Linga Purana — Chapter 9
LiP 9.1
आलस्यं प्रथमं पश्चाद् व्याधिपीडा प्रजायते प्रमादः संशयस्थाने चित्तस्येहानवस्थितिः
ālasyaṃ prathamaṃ paścād vyādhipīḍā prajāyate pramādaḥ saṃśayasthāne cittasyehānavasthitiḥ
First sloth; afterwards affliction by disease arises; heedlessness; being in a condition of doubt; and here, the unsteadiness of the mind;
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LiP 9.2
अश्रद्धादर्शनं भ्रान्तिर् दुःखं च त्रिविधं ततः दौर्मनस्यमयोग्येषु विषयेषु च योग्यता
aśraddhādarśanaṃ bhrāntir duḥkhaṃ ca trividhaṃ tataḥ daurmanasyamayogyeṣu viṣayeṣu ca yogyatā
lack of faith, deluded perception, and then threefold suffering; despondency; and finding unfit objects fit.
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LiP 9.3
दशधाभिप्रजायन्ते मुनेर्योगान्तरायकाः आलस्यं चाप्रवृत्तिश् च गुरुत्वात्कायचित्तयोः
daśadhābhiprajāyante muneryogāntarāyakāḥ ālasyaṃ cāpravṛttiś ca gurutvātkāyacittayoḥ
In ten ways do the obstacles to yoga arise for the sage. Sloth is non-activity, owing to the heaviness of body and mind.
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LiP 9.4
व्याधयो धातुवैषम्यात् कर्मजा दोषजास् तथा प्रमादस्तु समाधेस्तु साधनानाम् अभावनम्
vyādhayo dhātuvaiṣamyāt karmajā doṣajās tathā pramādastu samādhestu sādhanānām abhāvanam
Diseases (arise) from imbalance of the bodily constituents, and are produced by past action and by the humours; but heedlessness is the failure to cultivate the means to absorption.
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LiP 9.5
इदं वेत्युभयस्पृक्तं विज्ञानं स्थानसंशयः अनवस्थितचित्तत्वम् अप्रतिष्ठा हि योगिनः
idaṃ vetyubhayaspṛktaṃ vijñānaṃ sthānasaṃśayaḥ anavasthitacittatvam apratiṣṭhā hi yoginaḥ
Cognition that touches both alternatives — 'is it this?' — is doubt about one's ground; and unsteadiness of mind is the yogin's want of a firm footing,
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LiP 9.6
लब्धायामपि भूमौ च चित्तस्य भवबन्धनात् अश्रद्धाभावरहिता वृत्तिर्वै साधनेषु च
labdhāyāmapi bhūmau ca cittasya bhavabandhanāt aśraddhābhāvarahitā vṛttirvai sādhaneṣu ca
even when a stage (of yoga) has been attained, because of the mind's bondage to worldly existence. And activity in the means that is devoid of faith,
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LiP 9.7
साध्ये चित्तस्य हि गुरौ ज्ञानाचारशिवादिषु विपर्ययज्ञानमिति भ्रान्तिदर्शनम् उच्यते
sādhye cittasya hi gurau jñānācāraśivādiṣu viparyayajñānamiti bhrāntidarśanam ucyate
and (activity) of the mind regarding the goal to be attained, the guru, knowledge, right conduct, Śiva and the rest — such inverted knowledge is called deluded perception.
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LiP 9.8
अनात्मन्यात्मविज्ञानम् अज्ञानात्तस्य संनिधौ दुःखमाध्यात्मिकं प्रोक्तं तथा चैवाधिभौतिकम्
anātmanyātmavijñānam ajñānāttasya saṃnidhau duḥkhamādhyātmikaṃ proktaṃ tathā caivādhibhautikam
Perceiving the self in what is not the self, through ignorance, in its presence. Suffering is declared to be of the body-and-self (ādhyātmika), and likewise of the elements (ādhibhautika),
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LiP 9.9
आधिदैविकमित्युक्तं त्रिविधं सहजं पुनः इच्छाविघातात्संक्षोभश् चेतसस्तदुदाहृतम्
ādhidaivikamityuktaṃ trividhaṃ sahajaṃ punaḥ icchāvighātātsaṃkṣobhaś cetasastadudāhṛtam
and of the gods (ādhidaivika) — so it is said; threefold, and again innate. The agitation of the mind from the thwarting of desire — that is declared to be it (despondency).
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LiP 9.10
दौर्मनस्यं निरोद्धव्यं वैराग्येण परेण तु तमसा रजसा चैव संस्पृष्टं दुर्मनः स्मृतम्
daurmanasyaṃ niroddhavyaṃ vairāgyeṇa pareṇa tu tamasā rajasā caiva saṃspṛṣṭaṃ durmanaḥ smṛtam
Despondency is to be restrained by supreme dispassion. A mind touched by darkness (tamas) and by passion (rajas) is called a bad mind;
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LiP 9.11
तदा मनसि संजातं दौर्मनस्यमिति स्मृतम् हठात्स्वीकरणं कृत्वा योग्यायोग्यविवेकतः
tadā manasi saṃjātaṃ daurmanasyamiti smṛtam haṭhātsvīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā yogyāyogyavivekataḥ
what then arises in the mind is called despondency. Having made a forcible appropriation, through discrimination of what is fit and unfit,
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LiP 9.12
विषयेषु विचित्रेषु जन्तोर्विषयलोलता अन्तराया इति ख्याता योगस्यैते हि योगिनाम्
viṣayeṣu vicitreṣu jantorviṣayalolatā antarāyā iti khyātā yogasyaite hi yoginām
Amid varied sense-objects, a creature's craving for objects — these are declared to be the obstacles to the yoga of yogins.
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LiP 9.13
अत्यन्तोत्साहयुक्तस्य नश्यन्ति न च संशयः प्रनष्टेष्वन्तरायेषु द्विजाः पश्चाद्धि योगिनः
atyantotsāhayuktasya naśyanti na ca saṃśayaḥ pranaṣṭeṣvantarāyeṣu dvijāḥ paścāddhi yoginaḥ
For one who is filled with utmost zeal they are destroyed, and there is no doubt (of it); but when the obstacles have been destroyed, O twice-born, thereafter for the yogin
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LiP 9.14
उपसर्गाः प्रवर्तन्ते सर्वे ते ऽसिद्धिसूचकाः प्रतिभा प्रथमा सिद्धिर् द्वितीया श्रवणा स्मृता
upasargāḥ pravartante sarve te 'siddhisūcakāḥ pratibhā prathamā siddhir dvitīyā śravaṇā smṛtā
the upasargas (accompanying afflictions) set in — all of them are indicators of non-attainment. The first attainment is intuition (pratibhā); the second is said to be (supernatural) hearing (śravaṇā);
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LiP 9.15
वार्त्ता तृतीया विप्रेन्द्रास् तुरीया चेह दर्शना आस्वादा पञ्चमी प्रोक्ता वेदना षष्ठिका स्मृता
vārttā tṛtīyā viprendrās turīyā ceha darśanā āsvādā pañcamī proktā vedanā ṣaṣṭhikā smṛtā
the third, O best of brahmins, is (supernatural) smell (vārttā), and the fourth here is (supernatural) sight (darśanā); the fifth is declared to be (supernatural) taste (āsvādā), and the sixth is held to be (supernatural) feeling (vedanā).
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LiP 9.16
स्वल्पषट्सिद्धिसंत्यागात् सिद्धिदाः सिद्धयो मुनेः प्रतिभा प्रतिभावृतिः प्रतिभाव इति स्थितिः
svalpaṣaṭsiddhisaṃtyāgāt siddhidāḥ siddhayo muneḥ pratibhā pratibhāvṛtiḥ pratibhāva iti sthitiḥ
By relinquishing the six minor attainments, the (true) attainments become bestowers of siddhi upon the sage. Pratibhā is the activity of intuition — such is the sense of the term pratibhāva.
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LiP 9.17
बुद्धिर्विवेचना वेद्यं बुध्यते बुद्धिरुच्यते सूक्ष्मे व्यवहिते ऽतीते विप्रकृष्टे त्वनागते
buddhirvivecanā vedyaṃ budhyate buddhirucyate sūkṣme vyavahite 'tīte viprakṛṣṭe tvanāgate
Buddhi is discernment; what is to be known is cognized (by it) — (that) is called buddhi. But in what is subtle, screened off, past, remote, and yet to come,
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LiP 9.18
सर्वत्र सर्वदा ज्ञानं प्रतिभानुक्रमेण तु श्रवणात्सर्वशब्दानाम् अप्रयत्नेन योगिनः
sarvatra sarvadā jñānaṃ pratibhānukrameṇa tu śravaṇātsarvaśabdānām aprayatnena yoginaḥ
knowledge (arises) everywhere and always by the graded progress of intuition; and by (supernatural) hearing, (knowledge) of all sounds comes to the yogin without effort,
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LiP 9.19
ह्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतादीनां गुह्यानां श्रवणादपि स्पर्शस्याधिगमो यस् तु वेदना तूपपादिता
hrasvadīrghaplutādīnāṃ guhyānāṃ śravaṇādapi sparśasyādhigamo yas tu vedanā tūpapāditā
even from the hearing of short, long, and prolated (sounds) and of hidden ones. But the gaining of touch is what has been set forth as vedanā.
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LiP 9.20
दर्शनाद्दिव्यरूपाणां दर्शनं चाप्रयत्नतः संविद्दिव्यरसे तस्मिन्न् आस्वादो ह्यप्रयत्नतः
darśanāddivyarūpāṇāṃ darśanaṃ cāprayatnataḥ saṃviddivyarase tasminn āsvādo hyaprayatnataḥ
By darśana, the seeing of divine forms without effort; and in that divine flavour (grasped) by awareness, there is āsvāda without effort.
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LiP 9.21
वार्त्ता च दिव्यगन्धानां तन्मात्रा बुद्धिसंविदा विन्दन्ते योगिनस्तस्माद् आब्रह्मभुवनं द्विजाः
vārttā ca divyagandhānāṃ tanmātrā buddhisaṃvidā vindante yoginastasmād ābrahmabhuvanaṃ dvijāḥ
And vārttā (is the perception) of divine odours — the (odour-)tanmātra — through the awareness of the intellect; thereby, O twice-born, yogins gain (the worlds) up to the realm of Brahmā.
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LiP 9.22
जगत्यस्मिन् हि देहस्थं चतुःषष्टिगुणं समम् औपसर्गिकम् एतेषु गुणेषु गुणितं द्विजाः
jagatyasmin hi dehasthaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ samam aupasargikam eteṣu guṇeṣu guṇitaṃ dvijāḥ
For in this world, seated in the body, is the sixty-four-fold set of qualities alike, arising from the upasargas, multiplied out among these qualities, O twice-born.
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LiP 9.23
संत्याज्यं सर्वथा सर्वम् औपसर्गिकमात्मनः पैशाचे पार्थिवं चाप्यं राक्षसानां पुरे द्विजाः
saṃtyājyaṃ sarvathā sarvam aupasargikamātmanaḥ paiśāce pārthivaṃ cāpyaṃ rākṣasānāṃ pure dvijāḥ
All that belongs to the upasargas is to be wholly relinquished by oneself: in the piśāca (world) the earthy, and the watery in the city of the rākṣasas, O twice-born;
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LiP 9.24
याक्षे तु तैजसं प्रोक्तं गान्धर्वे श्वसनात्मकम् ऐन्द्रे व्योमात्मकं सर्वं सौम्ये चैव तु मानसम्
yākṣe tu taijasaṃ proktaṃ gāndharve śvasanātmakam aindre vyomātmakaṃ sarvaṃ saumye caiva tu mānasam
in the yakṣa (world) the fiery is declared, in the gandharva (world) that whose nature is wind, in the world of Indra all that is of the nature of ether, and in the lunar (world) the mental;
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LiP 9.25
प्राजापत्ये त्वहङ्कारं ब्राह्मे बोधमनुत्तमम् आद्ये चाष्टौ द्वितीये च तथा षोडशरूपकम्
prājāpatye tvahaṅkāraṃ brāhme bodhamanuttamam ādye cāṣṭau dvitīye ca tathā ṣoḍaśarūpakam
in the world of Prajāpati, egoity; in that of Brahmā, unsurpassed awareness. In the first (world) eight, and in the second sixteen forms,
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LiP 9.26
चतुर्विंशत्तृतीये तु द्वात्रिंशच्च चतुर्थके चत्वारिंशत् पञ्चमे तु भूतमात्रात्मकं स्मृतम्
caturviṃśattṛtīye tu dvātriṃśacca caturthake catvāriṃśat pañcame tu bhūtamātrātmakaṃ smṛtam
twenty-four in the third, and thirty-two in the fourth; but forty in the fifth, held to consist of the elements and the tanmātras.
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LiP 9.27
गन्धो रसस् तथा रूपं शब्दः स्पर्शस्तथैव च प्रत्येकमष्टधा सिद्धं पञ्चमे तच्छतक्रतोः
gandho rasas tathā rūpaṃ śabdaḥ sparśastathaiva ca pratyekamaṣṭadhā siddhaṃ pañcame tacchatakratoḥ
Smell, taste, likewise form, sound, and touch as well: each is established eightfold; in the fifth, that (world) is Indra's (the hundred-sacrificer's).
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LiP 9.28
तथाष्टचत्वारिंशच् च षट्पञ्चाशत्तथैव च चतुःषष्टिगुणं ब्राह्मं लभते द्विजसत्तमाः
tathāṣṭacatvāriṃśac ca ṣaṭpañcāśattathaiva ca catuḥṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ brāhmaṃ labhate dvijasattamāḥ
So too forty-eight, and likewise fifty-six; and the Brahmā-world with its sixty-four qualities he attains, O best of the twice-born.
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LiP 9.29
औपसर्गिकम् आ ब्रह्म भुवनेषु परित्यजेत् लोकेष्वालोक्य योगेन योगवित्परमं सुखम्
aupasargikam ā brahma bhuvaneṣu parityajet lokeṣvālokya yogena yogavitparamaṃ sukham
Up to (the world of) Brahmā, in all the realms, he should abandon what arises from the upasargas; having surveyed the worlds by yoga, the knower of yoga (attains) the highest bliss.
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LiP 9.30
स्थूलता ह्रस्वता बाल्यं वार्धक्यं यौवनं तथा नानाजातिस्वरूपं च चतुर्भिर् देहधारणम्
sthūlatā hrasvatā bālyaṃ vārdhakyaṃ yauvanaṃ tathā nānājātisvarūpaṃ ca caturbhir dehadhāraṇam
Bulkiness, smallness, childhood, old age, and youth, and the forms of various species — the sustaining of a body by means of the four (elements).
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LiP 9.31
पार्थिवांशं विना नित्यं सुरभिर् गन्धसंयुतः एतदष्टगुणं प्रोक्तम् ऐश्वर्यं पार्थिवं महत्
pārthivāṃśaṃ vinā nityaṃ surabhir gandhasaṃyutaḥ etadaṣṭaguṇaṃ proktam aiśvaryaṃ pārthivaṃ mahat
Free of any earthy portion, ever sweet-smelling, endowed with fragrance — this is declared the eightfold quality, the great earthly lordship.
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LiP 9.32
जले निवसनं यद्वद् भूम्यामिव विनिर्गमः इच्छेच्छक्तः स्वयं पातुं समुद्रमपि नातुरः
jale nivasanaṃ yadvad bhūmyāmiva vinirgamaḥ icchecchaktaḥ svayaṃ pātuṃ samudramapi nāturaḥ
Dwelling in water just as (one goes) forth on land; if he wishes he is able to drink up even the ocean by himself, and (yet) is not made ill (by it).
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LiP 9.33
यत्रेच्छति जगत्यस्मिंस् तत्रास्य जलदर्शनम् यद्यद्वस्तु समादाय भोक्तुमिच्छति कामतः
yatrecchati jagatyasmiṃs tatrāsya jaladarśanam yadyadvastu samādāya bhoktumicchati kāmataḥ
Wherever in this world he wishes, there water appears for him; whatever thing he takes up and wishes to enjoy at will,
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LiP 9.34
तत्तद्रसान्वितं तस्य त्रयाणां देहधारणम् भाण्डं विनाथ हस्तेन जलपिण्डस्य धारणम्
tattadrasānvitaṃ tasya trayāṇāṃ dehadhāraṇam bhāṇḍaṃ vinātha hastena jalapiṇḍasya dhāraṇam
that (thing becomes) endowed with just that taste for him; the sustaining of the body by the three (?); and further, the holding of a lump of water in the hand without a vessel.
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LiP 9.35
अव्रणत्वं शरीरस्य पार्थिवेन समन्वितम् एतत् षोडशकं प्रोक्तम् आप्यमैश्वर्यमुत्तमम्
avraṇatvaṃ śarīrasya pārthivena samanvitam etat ṣoḍaśakaṃ proktam āpyamaiśvaryamuttamam
Woundlessness of the body, combined with the earthy (powers) — this sixteenfold set is declared to be the highest lordship pertaining to water.
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LiP 9.36
देहादग्निविनिर्माणं तत्तापभयवर्जितम् लोकं दग्धमपीहान्यद् अदग्धं स्वविधानतः
dehādagnivinirmāṇaṃ tattāpabhayavarjitam lokaṃ dagdhamapīhānyad adagdhaṃ svavidhānataḥ
The production of fire from his body, free from the fear of its heat; and here, though a world be burnt, another remains unburnt by his own ordinance.
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LiP 9.37
जलमध्ये हुतवहं चाधाय परिरक्षणम् अग्निनिग्रहणं हस्ते स्मृतिमात्रेण चागमः
jalamadhye hutavahaṃ cādhāya parirakṣaṇam agninigrahaṇaṃ haste smṛtimātreṇa cāgamaḥ
And placing fire in the midst of water and preserving it; the restraining of fire in the hand; and its coming by mere recollection.
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LiP 9.38
भस्मीभूतविनिर्माणं यथापूर्वं सकामतः द्वाभ्यां रूपविनिष्पत्तिर् विना तैस्त्रिभिर् आत्मनः
bhasmībhūtavinirmāṇaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ sakāmataḥ dvābhyāṃ rūpaviniṣpattir vinā taistribhir ātmanaḥ
The remaking of what has become ash as it was before, at will; the producing of a form from two (elements) without those three, by himself —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 9.39
चतुर्विंशात्मकं ह्येतत् तैजसं मुनिपुङ्गवाः मनोगतित्वं भूतानाम् अन्तर्निवसनं तथा
caturviṃśātmakaṃ hyetat taijasaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ manogatitvaṃ bhūtānām antarnivasanaṃ tathā
this fiery (lordship) consists of twenty-four (powers), O best of sages. Moving with the speed of thought, and dwelling within beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.40
पर्वतादिमहाभारस्कन्धेनोद्वहनं पुनः लघुत्वं च गुरुत्वं च पाणिभ्यां वायुधारणम्
parvatādimahābhāraskandhenodvahanaṃ punaḥ laghutvaṃ ca gurutvaṃ ca pāṇibhyāṃ vāyudhāraṇam
and again, carrying great burdens such as mountains on the shoulder; lightness and heaviness; holding the wind in the two hands;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.41
अङ्गुल्यग्रनिघातेन भूमेः सर्वत्र कंपनम् एकेन देहनिष्पत्तिर् वातैश्वर्यं स्मृतं बुधैः
aṅgulyagranighātena bhūmeḥ sarvatra kaṃpanam ekena dehaniṣpattir vātaiśvaryaṃ smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ
making the earth quake everywhere by a blow of the fingertip; the production of a body by one (element alone) — this the wise recall as the lordship of wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.42
छायाविहीननिष्पत्तिर् इन्द्रियाणां च दर्शनम् आकाशगमनं नित्यम् इन्द्रियार्थैः समन्वितम्
chāyāvihīnaniṣpattir indriyāṇāṃ ca darśanam ākāśagamanaṃ nityam indriyārthaiḥ samanvitam
The production (of a body) devoid of shadow; the seeing of the sense-faculties; constant travel through the sky, together with the objects of the senses;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 9.43
दूरे च शब्दग्रहणं सर्वशब्दावगाहनम् तन्मात्रलिङ्गग्रहणं सर्वप्राणिनिदर्शनम्
dūre ca śabdagrahaṇaṃ sarvaśabdāvagāhanam tanmātraliṅgagrahaṇaṃ sarvaprāṇinidarśanam
and the grasping of sound at a distance, the penetration of all sounds, the grasping of the marks of the subtle elements, the seeing of all living beings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.44
ऐन्द्रम् ऐश्वर्यम् इत्युक्तम् एतैरुक्तः पुरातनः यथाकामोपलब्धिश् च यथाकामविनिर्गमः
aindram aiśvaryam ityuktam etairuktaḥ purātanaḥ yathākāmopalabdhiś ca yathākāmavinirgamaḥ
this is called the lordship of ether; by these (powers) the ancient one has been described. Obtaining (things) as one wishes and going forth as one wishes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 9.45
सर्वत्राभिभवश्चैव सर्वगुह्यनिदर्शनम् कामानुरूपनिर्माणं वशित्वं प्रियदर्शनम्
sarvatrābhibhavaścaiva sarvaguhyanidarśanam kāmānurūpanirmāṇaṃ vaśitvaṃ priyadarśanam
and overpowering (all) everywhere, the seeing of all that is hidden, fashioning (things) in accordance with desire, the power to subdue, being pleasing to behold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.46
संसारदर्शनं चैव मानसं गुणलक्षणम् छेदनं ताडनं बन्धं संसारपरिवर्तनम्
saṃsāradarśanaṃ caiva mānasaṃ guṇalakṣaṇam chedanaṃ tāḍanaṃ bandhaṃ saṃsāraparivartanam
and the seeing of the round of rebirth — (this is) the mental (lordship), marked by the qualities. Cutting, striking, binding, and reversing the course of transmigration,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 9.47
सर्वभूतप्रसादश् च मृत्युकालजयस् तथा प्राजापत्यमिदं प्रोक्तम् आहङ्कारिकमुत्तमम्
sarvabhūtaprasādaś ca mṛtyukālajayas tathā prājāpatyamidaṃ proktam āhaṅkārikamuttamam
and the favour of all beings, and likewise victory over death and time — this is declared to be the highest lordship of Prajāpati, belonging to the ego-principle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.48
अकारणजगत्सृष्टिस् तथानुग्रह एव च प्रलयश्चाधिकारश् च लोकवृत्तप्रवर्तनम्
akāraṇajagatsṛṣṭis tathānugraha eva ca pralayaścādhikāraś ca lokavṛttapravartanam
The creation of the world without a cause, and likewise grace, and dissolution, and authority, and setting in motion the course of the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.49
असादृश्यमिदं व्यक्तं निर्माणं च पृथक्पृथक् संसारस्य च कर्तृत्वं ब्राह्मम् एतद् अनुत्तमम्
asādṛśyamidaṃ vyaktaṃ nirmāṇaṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak saṃsārasya ca kartṛtvaṃ brāhmam etad anuttamam
this manifest incomparability, and fashioning (things) each separately, and the agency over transmigration — this is the unsurpassed (lordship) of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.50
एतावत्तत्त्वमित्युक्तं प्राधान्यं वैष्णवं पदम् ब्रह्मणा तद्गुणं शक्यं वेत्तुमन्यैर्न शक्यते
etāvattattvamityuktaṃ prādhānyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam brahmaṇā tadguṇaṃ śakyaṃ vettumanyairna śakyate
"Just this much is the truth" — so it is said of the pre-eminent Vaiṣṇava station; its quality can be known by Brahmā, by others it cannot be known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.51
विद्यते तत्परं शैवं विष्णुना नावगम्यते असंख्येयगुणं शुद्धं को जानीयाच्छिवात्मकम्
vidyate tatparaṃ śaivaṃ viṣṇunā nāvagamyate asaṃkhyeyaguṇaṃ śuddhaṃ ko jānīyācchivātmakam
There exists the Śaiva (state) higher than that, which is not comprehended by Viṣṇu; who could know that pure (state) of innumerable qualities, whose essence is Śiva?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.52
व्युत्थाने सिद्धयश्चैता ह्य् उपसर्गाश् च कीर्तिताः निरोद्धव्याः प्रयत्नेन वैराग्येण परेण तु
vyutthāne siddhayaścaitā hy upasargāś ca kīrtitāḥ niroddhavyāḥ prayatnena vairāgyeṇa pareṇa tu
On rising (from samādhi) these powers, and (likewise) the hindrances, have been declared; they are to be checked with effort, and indeed by supreme dispassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.53
नाशातिशयतां ज्ञात्वा विषयेषु भयेषु च अश्रद्धया त्यजेत्सर्वं विरक्त इति कीर्तितः
nāśātiśayatāṃ jñātvā viṣayeṣu bhayeṣu ca aśraddhayā tyajetsarvaṃ virakta iti kīrtitaḥ
Knowing that objects of sense and objects of fear are utterly perishable, he should abandon everything, giving them no trust; such a one is called 'detached'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.54
वैतृष्ण्यं पुरुषे ख्यातं गुणवैतृष्ण्यमुच्यते वैराग्येणैव संत्याज्याः सिद्धयश्चौपसर्गिकाः
vaitṛṣṇyaṃ puruṣe khyātaṃ guṇavaitṛṣṇyamucyate vairāgyeṇaiva saṃtyājyāḥ siddhayaścaupasargikāḥ
Freedom from craving is declared with regard to the puruṣa; (it) is called freedom from craving for the guṇas. By dispassion alone are the powers and the incidental (attainments) to be wholly given up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 9.55
औपसर्गिकम् आ ब्रह्मभुवनेषु परित्यजेत् निरुध्यैव त्यजेत्सर्वं प्रसीदति महेश्वरः
aupasargikam ā brahmabhuvaneṣu parityajet nirudhyaiva tyajetsarvaṃ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ
He should relinquish the incidental (attainment) as far as the worlds of Brahmā; having restrained (them) he should abandon everything—(then) Maheśvara is gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 9.56
प्रसन्ने विमला मुक्तिर् वैराग्येण परेण वै अथवानुग्रहार्थं च लीलार्थं वा तदा मुनिः
prasanne vimalā muktir vairāgyeṇa pareṇa vai athavānugrahārthaṃ ca līlārthaṃ vā tadā muniḥ
When (he) is gracious, there is spotless liberation through supreme dispassion; or else, for the sake of showing favour or for the sake of play, the sage then—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.57
अनिरुध्य विचेष्टेद्यः सो ऽप्येवं हि सुखी भवेत् क्वचिद्भूमिं परित्यज्य ह्य् आकाशे क्रीडते श्रिया
anirudhya viceṣṭedyaḥ so 'pyevaṃ hi sukhī bhavet kvacidbhūmiṃ parityajya hy ākāśe krīḍate śriyā
—may act without restraint; he too indeed becomes happy in this way. Sometimes, quitting the ground, he plays in the sky with splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.58
उद्गिरेच्च क्वचिद्वेदान् सूक्ष्मानर्थान् समासतः क्वचिच्छ्रुते तदर्थेन श्लोकबन्धं करोति सः
udgirecca kvacidvedān sūkṣmānarthān samāsataḥ kvacicchrute tadarthena ślokabandhaṃ karoti saḥ
And sometimes he pours forth the Vedas, subtle meanings in summary; sometimes, on hearing (something), he makes a composition in verse with that meaning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.59
क्वचिद्दण्डकबन्धं तु कुर्याद्बन्धं सहस्रशः मृगपक्षिसमूहस्य रुतज्ञानं च विन्दति
kvaciddaṇḍakabandhaṃ tu kuryādbandhaṃ sahasraśaḥ mṛgapakṣisamūhasya rutajñānaṃ ca vindati
Sometimes he makes a daṇḍaka composition, compositions by the thousand; and he obtains knowledge of the cries of flocks of beasts and birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.60
ब्रह्माद्यं स्थावरान्तं च हस्तामलकवद्भवेत् बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन विज्ञानानि सहस्रशः
brahmādyaṃ sthāvarāntaṃ ca hastāmalakavadbhavet bahunātra kimuktena vijñānāni sahasraśaḥ
And (all), beginning with Brahmā and ending with immobile things, becomes as (clear as) an āmalaka fruit in the hand. What is (gained) by much speaking here? Insights by the thousand—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.61
उत्पद्यन्ते मुनिश्रेष्ठा मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः अभ्यासेनैव विज्ञानं विशुद्धं च स्थिरं भवेत्
utpadyante muniśreṣṭhā munestasya mahātmanaḥ abhyāsenaiva vijñānaṃ viśuddhaṃ ca sthiraṃ bhavet
—arise, O best of sages, for that great-souled sage; and by practice alone the knowledge becomes wholly pure and steady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.62
तेजोरूपाणि सर्वाणि सर्वं पश्यति योगवित् देवबिम्बान्यनेकानि विमानानि सहस्रशः
tejorūpāṇi sarvāṇi sarvaṃ paśyati yogavit devabimbānyanekāni vimānāni sahasraśaḥ
The knower of yoga sees all things whose form is light, (he sees) everything: many images of the gods, celestial cars by the thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.63
पश्यति ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रयमाग्निवरुणादिकान् ग्रहनक्षत्रताराश् च भुवनानि सहस्रशः
paśyati brahmaviṣṇvindrayamāgnivaruṇādikān grahanakṣatratārāś ca bhuvanāni sahasraśaḥ
He sees Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, Yama, Agni, Varuṇa and the rest, and the planets, lunar mansions and stars, and worlds by the thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.64
पातालतलसंस्थाश् च समाधिस्थः स पश्यति आत्मविद्याप्रदीपेन स्वस्थेनाचलनेन तु
pātālatalasaṃsthāś ca samādhisthaḥ sa paśyati ātmavidyāpradīpena svasthenācalanena tu
And, established in samādhi, he sees those dwelling on the floor of the netherworld, by the lamp of knowledge of the self, which is steady and unflickering,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.65
प्रसादामृतपूर्णेन सत्त्वपात्रस्थितेन तु तमो निहत्य पुरुषः पश्यति ह्यात्मनीश्वरम्
prasādāmṛtapūrṇena sattvapātrasthitena tu tamo nihatya puruṣaḥ paśyati hyātmanīśvaram
which is filled with the nectar of (his) grace and set in the vessel of sattva; having struck down the darkness, the man sees the Lord within himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.66
तस्य प्रसादाद्धर्मश् च ऐश्वर्यं ज्ञानमेव च वैराग्यमपवर्गश् च नात्र कार्या विचारणा
tasya prasādāddharmaś ca aiśvaryaṃ jñānameva ca vairāgyamapavargaś ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
By his grace come dharma, lordship, and knowledge too, dispassion and final release; no doubt is to be entertained about this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 9.67
न शक्यो विस्तरो वक्तुं वर्षाणामयुतैरपि योगे पाशुपते निष्ठा स्थातव्यं च मुनीश्वराः
na śakyo vistaro vaktuṃ varṣāṇāmayutairapi yoge pāśupate niṣṭhā sthātavyaṃ ca munīśvarāḥ
The full account cannot be told even in myriads of years; in the Pāśupata yoga there must be steadfastness, and (in it) one must abide, O lords of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition