Shloka 86

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

Devanagari script

योगीश्वरान् सशिष्यांश् च योगं युञ्जीत योगवित् आसनं स्वस्तिकं बद्ध्वा पद्ममर्धासनं तु वा

Transliteration

yogīśvarān saśiṣyāṃś ca yogaṃ yuñjīta yogavit āsanaṃ svastikaṃ baddhvā padmamardhāsanaṃ tu vā

Translation

योगीश्वरान् सशिष्यांश्च योगं युञ्जीत योगवित् । आसनं स्वस्तिकं बद्ध्वा पद्ममर्धासनं तु वा ॥

Word by Word

• योगीश्वरान्: the lords among Yogins, accomplished masters

• सशिष्यान्: together with disciples

• च: and

• योगम्: to Yoga (the discipline of union)

• युञ्जीत: should yoke/engage (himself)

• योगवित्: the knower of Yoga

• आसनम्: posture/seat

• स्वस्तिकम्: Svastika posture

• बद्ध्वा: having bound/assumed firmly

• पद्मम्: Lotus posture (Padmāsana)

• अर्धासनम्: half-seat/half-posture

• तु वा: or else/alternatively

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic injunctions within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)