Shloka 113
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान् साक्षात्समरसे स्थितः धारणा द्वादशायामा ध्यानं द्वादश धारणम्
Transliteration
ānandaṃ brahmaṇo vidvān sākṣātsamarase sthitaḥ dhāraṇā dvādaśāyāmā dhyānaṃ dvādaśa dhāraṇam
Translation
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो विद्वान् साक्षात्समरसे स्थितः। धारणा द्वादशायामा ध्यानं द्वादश धारणम्॥
Word by Word
आनन्दम् (ānandam)bliss
आनन्दम् (ānandam):
ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ)of Brahman / the Supreme Reality
ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ):
विद्वान् (vidvān)the knower, the realized adept
विद्वान् (vidvān):
साक्षात् (sākṣāt)directly, in immediate realization
साक्षात् (sākṣāt):
समरसे (samarase)in the single taste, homogeneous essence (non-differentiated awareness)
समरसे (samarase):
स्थितः (sthitaḥ)established, abiding
स्थितः (sthitaḥ):
धारणा (dhāraṇā)concentration, fixing the mind
धारणा (dhāraṇā):
द्वादश (dvādaśa)twelve
द्वादश (dvādaśa):
आयामा/यामा (yāmā)yāmas, measured watches of time
आयामा/यामा (yāmā):
ध्यानम् (dhyānam)meditation, continuous contemplation
ध्यानम् (dhyānam):
द्वादश-धारणम् (dvādaśa-dhāraṇam)consisting of twelve concentrations (i.e., twelve dhāraṇās).
द्वादश-धारणम् (dvādaśa-dhāraṇam):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating yogic definitions within the Linga Purana discourse)