Shloka 56

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

यतीनां संहृतिर् न्यासः सिद्धिर् भवति नान्यथा अङ्गन्यासः करन्यासो देहन्यास इति त्रिधा

Transliteration

yatīnāṃ saṃhṛtir nyāsaḥ siddhir bhavati nānyathā aṅganyāsaḥ karanyāso dehanyāsa iti tridhā

Translation

Bagi para yati, nyāsa ialah penarikan masuk dan penyatuan semula batin (saṃhṛti) segala daya pancaindera ke dalam Ātman; hanya melalui ini sahaja siddhi terbit, bukan selainnya. Nyāsa ini diajarkan dalam tiga bentuk: aṅga-nyāsa, kara-nyāsa, dan deha-nyāsa.

Word by Word

• yatīnām: of ascetics/renunciants

• saṃhṛtiḥ: retraction, inward dissolution, re-absorption

• nyāsaḥ: ritual/spiritual placement (of mantra and śakti), consecratory imposition

• siddhiḥ: accomplishment, yogic fruition, success in practice

• bhavati: becomes/arises

• na anyathā: not otherwise

• aṅga-nyāsaḥ: placement on the limbs (head, heart, etc.)

• kara-nyāsaḥ: placement on the hands/fingers

• deha-nyāsaḥ: placement over the whole body

• iti: thus

• tridhā: threefold.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Purva-Bhaga teachings on Shiva-puja and nyasa to the sages of Naimisharanya)