Shloka 42
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
विषयेषु समासेन प्रत्याहारः प्रकीर्तितः चित्तस्य धारणा प्रोक्ता स्थानबन्धः समासतः
Transliteration
viṣayeṣu samāsena pratyāhāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ cittasya dhāraṇā proktā sthānabandhaḥ samāsataḥ
Translation
ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਸੰਖੇਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਟ ਜਾਣਾ ‘ਪ੍ਰਤਿਆਹਾਰ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਚਿੱਤ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਹੀ ਥਾਂ/ਆਲੰਬਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਟਿਕਾਉਣਾ ‘ਧਾਰਣਾ’ ਆਖੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu)in sense-objects
विषयेषु (viṣayeṣu):
समासेन (samāsena)briefly, in summary
समासेन (samāsena):
प्रत्याहारः (pratyāhāraḥ)withdrawal (of the senses/mind)
प्रत्याहारः (pratyāhāraḥ):
प्रकीर्तितः (prakīrtitaḥ)is proclaimed, is declared
प्रकीर्तितः (prakīrtitaḥ):
चित्तस्य (cittasya)of the mind-stuff, of consciousness
चित्तस्य (cittasya):
धारणा (dhāraṇā)concentration, holding
धारणा (dhāraṇā):
प्रोक्ता (proktā)is taught, is said
प्रोक्ता (proktā):
स्थान-बन्धः (sthāna-bandhaḥ)binding to a place/locus, fixation on a point
स्थान-बन्धः (sthāna-bandhaḥ):
समासतः (samāsataḥ)in brief, succinctly
समासतः (samāsataḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s Yoga teaching within the Linga Purana tradition)