ŚABDA-YOGA : The Language Of Yoga Demystified – Part 11.5
Description of Praṇidhāna in Bhoja-vṛtti- विषयसुखादिकंफलमनिच्छन्सर्वाःक्रियास्तस्मिन्परमगुरावर्पयतितत्प्रणिधानम् – Not desiring results, surrendering all actions in the ultimate Guru.
Description of Praṇidhāna in Bhoja-vṛtti- विषयसुखादिकंफलमनिच्छन्सर्वाःक्रियास्तस्मिन्परमगुरावर्पयतितत्प्रणिधानम् – Not desiring results, surrendering all actions in the ultimate Guru.
Yogasūtra: Sūtra 1.24 says Īśvara is a particular consciousness which is untouched by the afflictions, actions, fructification of actions and the residual subliminal impressions
Yogasūtra: Intensity in practice, continuous practice, being dispassionate (in things other than Yogic practices) & very strong desire – constitute the meaning of the term Samvega.
Prajñā is state of clear understanding, though not realization of the consciousness with a preceding discriminatory knowledge – of Prakṛti and Puruṣa.
Vīrya – the derivative statement would be – वीरे साधुवीर्यम् (vīre sadhu vīryam) – that – bravery or great energy and effort – which is appropriate in a soldier or a brave person.
“I will remove yakṣma” is sentence repeated in all six mantras of 163rd sūkta from tenth maṇḍala of #Ṛgved, indicating that remover of disease maybe be the mantra itself or healer chanting this mantra
Bhagavadgītā – In Verse 9. 32 – Lord Śrīkṛṣṇa clarifies that those who worship other divinities (other than Śrīkṛṣṇa) with Śraddhā – ultimately worship him only.
Haṭhayogapradīpikā – Verse 1.43 glorifies that no other practice of Laya (complete absorption of the mind in the object of focus) is greater than the method of Nādānusandhāna
There are two types of Prakrtis – ĀsurīPrakṛti & DaivīPrakṛti – those with demonic disposition see Śrīkṛṣṇa as mere human being & those with divine dispositions see his divinity.
Sūtra 4.9 states that impressions of past experiences – Saṃskāras & their manifestation as remembering – Smṛti are homogenous in nature, even if they happen far apart in terms of birth, place and time.
The term saṃprajñāta is unique to Yogasūtras and as evident from Sūtra 1.17 – in general it is a state of citta & attained by the acts of Vitarka, Vicāra, Ānanda and Āsmitā.
Sūtra 1.17 discusses the 4 states of saṃprajñātasamādhi (a state of Samādhi where mind gets totally identified with object of focus) & among the 4 states – Vicāra is the second state.
Sūtra 2.33 states if a practitioner is afflicted by Vitarka bādhana then one should practice Pratipakṣabhāvana (thinking about detrimental effects of indulging in those opposing acts)
In very first reference to Guṇas in Bhagavadgītā– Śrīkṛṣṇa states that the Vedas are in the realm of Guṇas that one should transcend & become free from its influence.
In sutra 1.16, term Khyāti is used in context of Para – Vairāgya – higher state of dispassion. SadāśivaBrahmendra describes Khyāti as साक्षात्कारःsākṣātkāraḥ – direct realization.
Dr Jayaraman Mahadevan is the Director -Textual Research for Yoga at Indica. Sri Jayaraman holds a PhD in – Sanskrit from the University of Madras (2006-2010). He creditably completed his under graduation (Education, Philosophy, English Literature) and post-graduation (Sanskrit) with gold medal and first rank in both the degrees. He underwent traditional Gurukula education, in Vedas and Shastras (1998-2005), in Veda Vijnana Gurukulam, Bengaluru, under Pracarya Kotemane Ramachandra Bhat. He served the research department of Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, in the capacity of Assistant Director (2010-2015) initially and later as Director (2015-2021). Thus far, he has published 14 books and 14 peer reviewed Journal articles and numerous popular articles on Yoga and Sanskrit literature in English, Tamil and Sanskrit languages. He is also involved in developing immersive learning methods of Yoga texts. ‘Yogasya Bhasha’ a four part self-learning material on Sanskrit and Yoga, ‘Yoga-vaisharadi’ – a searchable web-repository on classical texts of Yoga are a few of his noteworthy contributions in recent times. His workshops on “Tantrayukti – Ancient Indian thesis/text construction methodology” are well received. His passion also lies in composing Sanskrit poetry on contemporary themes.