
धारणाभिः (dhāraṇābhiḥ)by concentrations, acts of fixing the mind
धारणाभिः (dhāraṇābhiḥ):
तु (tu)indeed
तु (tu):
प्रत्याहारेण (pratyāhāreṇa)by withdrawal of the senses
प्रत्याहारेण (pratyāhāreṇa):
निर्दहेत् (nirdahet)should burn up, should incinerate
निर्दहेत् (nirdahet):
विषयान् (viṣayān)sense-objects
विषयान् (viṣayān):
विषवत् (viṣavat)like poison
विषवत् (viṣavat):
ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā)having contemplated
ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā):
ध्यानेन (dhyānena)by meditation
ध्यानेन (dhyānena):
अनीश्वरान् (anīśvarān)non-lordly, not sovereign (dependent)
अनीश्वरान् (anīśvarān):
गुणान् (guṇān)qualities (sattva, rajas, tamas), constituents of prakṛti
गुणान् (guṇān):

Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva yogic discipline within the Linga Purana’s teaching stream)