PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS
Sanskrit text with Translation and Commentary By
Swami Vivekananda
Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I - SAMADHI PADA
CHAPTER II - SADHANA PADA
CHAPTER III – VIBHOOTI PADA
21. kayaroopasanyamat tadgrahyashaktistambhe chakshuhprakashasanprayogentardhanam
By making Samyama on the form of the body the power of perceiving forms being obstructed, the power of manifestation in the eye being separated, the Yogi’s body becomes unseen.
A Yogi standing in the midst of this room can apparently vanish. He does not really vanish, but he will not be seen by anyone. The form and the body are, as it were, separated. You must remember that this can only be done when the Yogi has attained to that power of concentration when form and the thing formed have been separated. Then he makes a Samyama on that, and the power to perceive forms is obstructed, because the power of perceiving forms comes from the junction of form and the thing formed.
22. etena shabdadyantardhanamuktam
By this the disappearance or concealment of words which are being spoken is also explained.
23.sopakraman nirupakraman cha karma tatsanyamad aparantajnanam,arishtebhyo va Karma is of two kinds, soon to be fructified, and late to be fructified. By making Samyama on that, or by the signs called Aristha, portents, the Yogis know the exact time of separation from their bodies.
When the Yogi makes a Samyama on his own Karma, upon those impressions in his mind which are now working, and those which are just waiting to work, he knows exactly by those that are waiting when his body will fall. He knows when he will die, at what hour, even at what minute. The Hindus think very much of that knowledge or consciousness of the nearness of death, because it is taught in the Gita that the thoughts at the moment of departure are great powers in determining the next life.
24. maitryadishu balani
By making Samyama on friendship, etc., various strength comes.
25. baleshu hastibaladini
By making Samyama on the strength of the elephant, etc., that strength comes to the Yogi.
When a Yogi has attained to this Samyama and wants strength, he makes a Samyama on the strength of the elephant, and gets it. Infinite energy is at the disposal of everyone, if he only knows how to get it. The Yogi has discovered the science of getting it.
26. pravrittyalokanyasat sookshmavyavahitaviprakrishtajnanam
By making Samyama on that effulgent light comes the knowledge of the fine, the obstructed, and the remote.
When the Yogi makes Samyama on that effulgent light in the heart he sees things which are very remote, things, for instance, that are happening in a distant place, and which are obstructed by mountain barriers and also things which are very fine.
27. bhuvanajnanan soorye sanyamat
By making Samyama on the sun, (comes) the knowledge of the world.
28.chandre taravyoohajnanam On the moon, (comes) the knowledge of the cluster of stars.
29. dhruve tadgatijnanam
On the pole star (comes) the knowledge of the motions of the stars.
30. nabhichakre kayavyoohajnanam
On the navel circle (comes) the knowledge of the constitution of the body.
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