Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 235

GaP 1 235.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २३५ सूत उवाच वेदान्तसाङ्ख्यसिद्धान्तब्रह्मज्ञानं वदाम्यहम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्विष्णुरित्येव चिन्तयन्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 235 sūta uvāca vedāntasāṅkhyasiddhāntabrahmajñānaṃ vadāmyaham / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirviṣṇurityeva cintayan

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 235. Sūta said: I shall declare the knowledge of brahman that is the settled conclusion of Vedānta and Sāṅkhya. Meditating thus: "I am brahman, the supreme light, Viṣṇu"—

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GaP 1 235.2

सूर्ये हृद्व्योम्नि वह्नौ च ज्योतिरेकं त्रिधा स्थितम् । यथा सर्पिः शीरस्थं गवां न कुरुते बलम्

sūrye hṛdvyomni vahnau ca jyotirekaṃ tridhā sthitam / yathā sarpiḥ śīrasthaṃ gavāṃ na kurute balam

In the sun, in the space of the heart, and in fire, one light abides in threefold form. As ghee residing in (the bodies of) cows does not produce strength for them,

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GaP 1 235.3

निर्गतं कर्मसंयुक्तं दत्तं तासां महा बलम् । तथा विष्णुः शरीरस्थो न करोति हितं नणाम्

nirgataṃ karmasaṃyuktaṃ dattaṃ tāsāṃ mahā balam / tathā viṣṇuḥ śarīrastho na karoti hitaṃ naṇām

(but) when it has been extracted, joined with (ritual) action, and given (to them), it becomes great strength for them—so Viṣṇu, dwelling in the body, does not (of himself) do good to men.

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GaP 1 235.4

विनाराधनया देवः सर्वगः परमेश्वरः । आरुरुक्षुमतीनां तु कर्मज्ञानमुदाहृतम्

vinārādhanayā devaḥ sarvagaḥ parameśvaraḥ / ārurukṣumatīnāṃ tu karmajñānamudāhṛtam

Without worship the god, the all-pervading Supreme Lord (does nothing); but for those (minds) desiring to ascend, the knowledge of action is prescribed.

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GaP 1 235.5

आरूढयोगवृक्षाणां ज्ञानं त्यागं परं मतम् । ज्ञातुमिच्छति शब्दादीन्रागो द्वेषो ऽथ जायते

ārūḍhayogavṛkṣāṇāṃ jñānaṃ tyāgaṃ paraṃ matam / jñātumicchati śabdādīnrāgo dveṣo 'tha jāyate

For those who have climbed the tree of yoga, knowledge and renunciation are held to be highest. (But) one desires to know sounds and the rest, and then passion and hatred arise.

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GaP 1 235.6

लोभो मोहः क्रोध एतैर्युक्तः पापं नरश्चरेत् । हस्तावुपस्थमुदरं वाक्चतुर्थो चतुष्टयम्

lobho mohaḥ krodha etairyuktaḥ pāpaṃ naraścaret / hastāvupasthamudaraṃ vākcaturtho catuṣṭayam

Greed, delusion, anger—joined with these a man commits sin. The two hands, the genitals, the belly, and speech as the fourth: (these are) the set of four.

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GaP 1 235.7

एतत्सुसंयतं यस्य स विप्रः कथ्यते बुधैः (धः) । परवित्तं न गृह्णाति न हिंसां कुरुते तथा

etatsusaṃyataṃ yasya sa vipraḥ kathyate budhaiḥ (dhaḥ) / paravittaṃ na gṛhṇāti na hiṃsāṃ kurute tathā

He by whom this (set of four) is well restrained is called a brāhmaṇa by the wise: he does not take another's wealth, nor likewise does he do injury.

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GaP 1 235.8

नाक्षक्रीडारतो यस्तु हस्तौ तस्य सुसंयतौ । परस्त्रीवर्जनरतस्तस्योपस्थं सुसंयतम्

nākṣakrīḍārato yastu hastau tasya susaṃyatau / parastrīvarjanaratastasyopasthaṃ susaṃyatam

He who is not addicted to gambling with dice—his two hands are well restrained; he who is intent on avoiding others' wives—his genitals are well restrained.

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GaP 1 235.9

अलोलुपमिदं भुङ्क्ते जठरं तस्य संयतम् । सत्यं हितं मितं ब्रूते यस्माद्वाक्तस्य संयता

alolupamidaṃ bhuṅkte jaṭharaṃ tasya saṃyatam / satyaṃ hitaṃ mitaṃ brūte yasmādvāktasya saṃyatā

He eats this (food) without greed—his belly is restrained; because he speaks what is true, beneficial and measured, his speech is restrained.

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GaP 1 235.10

यस्य संयतान्येतानि तस्य किं तपसाध्वरैः । ऐक्यं यद्बुद्धिमनसोरिन्द्रियाणां च सर्वदा

yasya saṃyatānyetāni tasya kiṃ tapasādhvaraiḥ / aikyaṃ yadbuddhimanasorindriyāṇāṃ ca sarvadā

For him whose these (organs) are restrained, what need of austerities and sacrifices? When there is constant unity of intellect, mind and the senses,

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GaP 1 235.13

सबीजं वापि निर्बोजं ध्यानमेतत्प्रकीर्तितम् । भ्रुवोर्मध्ये स्थितां बुद्धिं विषयेषु युनक्ति यः ॥ गर्प्_१,२३५।११ ॥ हन्द्रियाणामुपरमे मनसि ह्यव्यवस्थिते ॥ गर्प्_१,२३५।१२ ॥ स्वप्नान्पश्यत्यसौ जीवो बाह्यानाभ्यन्तरानथ । जीवो जाग्रदवस्थायामेवमाहुर्विपाश्चितः

sabījaṃ vāpi nirbojaṃ dhyānametatprakīrtitam / bhruvormadhye sthitāṃ buddhiṃ viṣayeṣu yunakti yaḥ // garp_1,235.11 // handriyāṇāmuparame manasi hyavyavasthite // garp_1,235.12 // svapnānpaśyatyasau jīvo bāhyānābhyantarānatha / jīvo jāgradavasthāyāmevamāhurvipāścitaḥ

(that) meditation is proclaimed to be either with seed or without seed. He who yokes to objects the intellect that stands between the brows... [235.11] ...when the senses have ceased and the mind is not settled, [235.12] that living being sees dreams, outer and inner; the living being in the waking state—so the wise declare.

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GaP 1 235.14

हृदि स्थितः स तमसा मोहितो न स्मरत्यपि । यदा तस्य कुतो वेति सुषुप्तिरिति कथ्यते

hṛdi sthitaḥ sa tamasā mohito na smaratyapi / yadā tasya kuto veti suṣuptiriti kathyate

When, abiding in the heart, deluded by darkness, he does not even remember—"where is he?" or "what?"—that is called deep sleep.

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GaP 1 235.15

जाग्रतो यस्य नो तन्द्रा न मोहो न भ्रमस्तथा । उत्पद्यते न जानाति शब्दार्थविषयान्वशी

jāgrato yasya no tandrā na moho na bhramastathā / utpadyate na jānāti śabdārthaviṣayānvaśī

He who, while awake, has no drowsiness, no delusion and likewise no confusion arising, and, being self-controlled, does not (attend to) the objects of sound and meaning—

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GaP 1 235.16

इन्द्रियाणि समाहृत्य विषयेभ्यो मनस्तथा । बुद्ध्याहङ्कारमपि च प्रकृत्या बुद्धिमेव च

indriyāṇi samāhṛtya viṣayebhyo manastathā / buddhyāhaṅkāramapi ca prakṛtyā buddhimeva ca

—withdrawing the senses from their objects, and likewise the mind by the intellect, and the ego too, and the intellect by prakṛti,

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GaP 1 235.17

संयम्य प्रकृतिं चापि चिच्छक्त्या केवले स्थितः । पश्यत्यात्मानि चात्मानमात्मनात्मप्रकाशकम्

saṃyamya prakṛtiṃ cāpi cicchaktyā kevale sthitaḥ / paśyatyātmāni cātmānamātmanātmaprakāśakam

Having restrained even primal nature, standing in the isolated (state) by the power of consciousness, (he) sees in the self the self, the self-illuminator, by the self.

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GaP 1 235.18

चिद्रूपममृतं शुद्धं निष्क्रियं व्यापकं शिवम् । तुरीयायामवस्थायामास्थितो ऽसौ न संशयः

cidrūpamamṛtaṃ śuddhaṃ niṣkriyaṃ vyāpakaṃ śivam / turīyāyāmavasthāyāmāsthito 'sau na saṃśayaḥ

(He is) established, without doubt, in the fourth state — (that which is) of the nature of consciousness, immortal, pure, actionless, all-pervading, auspicious.

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GaP 1 235.19

शब्दादयो गुणाः पञ्च सत्त्वाद्याश्च गुणास्त्रयः । पुर्यष्टकस्य पद्मस्य पत्राण्यष्टौ च तानि हि

śabdādayo guṇāḥ pañca sattvādyāśca guṇāstrayaḥ / puryaṣṭakasya padmasya patrāṇyaṣṭau ca tāni hi

The five qualities beginning with sound, and the three qualities beginning with sattva — these indeed are the eight petals of the lotus that is the eightfold city.

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GaP 1 235.20

साम्यावस्था गुणकृता प्रकृतिस्तत्र कर्णिका । कर्णिकायां स्थितो देवो देही चिद्रूप एव हि

sāmyāvasthā guṇakṛtā prakṛtistatra karṇikā / karṇikāyāṃ sthito devo dehī cidrūpa eva hi

The state of equilibrium produced by the guṇas is primal nature; that is the pericarp there. Seated in the pericarp is the god, the embodied one, of the very nature of consciousness.

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GaP 1 235.21

पुर्यष्टकं परित्यज्य प्रकृतिञ्च गुणात्मिकाम् । यदा याति तदा जीवो याति मुक्तिं न संशयः

puryaṣṭakaṃ parityajya prakṛtiñca guṇātmikām / yadā yāti tadā jīvo yāti muktiṃ na saṃśayaḥ

When, having wholly abandoned the eightfold city and nature consisting of the guṇas, (the living being) goes (forth), then the jīva attains liberation — there is no doubt.

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GaP 1 235.22

प्राणायामो जपश्चैव प्रत्याहारो ऽथ धारणा । ध्यानं समाधिरित्येते षड् योगस्य प्रसाधकाः

prāṇāyāmo japaścaiva pratyāhāro 'tha dhāraṇā / dhyānaṃ samādhirityete ṣaḍ yogasya prasādhakāḥ

Breath-control, muttered recitation, withdrawal (of the senses), then concentration, meditation, and absorption — these six are what accomplish yoga.

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GaP 1 235.23

पापक्षये देवतानां प्रीतिरिन्द्रियसंयमः । जपध्यानयुतो गर्भो विपरीतस्त्वगर्भकः

pāpakṣaye devatānāṃ prītirindriyasaṃyamaḥ / japadhyānayuto garbho viparītastvagarbhakaḥ

When sin is destroyed (there is) the favour of the deities (and) restraint of the senses; (breath-control) joined with recitation and meditation is 'with seed' (garbha), while the opposite is 'without seed'.

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GaP 1 235.24

षट्त्रिंशन्मात्रकः श्रेष्ठश्चतुर्विंशतिमात्रकः । मध्यो द्वादशमात्रस्तु ओङ्कारं सततं जपेत्

ṣaṭtriṃśanmātrakaḥ śreṣṭhaścaturviṃśatimātrakaḥ / madhyo dvādaśamātrastu oṅkāraṃ satataṃ japet

That of thirty-six measures is best, that of twenty-four measures is middling, and that of twelve measures (is lowest); one should recite the syllable Om constantly.

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GaP 1 235.25

वाचके प्रणवे ज्ञाते वाच्यं ब्रह्म प्रसीदति । (ॐनमो विष्णवे)।षष्ठाक्षरश्च जप्तव्यो गायत्त्री द्वादशाक्षरी

vācake praṇave jñāte vācyaṃ brahma prasīdati / (oṃnamo viṣṇave).ṣaṣṭhākṣaraśca japtavyo gāyattrī dvādaśākṣarī

When the praṇava, the signifier, is known, brahman, the signified, becomes gracious. And the six-syllabled (mantra) 'Om, homage to Viṣṇu' is to be recited, (and) the twelve-syllabled gāyatrī.

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GaP 1 235.26

सर्वेषामिन्द्रियाणां तु प्रवृतिर्विषयेषु च । निवृत्तिर्मनसस्तस्याः प्रत्याहारः प्रकीर्तितः

sarveṣāmindriyāṇāṃ tu pravṛtirviṣayeṣu ca / nivṛttirmanasastasyāḥ pratyāhāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ

There is indeed an outgoing of all the senses toward their objects; the turning back of the mind from that is declared to be withdrawal (pratyāhāra).

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GaP 1 235.27

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः समाहृत्य हितो हि सः । सहसा सह बुद्ध्या च प्रत्याहारेषु संस्थितः

indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ samāhṛtya hito hi saḥ / sahasā saha buddhyā ca pratyāhāreṣu saṃsthitaḥ

Having drawn in the senses from the objects of the senses, he is indeed well-placed; (thus) forcefully, together with the intellect, he stands firm in the withdrawals.

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GaP 1 235.28

प्राणायामैर्द्वादशभिर्यावत्कालःकृतो भवेत् । यस्तावत्कालपर्यन्तं मनो ब्रह्मणि धारयेत्

prāṇāyāmairdvādaśabhiryāvatkālaḥkṛto bhavet / yastāvatkālaparyantaṃ mano brahmaṇi dhārayet

Whatever length of time is made up by twelve breath-controls — he who, for a time of that extent, holds the mind on brahman (—that is concentration).

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GaP 1 235.30

तस्यैव ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तं ध्यानं द्वादश धारणाः । तुष्येत नियतो युक्तः समाधिः सो ऽभीधीयते ॥ गर्प्_१,२३५।२८*१ ॥ ध्यायन्न चलते यस्य मनोभिध्यायतो भृशम् ॥ गर्प्_१,२३५।२९ ॥ प्राप्यावधिकृतं कालं यावत्सा धारणा स्मृता । ध्येये सक्तं मनो यस्य ध्येयमेवानुपश्यति

tasyaiva brahmaṇā proktaṃ dhyānaṃ dvādaśa dhāraṇāḥ / tuṣyeta niyato yuktaḥ samādhiḥ so 'bhīdhīyate // garp_1,235.28*1 // dhyāyanna calate yasya manobhidhyāyato bhṛśam // garp_1,235.29 // prāpyāvadhikṛtaṃ kālaṃ yāvatsā dhāraṇā smṛtā / dhyeye saktaṃ mano yasya dhyeyamevānupaśyati

For that very one, twelve concentrations are declared by Brahmā to be meditation. Being restrained and disciplined he would be content: that is called absorption. // He whose mind, while he meditates intently, does not waver while meditating, // having attained the prescribed length of time — so far as that goes, it is remembered as concentration. He whose mind is fixed on the object of meditation sees only the object of meditation,

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GaP 1 235.31

नान्यं पदार्थं जानाति ध्यानमेतत्प्रकीर्तितम् । ध्येये मनो निश्चलतां याति ध्येयं विचिन्तयन्

nānyaṃ padārthaṃ jānāti dhyānametatprakīrtitam / dhyeye mano niścalatāṃ yāti dhyeyaṃ vicintayan

(and) knows no other thing — this is declared to be meditation. The mind, pondering the object of meditation, attains immovability in that object;

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GaP 1 235.32

यत्तद्ध्यानं परं प्रोक्तं मुनिभिर्ध्यानचिन्तकैः । ध्येयमेव हि सर्वत्र ध्याता तन्मयतां गतः

yattaddhyānaṃ paraṃ proktaṃ munibhirdhyānacintakaiḥ / dhyeyameva hi sarvatra dhyātā tanmayatāṃ gataḥ

that is called the highest meditation by the sages who reflect on meditation. Indeed everywhere there is only the object of meditation, (and) the meditator has become one with it.

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GaP 1 235.33

पश्यति द्वैतरहितं समाधिः सो ऽभिधीयते । मनः सङ्कल्परहितमिन्द्रियार्थान्न चिन्तयेत्

paśyati dvaitarahitaṃ samādhiḥ so 'bhidhīyate / manaḥ saṅkalparahitamindriyārthānna cintayet

(When) he sees (it) free of duality, that is called absorption. The mind, free of all willing, should not think of the objects of the senses;

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GaP 1 235.34

यस्य ब्रह्मणि संलीनं समाधिस्थं तदोच्यते । ध्यायतः परमात्मानमात्मस्थं यस्य योगिनः

yasya brahmaṇi saṃlīnaṃ samādhisthaṃ tadocyate / dhyāyataḥ paramātmānamātmasthaṃ yasya yoginaḥ

whose (mind) is dissolved in brahman — that is said to be established in absorption. Of the yogin who meditates on the supreme Self abiding within the self,

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GaP 1 235.35

मनस्तन्मयतां याति समाधिस्थः स कीर्तितः । चित्तस्य स्थिरता भ्रान्तिर्दैर्मनस्यं प्रमादता

manastanmayatāṃ yāti samādhisthaḥ sa kīrtitaḥ / cittasya sthiratā bhrāntirdairmanasyaṃ pramādatā

(when) the mind becomes one with that, he is proclaimed as established in absorption. Unsteadiness of the mind, delusion, dejection, negligence —

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GaP 1 235.36

योगिनां कथिता दोषा योगविघ्नप्रवर्तकाः । स्थित्यर्थं मनसः सर्वं स्थूलरूपं विचिन्तयेत्

yogināṃ kathitā doṣā yogavighnapravartakāḥ / sthityarthaṃ manasaḥ sarvaṃ sthūlarūpaṃ vicintayet

these are called the faults of yogins, which bring about obstacles to yoga. For the sake of the mind's steadiness one should meditate on the whole gross form.

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GaP 1 235.37

तद्व्रतं निश्चलीभूतं सूय्यस्थं स्थिरतां व्रजेत् । न विना परमात्मानं किञ्चिज्जगति विद्यते

tadvrataṃ niścalībhūtaṃ sūyyasthaṃ sthiratāṃ vrajet / na vinā paramātmānaṃ kiñcijjagati vidyate

That practice, having become unwavering, abiding in the sun, would attain steadiness. Nothing exists in the world apart from the supreme Self.

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GaP 1 235.38

विश्वरूपं तमेवैकमिति ज्ञात्वा विमुञ्चति । ओङ्कारं परमं ब्रह्म ध्यायेदब्जस्थितं विभुम्

viśvarūpaṃ tamevaikamiti jñātvā vimuñcati / oṅkāraṃ paramaṃ brahma dhyāyedabjasthitaṃ vibhum

Knowing "that One alone is of universal form," (he) is released. One should meditate on Oṃ, the supreme Brahman, the all-pervading (Lord) seated on the lotus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.39

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञरहितं जपेन्मात्रात्रयान्वितम् । हृदि सञ्चिन्तयेत्पूर्वं प्रधानं तस्य चोपरि

kṣetrakṣetrajñarahitaṃ japenmātrātrayānvitam / hṛdi sañcintayetpūrvaṃ pradhānaṃ tasya copari

One should recite it, joined with its three morae, free of field and knower-of-the-field; first one should contemplate in the heart the pradhāna, and above that,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.40

तमो रजस्तथा सत्त्वं मण्डलत्रितयं क्रमात् । कृष्णरक्तसितं तस्मिन्पुरुषं जीवसंज्ञितम्

tamo rajastathā sattvaṃ maṇḍalatritayaṃ kramāt / kṛṣṇaraktasitaṃ tasminpuruṣaṃ jīvasaṃjñitam

tamas, rajas, and sattva—the triad of discs in order, black, red, and white; in that (is) the puruṣa named jīva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.41

तस्योपरि गुणैश्वर्यमष्टपत्रं सरोरुहम् । ज्ञानं तु कर्णिका तत्र विज्ञानं केसराः स्मृताः

tasyopari guṇaiśvaryamaṣṭapatraṃ saroruham / jñānaṃ tu karṇikā tatra vijñānaṃ kesarāḥ smṛtāḥ

Above that (is) the eight-petalled lotus (which is) the lordly power of the qualities; there knowledge is the pericarp, and the filaments are held to be discriminative knowledge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.42

वैराग्यनालं तत्कन्दो वैष्णवो धर्म उत्तमः । कर्णिकायां स्थितं तत्र जीववन्निश्चलं विभु

vairāgyanālaṃ tatkando vaiṣṇavo dharma uttamaḥ / karṇikāyāṃ sthitaṃ tatra jīvavanniścalaṃ vibhu

Dispassion is its stalk, its bulb the supreme Vaiṣṇava dharma; seated there on the pericarp is the all-pervading one, motionless, like the jīva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.43

ध्यायेदुरसि संयुक्तमोङ्कारं मुक्तिसाधकम् । ध्यायन्यदि त्यजेत्प्राणान्याति ब्रह्म स्वसन्निधिम्

dhyāyedurasi saṃyuktamoṅkāraṃ muktisādhakam / dhyāyanyadi tyajetprāṇānyāti brahma svasannidhim

One should meditate in the breast on the conjoined Oṃ, the effecter of liberation; if while meditating one gives up the breaths, one goes to Brahman, into its own presence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.44

हरिं संस्थाप्य देहाब्जे ध्यायन्यो गी च भक्तिभाक् । आत्मानमात्मना केचित्पश्यन्ति ध्यानचक्षुषः

hariṃ saṃsthāpya dehābje dhyāyanyo gī ca bhaktibhāk / ātmānamātmanā kecitpaśyanti dhyānacakṣuṣaḥ

Having established Hari in the lotus of the body, the yogin who meditates also partakes of devotion; some, having the eye of meditation, see the self by the self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.45

सांख्यबुद्ध्या तथैवान्ये योगेनान्ये तु योगिनः । ब्रह्मप्रकाशकं ज्ञानं भवबन्धविभेदनम्

sāṃkhyabuddhyā tathaivānye yogenānye tu yoginaḥ / brahmaprakāśakaṃ jñānaṃ bhavabandhavibhedanam

Others likewise (see) by Sāṃkhya understanding, and other yogins by yoga; knowledge is the revealer of Brahman, the sunderer of the bond of existence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.46

तत्रैकचित्ततायोगो मुक्तिदो नात्र संशयः । जितेन्द्रियात्मकरणो ज्ञानदृप्तो हि यो भवेत्

tatraikacittatāyogo muktido nātra saṃśayaḥ / jitendriyātmakaraṇo jñānadṛpto hi yo bhavet

Among these, the yoga of one-pointedness of mind is the giver of liberation—no doubt here. He who has conquered the senses, mind, and organs and is exhilarated with knowledge,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.47

स मुक्तः कथ्यते योगी परमात्मन्यवस्थितः । आसनस्थानविधयो न योगस्य प्रसाधकाः

sa muktaḥ kathyate yogī paramātmanyavasthitaḥ / āsanasthānavidhayo na yogasya prasādhakāḥ

that yogin, established in the supreme Self, is called liberated. Rules about postures and places are not what accomplish yoga.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.48

विलम्बजनकाः सर्वे विस्तराः परिकीर्तिताः । शिशुपालः सिद्धिमाप स्मरणाभ्यासगौरवात्

vilambajanakāḥ sarve vistarāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / śiśupālaḥ siddhimāpa smaraṇābhyāsagauravāt

All elaborations are declared to be producers of delay. Śiśupāla attained perfection through the weight of his practice of remembrance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.49

योगाभ्यासं प्रकुर्वन्तः पस्यन्त्यात्मानमात्मना । सर्वभूतेषु कारुण्यं विद्वेषं विषयेषु च

yogābhyāsaṃ prakurvantaḥ pasyantyātmānamātmanā / sarvabhūteṣu kāruṇyaṃ vidveṣaṃ viṣayeṣu ca

Those who practise yoga see the self by the self; (having) compassion toward all beings and aversion toward objects of sense,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.50

गुप्तशिश्रोदरादिश्च कुर्वन्योगी विमुच्यते । इन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियार्थांस्तु न जानाति नरो यदा

guptaśiśrodarādiśca kurvanyogī vimucyate / indriyairindriyārthāṃstu na jānāti naro yadā

and keeping genitals, belly and the rest guarded, the yogin is set free. When a man does not cognize the objects of the senses with the senses,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.51

काष्ठवद्ब्रह्मसंलीनो योगी मुक्तस्तदा भवेत् । सर्ववर्णाः श्रियः सर्वाः कृत्वा पापानि भस्मसात्

kāṣṭhavadbrahmasaṃlīno yogī muktastadā bhavet / sarvavarṇāḥ śriyaḥ sarvāḥ kṛtvā pāpāni bhasmasāt

then, merged in Brahman like a log, the yogin becomes liberated. All classes, all fortunes—having reduced (their) sins to ashes

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 235.52

ध्यानाग्निना च मेधावी लभते परमां गतिम् । मन्थनाद्दृश्यते ह्यग्निस्तद्वद्ध्यानेन वै हरिः

dhyānāgninā ca medhāvī labhate paramāṃ gatim / manthanāddṛśyate hyagnistadvaddhyānena vai hariḥ

by the fire of meditation, the wise man attains the highest goal. Just as fire is seen from churning, so indeed is Hari (seen) by meditation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.53

ब्रह्मात्मनोर्यदैकत्वं स योगश्चोत्तमोत्तमः । बाह्यरूपैर्न मुक्तिस्तु चान्तस्थैः स्याद्यमादिभिः

brahmātmanoryadaikatvaṃ sa yogaścottamottamaḥ / bāhyarūpairna muktistu cāntasthaiḥ syādyamādibhiḥ

That oneness of Brahman and the self—that is the highest of the high yoga. Liberation is not by outward forms, but it comes about by the inward ones, restraint and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 235.54

साङ्ख्यज्ञानेन योगेन वेदान्तश्रवणेन च । प्रत्यक्षतात्मनो या हि सा मुक्तिरभिधीयते । अनात्मन्यात्मरूपत्वमसतः सत्स्वरूपता

sāṅkhyajñānena yogena vedāntaśravaṇena ca / pratyakṣatātmano yā hi sā muktirabhidhīyate / anātmanyātmarūpatvamasataḥ satsvarūpatā

That direct perception of the self which comes by Sāṅkhya knowledge, by yoga, and by hearing Vedānta—that is called liberation. (Bondage is) taking the form of self in what is not the self, and the nature of the real in the unreal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain