Brahma Purana — Chapter 239
BrP 239.1
सांख्यं योगस्य नो विप्र विशेषं वक्तुम् अर्हसि तव धर्मज्ञ सर्वं हि विदितं मुनिसत्तम ॥
sāṃkhyaṃ yogasya no vipra viśeṣaṃ vaktum arhasi tava dharmajña sarvaṃ hi viditaṃ munisattama //
O brahmin, you should tell us the distinction of Sāṃkhya from Yoga; for all is known to you, knower of dharma, best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.2
सांख्याः सांख्यं प्रशंसन्ति योगान् योगविदुत्तमाः वदन्ति कारणैः श्रेष्ठैः स्वपक्षोद्भवनाय वै ॥
sāṃkhyāḥ sāṃkhyaṃ praśaṃsanti yogān yogaviduttamāḥ vadanti kāraṇaiḥ śreṣṭhaiḥ svapakṣodbhavanāya vai //
The Sāṃkhyas praise Sāṃkhya, and the best of the knowers of yoga (praise) the yogas; they speak with superior arguments, for the establishing of their own position.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.3
अनीश्वरः कथं मुच्येद् इत्य् एवं मुनिसत्तमाः वदन्ति कारणैः श्रेष्ठं योगं सम्यङ् मनीषिणः ॥
anīśvaraḥ kathaṃ mucyed ity evaṃ munisattamāḥ vadanti kāraṇaiḥ śreṣṭhaṃ yogaṃ samyaṅ manīṣiṇaḥ //
"How could one who is not master (of himself) be liberated?" — thus do those best of sages, the wise, rightly declare Yoga best, with (their) reasons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.4
वदन्ति कारणं वेदं सांख्यं सम्यग् द्विजातयः विज्ञायेह गतीः सर्वा विरक्तो विषयेषु यः ॥
vadanti kāraṇaṃ vedaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ samyag dvijātayaḥ vijñāyeha gatīḥ sarvā virakto viṣayeṣu yaḥ //
The twice-born rightly declare the Veda and Sāṃkhya to be the means: he who, having understood here all the courses (of beings), is dispassionate toward the objects of sense —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.5
ऊर्ध्वं स देहात् सुव्यक्तं विमुच्येद् इति नान्यथा एतद् आहुर् महाप्राज्ञाः सांख्यं वै मोक्षदर्शनम् ॥
ūrdhvaṃ sa dehāt suvyaktaṃ vimucyed iti nānyathā etad āhur mahāprājñāḥ sāṃkhyaṃ vai mokṣadarśanam //
— he, quite clearly, is liberated upward, out of the body, and not otherwise: this the greatly wise have called Sāṃkhya, the vision of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.6
स्वपक्षे कारणं ग्राह्यं समर्थं वचनं हितम् शिष्टानां हि मतं ग्राह्यं भवद्भिः शिष्टसंमतैः ॥
svapakṣe kāraṇaṃ grāhyaṃ samarthaṃ vacanaṃ hitam śiṣṭānāṃ hi mataṃ grāhyaṃ bhavadbhiḥ śiṣṭasaṃmataiḥ //
In one's own position an argument is to be adopted (that is) cogent, a statement (that is) beneficial; for the opinion of the learned is to be accepted by you who are approved by the learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.7
प्रत्यक्षं हेतवो योगाः सांख्याः शास्त्रविनिश्चयाः उभे चैते मते तत्त्वे समवेते द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
pratyakṣaṃ hetavo yogāḥ sāṃkhyāḥ śāstraviniścayāḥ ubhe caite mate tattve samavete dvijottamāḥ //
The yogas have direct perception as their grounds; the Sāṃkhyas (rest on) the determinations of the scriptures; and both these doctrines, O best of the twice-born, are held true and are concurrent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.8
उभे चैते मते ज्ञाते मुनीन्द्राः शिष्टसंमते अनुष्ठिते यथाशास्त्रं नयेतां परमां गतिम् ॥
ubhe caite mate jñāte munīndrāḥ śiṣṭasaṃmate anuṣṭhite yathāśāstraṃ nayetāṃ paramāṃ gatim //
Both these doctrines, when known, O chief among sages, being approved by the learned and practised according to the scripture, would lead (one) to the highest goal.
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BrP 239.9
तुल्यं शौचं तयोर् युक्तं दया भूतेषु चानघाः व्रतानां धारणं तुल्यं दर्शनं त्व् असमं तयोः ॥
tulyaṃ śaucaṃ tayor yuktaṃ dayā bhūteṣu cānaghāḥ vratānāṃ dhāraṇaṃ tulyaṃ darśanaṃ tv asamaṃ tayoḥ //
Purity is equal in the two, as is fitting, and compassion toward beings, O sinless ones; the holding of vows is equal, but the (metaphysical) view of the two is not the same.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.10
यदि तुल्यं व्रतं शौचं दया चात्र महामुने तुल्यं तद्दर्शनं कस्मात् तन् नो ब्रूहि द्विजोत्तम ॥
yadi tulyaṃ vrataṃ śaucaṃ dayā cātra mahāmune tulyaṃ taddarśanaṃ kasmāt tan no brūhi dvijottama //
If vow, purity and compassion are equal in the two here, O great sage, why is their view not equal? Tell us that, best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.11
रागं मोहं तथा स्नेहं कामं क्रोधं च केवलम् योगास्थिरोदितान् दोषान् पञ्चैतान् प्राप्नुवन्ति तान् ॥
rāgaṃ mohaṃ tathā snehaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca kevalam yogāsthiroditān doṣān pañcaitān prāpnuvanti tān //
Passion, delusion, and likewise affection, desire and anger alone — these five faults, declared (to arise) from unsteadiness in yoga, they incur.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.12
यथा वानिमिषाः स्थूलं जालं छित्त्वा पुनर् जलम् प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा योगात् तत् पदं वीतकल्मषाः ॥
yathā vānimiṣāḥ sthūlaṃ jālaṃ chittvā punar jalam prāpnuvanti tathā yogāt tat padaṃ vītakalmaṣāḥ //
Or as fishes, having cut the coarse net, reach the water again, so, by yoga, those freed of taint reach that station.
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BrP 239.13
तथैव वागुरां छित्त्वा बलवन्तो यथा मृगाः प्राप्नुयुर् विमलं मार्गं विमुक्ताः सर्वबन्धनैः ॥
tathaiva vāgurāṃ chittvā balavanto yathā mṛgāḥ prāpnuyur vimalaṃ mārgaṃ vimuktāḥ sarvabandhanaiḥ //
And just so, as strong deer, having cut the snare, would reach the clear path, released from all bonds,
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BrP 239.14
लोभजानि तथा विप्रा बन्धनानि बलान्वितः छित्त्वा योगात् परं मार्गं गच्छन्ति विमलं शुभम् ॥
lobhajāni tathā viprā bandhanāni balānvitaḥ chittvā yogāt paraṃ mārgaṃ gacchanti vimalaṃ śubham //
so too, O brahmins, one endowed with strength, having cut the bonds born of greed, goes by yoga to the supreme path, spotless and auspicious.
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BrP 239.15
अचलास् त्व् आविला विप्रा वागुरासु तथापरे विनश्यन्ति न संदेहस् तद्वद् योगबलाद् ऋते ॥
acalās tv āvilā viprā vāgurāsu tathāpare vinaśyanti na saṃdehas tadvad yogabalād ṛte //
But those who are unmoving and turbid, O brahmins, like others (caught) in snares, perish — there is no doubt — thus it is, without the strength of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.16
बलहीनाश् च विप्रेन्द्रा यथा जालं गता द्विजाः बन्धं न गच्छन्त्य् अनघा योगास् ते तु सुदुर्लभाः ॥
balahīnāś ca viprendrā yathā jālaṃ gatā dvijāḥ bandhaṃ na gacchanty anaghā yogās te tu sudurlabhāḥ //
And those lacking strength, O chief of brahmins, like birds that have gone into a net, do not reach (release from) bondage, O sinless ones; but those yogas are very hard to attain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.17
यथा च शकुनाः सूक्ष्मं प्राप्य जालम् अरिंदमाः तत्राशक्ता विपद्यन्ते मुच्यन्ते तु बलान्विताः ॥
yathā ca śakunāḥ sūkṣmaṃ prāpya jālam ariṃdamāḥ tatrāśaktā vipadyante mucyante tu balānvitāḥ //
And as birds, O subduers of foes, having come upon a fine net, perish there if powerless, but are freed if endowed with strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.18
कर्मजैर् बन्धनैर् बद्धास् तद्वद् योगपरा द्विजाः अबला न विमुच्यन्ते मुच्यन्ते च बलान्विताः ॥
karmajair bandhanair baddhās tadvad yogaparā dvijāḥ abalā na vimucyante mucyante ca balānvitāḥ //
So too the twice-born devoted to yoga, bound by the bonds born of (their) actions: the weak are not released, but those possessed of strength are released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.19
अल्पकश् च यथा विप्रा वह्निः शाम्यति दुर्बलः आक्रान्त इन्धनैः स्थूलैस् तद्वद् योगबलः स्मृतः ॥
alpakaś ca yathā viprā vahniḥ śāmyati durbalaḥ ākrānta indhanaiḥ sthūlais tadvad yogabalaḥ smṛtaḥ //
And as a small, feeble fire, O brahmins, is smothered when covered over with thick logs, so is the strength of yoga understood (to be).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.20
स एव च तदा विप्रा वह्निर् जातबलः पुनः समीरणगतः कृत्स्नां दहेत् क्षिप्रं महीम् इमाम् ॥
sa eva ca tadā viprā vahnir jātabalaḥ punaḥ samīraṇagataḥ kṛtsnāṃ dahet kṣipraṃ mahīm imām //
And that very fire, O brahmins, when its strength has come again, joined with the wind, would quickly burn this whole earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.21
तत्त्वज्ञानबलो योगी दीप्ततेजा महाबलः अन्तकाल इवादित्यः कृत्स्नं संशोषयेज् जगत् ॥
tattvajñānabalo yogī dīptatejā mahābalaḥ antakāla ivādityaḥ kṛtsnaṃ saṃśoṣayej jagat //
The yogin whose strength is the knowledge of the truth, of blazing brilliance, of great power, would dry up the whole world, like the sun at the time of the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.22
दुर्बलश् च यथा विप्राः स्रोतसा ह्रियते नरः बलहीनस् तथा योगी विषयैर् ह्रियते च सः ॥
durbalaś ca yathā viprāḥ srotasā hriyate naraḥ balahīnas tathā yogī viṣayair hriyate ca saḥ //
And as a weak man, O brahmins, is carried off by a current, so is a yogin lacking strength carried off by the sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.23
तद् एव तु यथा स्रोतो विष्कम्भयति वारणः तद्वद् योगबलं लब्ध्वा न भवेद् विषयैर् हृतः ॥
tad eva tu yathā sroto viṣkambhayati vāraṇaḥ tadvad yogabalaṃ labdhvā na bhaved viṣayair hṛtaḥ //
But as an elephant holds back that very current, so, having gained the strength of yoga, one would not be carried off by the sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.24
विशन्ति वा वशाद् वाथ योगाद् योगबलान्विताः प्रजापतीन् मनून् सर्वान् महाभूतानि चेश्वराः ॥
viśanti vā vaśād vātha yogād yogabalānvitāḥ prajāpatīn manūn sarvān mahābhūtāni ceśvarāḥ //
Or by (their) will, or by yoga, those possessed of yoga-power, being masters, enter into the Prajāpatis, all the Manus, and the great elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.25
न यमो नान्तकः क्रुद्धो न मृत्युर् भीमविक्रमः विशन्ते तद् द्विजाः सर्वे योगस्यामिततेजसः ॥
na yamo nāntakaḥ kruddho na mṛtyur bhīmavikramaḥ viśante tad dvijāḥ sarve yogasyāmitatejasaḥ //
Neither Yama, nor the angry Ender, nor Death of terrible prowess — all these, O twice-born, do not enter (i.e. do not encroach upon) the yoga of measureless brilliance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.26
आत्मनां च सहस्राणि बहूनि द्विजसत्तमाः योगं कुर्याद् बलं प्राप्य तैश् च सर्वैर् महीं चरेत् ॥
ātmanāṃ ca sahasrāṇi bahūni dvijasattamāḥ yogaṃ kuryād balaṃ prāpya taiś ca sarvair mahīṃ caret //
And having obtained the power, O best of the twice-born, he could make yoga (produce) many thousands of selves, and with all of them he could roam the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.27
प्राप्नुयाद् विषयान् कश्चित् पुनश् चोग्रं तपश् चरेत् संक्षिप्येच् च पुनर् विप्राः सूर्यस् तेजोगुणान् इव ॥
prāpnuyād viṣayān kaścit punaś cograṃ tapaś caret saṃkṣipyec ca punar viprāḥ sūryas tejoguṇān iva //
One might obtain the objects of sense, and again might practise fierce austerity, and might again withdraw (them), O brahmins, as the sun (withdraws) its rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.28
बलस्थस्य हि योगस्य बलार्थं मुनिसत्तमाः विमोक्षप्रभवं विष्णुम् उपपन्नम् असंशयम् ॥
balasthasya hi yogasya balārthaṃ munisattamāḥ vimokṣaprabhavaṃ viṣṇum upapannam asaṃśayam //
For, O best of sages, for the sake of the power of a yoga that is established in power, Viṣṇu, the source of liberation, is (thereby) attained — no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.29
बलानि योगप्रोक्तानि मयैतानि द्विजोत्तमाः निदर्शनार्थं सूक्ष्माणि वक्ष्यामि च पुनर् द्विजाः ॥
balāni yogaproktāni mayaitāni dvijottamāḥ nidarśanārthaṃ sūkṣmāṇi vakṣyāmi ca punar dvijāḥ //
These powers spoken of in yoga have been (declared) by me, O best of the twice-born; and I shall speak again, O twice-born, of subtle (illustrations) for the sake of demonstration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.30
आत्मनश् च समाधाने धारणां प्रति वा द्विजाः निदर्शनानि सूक्ष्माणि शृणुध्वं मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
ātmanaś ca samādhāne dhāraṇāṃ prati vā dvijāḥ nidarśanāni sūkṣmāṇi śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ //
And hear, O best of sages, the subtle illustrations concerning the concentration of the self and concerning fixed attention, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.31
अप्रमत्तो यथा धन्वी लक्ष्यं हन्ति समाहितः युक्तः सम्यक् तथा योगी मोक्षं प्राप्नोत्य् असंशयम् ॥
apramatto yathā dhanvī lakṣyaṃ hanti samāhitaḥ yuktaḥ samyak tathā yogī mokṣaṃ prāpnoty asaṃśayam //
As an undistracted archer, being concentrated, strikes the target, so a yogin, properly disciplined, attains liberation without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.32
स्नेहपात्रे यथा पूर्णे मन आधाय निश्चलम् पुरुषो युक्त आरोहेत् सोपानं युक्तमानसः ॥
snehapātre yathā pūrṇe mana ādhāya niścalam puruṣo yukta ārohet sopānaṃ yuktamānasaḥ //
As a man, disciplined and with mind controlled, having fixed his mind unwavering on a vessel full of oil, might climb a stairway,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.33
मुक्तस् तथायम् आत्मानं योगं तद्वत् सुनिश्चलम् करोत्य् अमलम् आत्मानं भास्करोपमदर्शने ॥
muktas tathāyam ātmānaṃ yogaṃ tadvat suniścalam karoty amalam ātmānaṃ bhāskaropamadarśane //
so this liberated one makes his self, and likewise his yoga, thoroughly unwavering, and (makes) the self spotless, in the vision of what resembles the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.34
यथा च नावं विप्रेन्द्राः कर्णधारः समाहितः महार्णवगतां शीघ्रं नयेद् विप्रांस् तु पत्तनम् ॥
yathā ca nāvaṃ viprendrāḥ karṇadhāraḥ samāhitaḥ mahārṇavagatāṃ śīghraṃ nayed viprāṃs tu pattanam //
And as a concentrated helmsman, O chiefs of the twice-born, would swiftly bring a ship gone into the great ocean, and the brahmins (on it), to port,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.35
तद्वद् आत्मसमाधानं युक्तो योगेन योगवित् दुर्गमं स्थानम् आप्नोति हित्वा देहम् इमं द्विजाः ॥
tadvad ātmasamādhānaṃ yukto yogena yogavit durgamaṃ sthānam āpnoti hitvā deham imaṃ dvijāḥ //
so the knower of yoga, disciplined by yoga in the concentration of the self, reaches the place hard to reach, having abandoned this body, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.36
सारथिश् च यथा युक्तः सदश्वान् सुसमाहितः देशम् इष्टं नयत्य् आशु धन्विनं पुरुषर्षभम् ॥
sārathiś ca yathā yuktaḥ sadaśvān susamāhitaḥ deśam iṣṭaṃ nayaty āśu dhanvinaṃ puruṣarṣabham //
And as a disciplined charioteer, well concentrated, swiftly conveys good horses (and) the bull among men, the archer, to the desired place,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.37
तथैव च द्विजा योगी धारणासु समाहितः प्राप्नोत्य् आशु परं स्थानं लक्ष्यमुक्त इवाशुगः ॥
tathaiva ca dvijā yogī dhāraṇāsu samāhitaḥ prāpnoty āśu paraṃ sthānaṃ lakṣyamukta ivāśugaḥ //
just so, O twice-born, a yogin concentrated in the fixations of attention swiftly reaches the supreme place, like a swift arrow released at a target.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.38
आविश्यात्मनि चात्मानं यो ऽवतिष्ठति सो ऽचलः पाशं हत्वेव मीनानां पदम् आप्नोति सो ऽजरम् ॥
āviśyātmani cātmānaṃ yo 'vatiṣṭhati so 'calaḥ pāśaṃ hatveva mīnānāṃ padam āpnoti so 'jaram //
He who, having entered the self within the self, abides there, he is unshaken; breaking his bonds as a fish (breaks) the net, he reaches the ageless station.
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BrP 239.39
नाभ्यां शीर्षे च कुक्षौ च हृदि वक्षसि पार्श्वयोः दर्शने श्रवणे वापि घ्राणे चामितविक्रमः ॥
nābhyāṃ śīrṣe ca kukṣau ca hṛdi vakṣasi pārśvayoḥ darśane śravaṇe vāpi ghrāṇe cāmitavikramaḥ //
In the navel, in the head, in the belly, in the heart, in the chest, in the two sides, in sight, or in hearing, and in smell — (there dwells) the one of measureless power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.40
स्थानेष्व् एतेषु यो योगी महाव्रतसमाहितः आत्मना सूक्ष्मम् आत्मानं युङ्क्ते सम्यग् द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
sthāneṣv eteṣu yo yogī mahāvratasamāhitaḥ ātmanā sūkṣmam ātmānaṃ yuṅkte samyag dvijottamāḥ //
The yogin who, in these places, concentrated by the great vow, joins the subtle self with (his own) self rightly, O best of the twice-born —
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BrP 239.41
सुशीघ्रम् अचलप्रख्यं कर्म दग्ध्वा शुभाशुभम् उत्तमं योगम् आस्थाय यदीच्छति विमुच्यते ॥
suśīghram acalaprakhyaṃ karma dagdhvā śubhāśubham uttamaṃ yogam āsthāya yadīcchati vimucyate //
— very swiftly, having burnt up action good and bad, (which is) reckoned unshakable, and having taken his stand on the highest yoga, he is released if he so wishes.
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BrP 239.42
आहारान् कीदृशान् कृत्वा कानि जित्वा च सत्तम योगी बलम् अवाप्नोति तद् भवान् वक्तुम् अर्हति ॥
āhārān kīdṛśān kṛtvā kāni jitvā ca sattama yogī balam avāpnoti tad bhavān vaktum arhati //
Making what sorts of food, and conquering what things, O best of beings, does a yogin obtain power? That you should tell (us).
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BrP 239.43
कणानां भक्षणे युक्तः पिण्याकस्य च भो द्विजाः स्नेहानां वर्जने युक्तो योगी बलम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
kaṇānāṃ bhakṣaṇe yuktaḥ piṇyākasya ca bho dvijāḥ snehānāṃ varjane yukto yogī balam avāpnuyāt //
Given to eating grain-husks and oil-cake, O twice-born ones, and given to avoiding oils, a yogin would obtain power.
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BrP 239.44
भुञ्जानो यावकं रूक्षं दीर्घकालं द्विजोत्तमाः एकाहारी विशुद्धात्मा योगी बलम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
bhuñjāno yāvakaṃ rūkṣaṃ dīrghakālaṃ dvijottamāḥ ekāhārī viśuddhātmā yogī balam avāpnuyāt //
Eating dry barley-gruel for a long time, O best of the twice-born, taking one meal (a day), of wholly purified self, a yogin would obtain power.
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BrP 239.45
पक्षान् मासान् ऋतूंश् चित्रान् संचरंश् च गुहास् तथा अपः पीत्वा पयोमिश्रा योगी बलम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
pakṣān māsān ṛtūṃś citrān saṃcaraṃś ca guhās tathā apaḥ pītvā payomiśrā yogī balam avāpnuyāt //
Roaming through fortnights, months, and various seasons, and through caves as well, drinking water mixed with milk, a yogin would obtain power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.46
अखण्डम् अपि वा मासं सततं मुनिसत्तमाः उपोष्य सम्यक् शुद्धात्मा योगी बलम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
akhaṇḍam api vā māsaṃ satataṃ munisattamāḥ upoṣya samyak śuddhātmā yogī balam avāpnuyāt //
Or else, O best of sages, having fasted continuously for a whole unbroken month, of rightly purified self, a yogin would obtain power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.47
कामं जित्वा तथा क्रोधं शीतोष्णं वर्षम् एव च भयं शोकं तथा स्वापं पौरुषान् विषयांस् तथा ॥
kāmaṃ jitvā tathā krodhaṃ śītoṣṇaṃ varṣam eva ca bhayaṃ śokaṃ tathā svāpaṃ pauruṣān viṣayāṃs tathā //
Having conquered desire and likewise anger, cold and heat, and rain too, fear, grief, and sleep, and the objects of manly (appetite),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.48
अरतिं दुर्जयां चैव घोरां दृष्ट्वा च भो द्विजाः स्पर्शं निद्रां तथा तन्द्रां दुर्जयां मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
aratiṃ durjayāṃ caiva ghorāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca bho dvijāḥ sparśaṃ nidrāṃ tathā tandrāṃ durjayāṃ munisattamāḥ //
and discontent, hard to conquer and dreadful, having seen (it), O twice-born ones, and touch, sleep, and torpor, hard to conquer, O best of sages —
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BrP 239.49
दीपयन्ति महात्मानं सूक्ष्मम् आत्मानम् आत्मना वीतरागा महाप्राज्ञा ध्यानाध्ययनसंपदा ॥
dīpayanti mahātmānaṃ sūkṣmam ātmānam ātmanā vītarāgā mahāprājñā dhyānādhyayanasaṃpadā //
they, free of passion and of great wisdom, kindle the great self, the subtle self, by the self, through the attainment of meditation and study.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.50
दुर्गस् त्व् एष मतः पन्था ब्राह्मणानां विपश्चिताम् यः कश्चिद् व्रजति क्षिप्रं क्षेमेण मुनिपुंगवाः ॥
durgas tv eṣa mataḥ panthā brāhmaṇānāṃ vipaścitām yaḥ kaścid vrajati kṣipraṃ kṣemeṇa munipuṃgavāḥ //
But this path of the discerning brahmins is held to be hard to travel; (only) some rare one goes swiftly and safely, O bulls among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.51
यथा कश्चिद् वनं घोरं बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् श्वभ्रवत् तोयहीनं च दुर्गमं बहुकण्टकम् ॥
yathā kaścid vanaṃ ghoraṃ bahusarpasarīsṛpam śvabhravat toyahīnaṃ ca durgamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam //
Just as someone might safely pass through a dreadful forest full of snakes and creeping things, pitted with holes, waterless, hard to traverse, full of thorns,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.52
अभक्तम् अटवीप्रायं दावदग्धमहीरुहम् पन्थानं तस्कराकीर्णं क्षेमेणाभिपतेत् तथा ॥
abhaktam aṭavīprāyaṃ dāvadagdhamahīruham panthānaṃ taskarākīrṇaṃ kṣemeṇābhipatet tathā //
foodless, mostly wilderness, its trees burnt by forest fire — a road infested with robbers — so (does he pass along that path).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.53
योगमार्गं समासाद्य यः कश्चिद् व्रजते द्विजः क्षेमेणोपरमेन् मार्गाद् बहुदोषो ऽपि संमतः ॥
yogamārgaṃ samāsādya yaḥ kaścid vrajate dvijaḥ kṣemeṇoparamen mārgād bahudoṣo 'pi saṃmataḥ //
Whatever twice-born man, having reached the path of yoga, travels it, he would safely come to rest from that road, though it is reckoned to have many perils.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.54
आस्थेयं क्षुरधारासु निशितासु द्विजोत्तमाः धारणा सा तु योगस्य दुर्गेयम् अकृतात्मभिः ॥
āstheyaṃ kṣuradhārāsu niśitāsu dvijottamāḥ dhāraṇā sā tu yogasya durgeyam akṛtātmabhiḥ //
One must stand upon sharpened razor's edges, O best of the twice-born: such is the fixed concentration of yoga, hard to hold for those whose selves are unperfected.
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BrP 239.55
विषमा धारणा विप्रा यान्ति वै न शुभां गतिम् नेतृहीना यथा नावः पुरुषाणां तु वै द्विजाः ॥
viṣamā dhāraṇā viprā yānti vai na śubhāṃ gatim netṛhīnā yathā nāvaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ tu vai dvijāḥ //
Uneven acts of concentration, O brahmins, do not go to a good end — like ships without a helmsman for men, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.56
यस् तु तिष्ठति योगाधौ धारणासु यथाविधि मरणं जन्मदुःखित्वं सुखित्वं स विशिष्यते ॥
yas tu tiṣṭhati yogādhau dhāraṇāsu yathāvidhi maraṇaṃ janmaduḥkhitvaṃ sukhitvaṃ sa viśiṣyate //
But he who stands firm at the outset of yoga in the concentrations according to rule, he is distinguished (beyond) death, the misery of birth, and pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.57
नानाशास्त्रेषु नियतं नानामुनिनिषेवितम् परं योगस्य पन्थानं निश्चितं तं द्विजातिषु ॥
nānāśāstreṣu niyataṃ nānāmuniniṣevitam paraṃ yogasya panthānaṃ niścitaṃ taṃ dvijātiṣu //
Laid down in the various treatises, resorted to by various sages, that supreme path of yoga has been determined among the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 239.58
परं हि तद् ब्रह्ममयं मुनीन्द्रा ब्रह्माणम् ईशं वरदं च विष्णुम् भवं च धर्मं च महानुभावं यद् ब्रह्मपुत्रान् सुमहानुभावान्
paraṃ hi tad brahmamayaṃ munīndrā brahmāṇam īśaṃ varadaṃ ca viṣṇum bhavaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca mahānubhāvaṃ yad brahmaputrān sumahānubhāvān
For that supreme (path) is made of Brahman, O lords of sages — (it is) Brahmā the ruler, and Viṣṇu the giver of boons, and Bhava, and Dharma of great power, and (also) the sons of Brahmā of very great power,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 239.59
तमश् च कष्टं सुमहद् रजश् च सत्त्वं च शुद्धं प्रकृतिं परां च सिद्धिं च देवीं वरुणस्य पत्नीं तेजश् च कृत्स्नं सुमहच् च धैर्यम्
tamaś ca kaṣṭaṃ sumahad rajaś ca sattvaṃ ca śuddhaṃ prakṛtiṃ parāṃ ca siddhiṃ ca devīṃ varuṇasya patnīṃ tejaś ca kṛtsnaṃ sumahac ca dhairyam
and painful, very great darkness (tamas), and passion (rajas), and pure goodness (sattva), and supreme primordial nature, and Siddhi, and the goddess who is Varuṇa's wife, and the whole of splendour, and very great steadfastness,
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BrP 239.60
ताराधिपं खे विमलं सुतारं विश्वांश् च देवान् उरगान् पितॄंश् च शैलांश् च कृत्स्नान् उदधींश् च वाचलान् नदीश् च सर्वाः सनगांश् च नागान्
tārādhipaṃ khe vimalaṃ sutāraṃ viśvāṃś ca devān uragān pitṝṃś ca śailāṃś ca kṛtsnān udadhīṃś ca vācalān nadīś ca sarvāḥ sanagāṃś ca nāgān
and the spotless lord of the stars in the sky together with the stars, and the All-gods, the serpents and the fathers, and all the mountains, and the sounding oceans, and all the rivers, and the nāgas together with their mountains,
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BrP 239.61
साध्यांस् तथा यक्षगणान् दिशश् च गन्धर्वसिद्धान् पुरुषान् स्त्रियश् च परस्परं प्राप्य महान् महात्मा विशेत योगी नचिराद् विमुक्तः
sādhyāṃs tathā yakṣagaṇān diśaś ca gandharvasiddhān puruṣān striyaś ca parasparaṃ prāpya mahān mahātmā viśeta yogī nacirād vimuktaḥ
and the Sādhyas, and likewise the hosts of Yakṣas, and the directions, and the Gandharvas and Siddhas, and men and women — having reached (them) one after another, the great, great-souled yogin would enter (them), released before long.
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BrP 239.62
कथा च या विप्रवराः प्रसक्ता दैवे महावीर्यमतौ शुभेयम् योगान् स सर्वान् अनुभूय मर्त्या नारायणं तं द्रुतम् आप्नुवन्ति
kathā ca yā vipravarāḥ prasaktā daive mahāvīryamatau śubheyam yogān sa sarvān anubhūya martyā nārāyaṇaṃ taṃ drutam āpnuvanti
And this auspicious discourse, O best of brahmins, which is devoted to the god of mighty power and mind — having experienced all these yogas, mortals swiftly attain that Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain