Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 19
Chapter 371 — Yama-Niyama and Praṇava-Upāsanā (Oṅkāra) as Brahma-vidyā
यथा कथञ्चित्प्राप्त्या च सन्तोषस्तुष्टिरुच्यते मनसश्चेन्द्रियाणाञ्च ऐकाग्र्यं तप उच्यते
yathā kathañcitprāptyā ca santoṣastuṣṭirucyate manasaścendriyāṇāñca aikāgryaṃ tapa ucyate
Tri túc (santoṣa), còn gọi là mãn ý (tuṣṭi), được nói là trạng thái hài lòng với bất cứ điều gì đạt được bằng cách nào cũng được. Sự nhất tâm (aikāgrya) của tâm và các căn được gọi là khổ hạnh (tapas).
Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purāṇa’s didactic discourse)
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Concept: Santoṣa stabilizes craving; tapas is concentrated regulation of mind and senses (aikāgrya) rather than mere physical hardship.
Application: Practice ‘enoughness’ daily (limit wants) and cultivate aikāgrya via fixed-time japa/meditation and sense-restraint (digital/food/speech moderation).
Khanda Section: Dharma-yoga / Sādhanā-lakṣaṇa (Definitions of inner disciplines)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: dharmya
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: कथञ्चित्प्राप्त्या = कथञ्चित् + प्राप्त्या; सन्तोषस्तुष्टिरुच्यते = सन्तोषः + तुष्टिः + उच्यते; मनसश्चेन्द्रियाणाञ्च = मनसः + च + इन्द्रियाणाम् + च.
Related Themes: Agni Purana: Yoga-dharma/inner discipline sequence (371.20 follows with vācika/mānasa discipline)
FAQs
It gives practical yogic definitions: santoṣa is acceptance of whatever is obtained, and tapas is the disciplined one-pointed control of mind and senses.
Alongside ritual, polity, medicine, and arts, the Agni Purāṇa also catalogues core sādhanā concepts—here, compact definitions of key yogic virtues used across dharma and yoga literature.
Cultivating contentment reduces craving and karmic agitation, while one-pointed restraint of mind and senses purifies conduct and supports meditation-oriented liberation.