Shloka 77
Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi
Devanagari script
समाधिना यतिश्रेष्ठाः प्रज्ञावृद्धिं विवर्धयेत् स्थानं लब्ध्वैव कुर्वीत योगाष्टाङ्गानि वै क्रमात्
Transliteration
samādhinā yatiśreṣṭhāḥ prajñāvṛddhiṃ vivardhayet sthānaṃ labdhvaiva kurvīta yogāṣṭāṅgāni vai kramāt
Translation
ด้วยสมาธิ บรรดาฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐพึงเพิ่มพูนปัญญาแท้ ครั้นได้สถานที่และอาสนะอันเหมาะแล้ว จึงปฏิบัติอัษฏางคโยคะตามลำดับโดยชอบธรรม
Word by Word
समाधिनाby samādhi (deep contemplative absorption)
समाधिना:
यतिश्रेष्ठाःthe best among ascetics (foremost renunciants)
यतिश्रेष्ठाः:
प्रज्ञावृद्धिंthe increase of prajñā (spiritual insight/discernment)
प्रज्ञावृद्धिं:
विवर्धयेत्should augment, should cause to grow
विवर्धयेत्:
स्थानंa place/seat (steady posture and suitable location)
स्थानं:
लब्ध्वा एवhaving obtained indeed
लब्ध्वा एव:
कुर्वीतshould do, should practice
कुर्वीत:
योगाष्टाङ्गानिthe eight limbs of yoga
योगाष्टाङ्गानि:
वैindeed/emphatically
वै:
क्रमात्in sequence, gradually
क्रमात्:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)