Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 12

VaP 1 12.1

।। सूत उवाच ।। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि उपसर्गा यथा तथा । प्रादुर्भवन्ति ये दोषा दृष्टतत्त्वस्य देहिनः

|| sūta uvāca || ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi upasargā yathā tathā | prādurbhavanti ye doṣā dṛṣṭatattvasya dehinaḥ

Sūta said: Hereafter I shall declare the afflictions (upasargas) as they are — the flaws that arise for the embodied one who has seen the truth.

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VaP 1 12.2

मानुष्यान् विविधान् कामान् कामयेत ऋतुं स्त्रियः। विद्यादानफलञ्चैव उपसृष्टस्तु योगवित्

mānuṣyān vividhān kāmān kāmayeta ṛtuṃ striyaḥ| vidyādānaphalañcaiva upasṛṣṭastu yogavit

The knower of yoga, when afflicted, desires the various human pleasures, women in their season, and the fruit of learning and of giving.

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VaP 1 12.3

अग्निहोत्रं हविर्यज्ञमेतत् प्रायतनं तथा। मायाकर्म धनं स्वर्गमुपसृष्टस्तु कांक्षति

agnihotraṃ haviryajñametat prāyatanaṃ tathā| māyākarma dhanaṃ svargamupasṛṣṭastu kāṃkṣati

The agnihotra, the oblation-sacrifice, and likewise this (building of) a sanctuary, works of illusion, wealth, heaven — these the afflicted one craves.

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VaP 1 12.4

एष कर्मसु युक्तस्तु सोऽविद्यावशमागतः। उपसृष्टन्तु जानीयाद्वुद्ध्या चैव विसर्ज्जयेत्। नित्यं ब्रह्मपरो युक्त उपसर्गात् प्रमुच्यते

eṣa karmasu yuktastu so'vidyāvaśamāgataḥ| upasṛṣṭantu jānīyādvuddhyā caiva visarjjayet| nityaṃ brahmaparo yukta upasargāt pramucyate

This man, engaged in rites, has come under the sway of ignorance; but he should recognise (this) as an affliction and dismiss it by his understanding; ever intent on brahman and concentrated, he is released from the affliction.

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VaP 1 12.5

जितप्रत्युपसर्गस्य जितश्वासस्य देहिनः। उपसर्गाः प्रवर्त्तन्ते सात्त्वराजसतामसाः

jitapratyupasargasya jitaśvāsasya dehinaḥ| upasargāḥ pravarttante sāttvarājasatāmasāḥ

For the embodied one who has overcome the counter-attacks and mastered the breath, afflictions (upasargas) arise—of the sattva, rajas and tamas kinds.

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VaP 1 12.6

प्रतिभाश्रवणे चैव न देवानाञ्चैव दर्शनम्। भ्रमावर्तश्च इत्येते सिद्धिलक्षणसंज्ञिताः

pratibhāśravaṇe caiva na devānāñcaiva darśanam| bhramāvartaśca ityete siddhilakṣaṇasaṃjñitāḥ

Intuitive insight and (supernormal) hearing, and the vision of the gods, and whirling giddiness—these are termed the marks of attainment (siddhi).

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VaP 1 12.7

विद्या काव्यं तथा शिल्पं सर्वं वाचावृतानि तु। विद्यार्थाश्चोपतिष्ठन्ति प्रभावस्यैव लक्षणम्

vidyā kāvyaṃ tathā śilpaṃ sarvaṃ vācāvṛtāni tu| vidyārthāścopatiṣṭhanti prabhāvasyaiva lakṣaṇam

Learning, poetry and craft—all these are encompassed by speech; and the objects of knowledge present themselves (to him): that indeed is the mark of (yogic) power.

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VaP 1 12.8

श्रृणोति शब्दान् श्रोतव्यान् योजनानां शतादपि। सर्वज्ञश्च विधिज्ञश्च योगी चोन्मत्तवद्भवेत्

śrṛṇoti śabdān śrotavyān yojanānāṃ śatādapi| sarvajñaśca vidhijñaśca yogī conmattavadbhavet

He hears sounds that are to be heard even from a hundred leagues away; the yogin becomes all-knowing and knower of rules, and (yet) behaves as though mad.

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VaP 1 12.9

यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्व्वान् वीक्षते दिव्यमानुषान्। वेत्ति तांश्च महायोगी उपसर्गस्य लक्षणम्

yakṣarākṣasagandharvvān vīkṣate divyamānuṣān| vetti tāṃśca mahāyogī upasargasya lakṣaṇam

He beholds yakṣas, rākṣasas and gandharvas, divine and human beings, and the great yogin knows them: (this is) the mark of an affliction (upasarga).

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VaP 1 12.10

देवदानवगन्धर्वान् ऋषींश्चापि तथा पितॄन्। प्रेक्षते सर्वतश्चैव उन्मत्तं तं विनिर्द्दिशेत्

devadānavagandharvān ṛṣīṃścāpi tathā pitṝn| prekṣate sarvataścaiva unmattaṃ taṃ vinirddiśet

He sees gods, dānavas, gandharvas, and also seers and the ancestors, and (sees them) on every side: one should declare such a man mad.

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VaP 1 12.11

भ्रमेण भ्राम्यते योगी चोद्यमानोऽन्तरात्मना। भ्रमेण भ्रान्तबुद्धेस्तु ज्ञानं सर्वं प्रणश्यति

bhrameṇa bhrāmyate yogī codyamāno'ntarātmanā| bhrameṇa bhrāntabuddhestu jñānaṃ sarvaṃ praṇaśyati

The yogin is made to whirl by giddiness, being driven by the inner self; and for one whose mind is whirled by giddiness all knowledge perishes.

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VaP 1 12.12

वार्त्ता नाशयते चित्तं चोद्यमानोऽन्तरात्मना। वर्त्तनाक्रान्तबुद्धेस्तु सर्वं ज्ञानं प्रणश्यति

vārttā nāśayate cittaṃ codyamāno'ntarātmanā| varttanākrāntabuddhestu sarvaṃ jñānaṃ praṇaśyati

Talk destroys the mind, (the yogin) being driven by the inner self; and for one whose mind is overrun by such talk all knowledge perishes.

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VaP 1 12.13

आवृत्य मनसा शुक्लं पटं वा कम्बलं तथा। ततस्तु परमं ब्रह्म क्षिप्रमेवानुचिन्तयेत्

āvṛtya manasā śuklaṃ paṭaṃ vā kambalaṃ tathā| tatastu paramaṃ brahma kṣipramevānucintayet

Having covered (his mind's object) with the mind—a white cloth, or else a blanket—he should thereupon at once meditate on the supreme Brahman.

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VaP 1 12.14

तस्माच्चैवात्मनो दोषांस्तूपसर्गानुपस्थितान् । परित त्यजेत मेधावी यदीच्छेत् सिद्धिमात्मनः

tasmāccaivātmano doṣāṃstūpasargānupasthitān | parita tyajeta medhāvī yadīcchet siddhimātmanaḥ

Therefore the wise man should wholly abandon these faults of the self, the afflictions that have arisen, if he wishes his own attainment.

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VaP 1 12.15

ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वा यक्षोरगमहासुराः। उपसर्गेषु संयुक्ता आवर्त्तन्ते पुनः पुनः

ṛṣayo devagandharvā yakṣoragamahāsurāḥ| upasargeṣu saṃyuktā āvarttante punaḥ punaḥ

Seers, gods, gandharvas, yakṣas, serpents and great asuras, being caught up in the afflictions, return again and again (to rebirth).

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VaP 1 12.16

तस्माद्युक्तः सदा योगी लघ्वाहारी जितेन्द्रियः। तथा सुप्तः सुसूक्ष्मेषु धारणां मूर्ध्नि धारयेत्

tasmādyuktaḥ sadā yogī laghvāhārī jitendriyaḥ| tathā suptaḥ susūkṣmeṣu dhāraṇāṃ mūrdhni dhārayet

Therefore the yogin, ever disciplined, eating lightly, his senses subdued, and likewise asleep (to the world), should fix his concentration upon the head among the most subtle (objects).

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VaP 1 12.17

ततस्तु योगयुक्तस्य जितनिद्रस्य योगिनः। उपसर्गाः पुनश्चान्ते जायन्ते प्राणसंज्ञकाः

tatastu yogayuktasya jitanidrasya yoginaḥ| upasargāḥ punaścānte jāyante prāṇasaṃjñakāḥ

Then, for the yogin who is joined to yoga and has conquered sleep, afflictions again arise at the end, those called (the afflictions) of the vital breath.

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VaP 1 12.18

पृथिवीं धारयेत्सर्वां ततश्चापो ह्यनन्तरम्। ततोऽग्निञ्चैव सर्वेषामाकाशं मन एव च

pṛthivīṃ dhārayetsarvāṃ tataścāpo hyanantaram| tato'gniñcaiva sarveṣāmākāśaṃ mana eva ca

He should hold (in concentration) the whole earth, and thereafter the waters, then fire, and the space of them all, and the mind itself.

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VaP 1 12.19

ततः परां पुनर्बुद्धिं धारयेद्यत्नतो यती। किद्धीनाञ्चैव लिङ्गानि दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा परित्यजेत्

tataḥ parāṃ punarbuddhiṃ dhārayedyatnato yatī| kiddhīnāñcaiva liṅgāni dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā parityajet

Then the ascetic should again with effort hold the supreme intellect; and seeing again and again the marks of the attainments, he should abandon them.

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VaP 1 12.20

पृथ्वीं धारयमाणस्य मही सूक्ष्मा प्रवर्तते। अपो धारयमाणस्य आपः सूक्ष्मा भवन्ति हि। शीता रसाः प्रवर्त्तन्ते सूक्ष्मा ह्यमृतसन्निभाः

pṛthvīṃ dhārayamāṇasya mahī sūkṣmā pravartate| apo dhārayamāṇasya āpaḥ sūkṣmā bhavanti hi| śītā rasāḥ pravarttante sūkṣmā hyamṛtasannibhāḥ

For one holding the earth (in concentration), the earth becomes subtle; for one holding the waters, the waters indeed become subtle, and cool sap-essences arise, subtle and like nectar.

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VaP 1 12.21

तेजो धारयमाणस्य तेजः सूक्ष्मा प्रवर्त्तते। आत्मानं मन्यते तेजस्तद्भावमनुपश्यति

tejo dhārayamāṇasya tejaḥ sūkṣmā pravarttate| ātmānaṃ manyate tejastadbhāvamanupaśyati

For one holding fire, fire becomes subtle; he thinks the self to be fire and perceives its nature.

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VaP 1 12.22

आत्मानं मन्यते वायुं वायुवन्मण्डलं प्रभो । आकाशं धारयाणस्य व्योम सूक्ष्मं प्रवर्त्तते

ātmānaṃ manyate vāyuṃ vāyuvanmaṇḍalaṃ prabho | ākāśaṃ dhārayāṇasya vyoma sūkṣmaṃ pravarttate

He thinks the self to be wind, and (sees) the orb as wind-like, O lord; for one holding space, the sky becomes subtle.

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VaP 1 12.23

पश्यते मण्डलं सूक्ष्मं घोषश्चास्य प्रवर्त्तते । आत्मानं मन्यते नित्यं वायुः सूक्ष्मः प्रवर्त्तते

paśyate maṇḍalaṃ sūkṣmaṃ ghoṣaścāsya pravarttate | ātmānaṃ manyate nityaṃ vāyuḥ sūkṣmaḥ pravarttate

He sees a subtle orb, and a humming arises for him; he constantly thinks the self (to be that), and subtle wind arises.

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VaP 1 12.24

तथा मनो धारयतो मनः सूक्ष्मं प्रवर्त्तते । मनसा सर्वभूतानां मनस्तु विशते हि सः। बुद्ध्या बुद्धिं यदा युञ्जेत्तदा विज्ञाय बुद्धयते

tathā mano dhārayato manaḥ sūkṣmaṃ pravarttate | manasā sarvabhūtānāṃ manastu viśate hi saḥ| buddhyā buddhiṃ yadā yuñjettadā vijñāya buddhayate

Likewise, for one holding the mind, the mind becomes subtle; by his mind he enters into the mind of all beings. When he joins intellect to intellect, then, having discerned, he awakens (to knowledge).

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VaP 1 12.25

एतानि सप्त सूक्ष्माणि विदित्वा यस्तु योगवित्। परित्यजति मेधावी स बुद्ध्या परमं व्रजेत्

etāni sapta sūkṣmāṇi viditvā yastu yogavit| parityajati medhāvī sa buddhyā paramaṃ vrajet

But the wise knower of yoga who, having understood these seven subtle (principles), abandons them — he goes by his intellect to the highest.

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VaP 1 12.26

यस्मिन् यस्मिंश्च संयुक्तो भूत ऐश्वर्यलक्षणे। तत्रैव सङ्गं भजते तेनैव प्रविनश्यति

yasmin yasmiṃśca saṃyukto bhūta aiśvaryalakṣaṇe| tatraiva saṅgaṃ bhajate tenaiva pravinaśyati

With whatever being marked by lordly power he becomes joined, in that very (thing) he takes to attachment, and by that very (thing) he is destroyed.

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VaP 1 12.27

तस्माद्विदित्वा सूक्ष्माणि संसक्तानि परस्परम्। परित्यजति योबुद्ध्या स परं प्रप्नुयाद्द्विजः

tasmādviditvā sūkṣmāṇi saṃsaktāni parasparam| parityajati yobuddhyā sa paraṃ prapnuyāddvijaḥ

Therefore the twice-born who, having understood the subtle (principles) that are bound up with one another, abandons them by his intellect, would attain the highest.

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VaP 1 12.28

दृश्यन्ते हि महात्मान ऋषयो दिव्यचक्षुषः। संसक्ताः सूक्ष्मभावेषु ते दोषास्तेषु संज्ञिताः

dṛśyante hi mahātmāna ṛṣayo divyacakṣuṣaḥ| saṃsaktāḥ sūkṣmabhāveṣu te doṣāsteṣu saṃjñitāḥ

For great-souled seers with divine sight are seen (to be) attached to subtle states; those are declared to be faults in them.

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VaP 1 12.29

तस्मान्न निश्चयः कार्यः सूक्ष्मेष्विह कदाचन। ऐश्वर्याज्जायते रागो विरागं ब्रह्म चोच्यते

tasmānna niścayaḥ kāryaḥ sūkṣmeṣviha kadācana| aiśvaryājjāyate rāgo virāgaṃ brahma cocyate

Therefore no fixed resolve should ever be made here upon the subtle (things); from lordly power passion arises, while brahman is said to be freedom from passion.

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VaP 1 12.30

विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडङ्गञ्च महेश्वरम्। प्रधानं विनियोगज्ञः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति

viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍaṅgañca maheśvaram| pradhānaṃ viniyogajñaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati

Having known the seven subtle (principles), and the six-limbed Great Lord, and the primordial nature (pradhāna), one who knows their application attains the highest brahman.

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VaP 1 12.31

सर्वज्ञता तृप्तिरनादिबोधः स्वतन्त्रता नित्यमलुप्तशक्तिः। अनन्तशक्तिश्च विभोर्विधिज्ञाः षडाहुरङ्गानि महेश्वरस्य

sarvajñatā tṛptiranādibodhaḥ svatantratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ| anantaśaktiśca vibhorvidhijñāḥ ṣaḍāhuraṅgāni maheśvarasya

Omniscience, contentment, beginningless awareness, independence, power that is never impaired, and infinite power: these six the knowers of the rule call the limbs of the pervading Great Lord.

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VaP 1 12.32

नित्यं ब्रह्मधनो युक्त उपसर्गैः प्रमुच्यते। जितश्वासोपसर्गस्य जितरामस्य योगिनः। एका बहिःशरीरेऽस्मिन् धारणा सर्वकामिकी

nityaṃ brahmadhano yukta upasargaiḥ pramucyate| jitaśvāsopasargasya jitarāmasya yoginaḥ| ekā bahiḥśarīre'smin dhāraṇā sarvakāmikī

He whose wealth is brahman, ever disciplined, is freed from the afflictions. For the yogin who has conquered breath and the afflictions and has conquered desire, there is one fixation, outside this body, that grants all wishes.

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VaP 1 12.33

विशेद्यदा द्विजो युक्तो यत्र यत्रार्प्पयेन्मनः । भूतान्याविशते वापि त्रैलोक्यञ्चापि कम्पयेत्

viśedyadā dvijo yukto yatra yatrārppayenmanaḥ | bhūtānyāviśate vāpi trailokyañcāpi kampayet

When the disciplined twice-born enters, wherever he should fix his mind, he enters the beings there, or else he may even make the three worlds tremble.

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VaP 1 12.34

एतया प्रविशेद्देहं हित्वा देहं पुनस्त्विह। मनोद्वारं हि योगानामादित्यञ्च विनिर्द्दिशेत्

etayā praviśeddehaṃ hitvā dehaṃ punastviha| manodvāraṃ hi yogānāmādityañca vinirddiśet

By this (fixation) he may enter a body, having abandoned his body, again here; and one should designate the door of the mind of the yogas as the sun.

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VaP 1 12.35

आदानादिक्रियाणान्तु आदित्य इति चोच्यते। एतेन विधिना योगी विरक्तः सूक्ष्मवर्ज्जितः। प्रकृतिं समतिक्रम्य रुद्रलोके महीयते

ādānādikriyāṇāntu āditya iti cocyate| etena vidhinā yogī viraktaḥ sūkṣmavarjjitaḥ| prakṛtiṃ samatikramya rudraloke mahīyate

And of the activities beginning with taking (ādāna) it is said 'āditya' (the sun). By this rule the yogin, dispassionate, free of the subtle (attachments), passing wholly beyond prakṛti, is magnified in the world of Rudra.

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VaP 1 12.36

ऐश्वर्यगुणसम्प्राप्तं ब्रह्मभूतन्तु तं प्रभुम्। देवस्थानेषु सर्वेषु सर्वतस्तु निवर्त्तते

aiśvaryaguṇasamprāptaṃ brahmabhūtantu taṃ prabhum| devasthāneṣu sarveṣu sarvatastu nivarttate

But him, the lord, who has attained the quality of lordly power and has become brahman — he turns away from all the abodes of the gods, from all of them.

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VaP 1 12.37

पैशाचांशचव पिशाचांश्च राक्षसेन च राक्षसान् । गान्धर्वेण च गन्धर्वान् कौबेरेण कुबेरजान्

paiśācāṃśacava piśācāṃśca rākṣasena ca rākṣasān | gāndharveṇa ca gandharvān kaubereṇa kuberajān

And by the piśāca (station) the piśācas, and by the rākṣasa (station) the rākṣasas, and by the gandharva (station) the gandharvas, and by the kubera (station) those born of Kubera (he masters).

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VaP 1 12.38

इन्द्रमैन्द्रेण स्थानेन सौम्यं सौम्येन चैव हि। प्रजापतिं तथा चैव प्राजापत्येन साधयेत्

indramaindreṇa sthānena saumyaṃ saumyena caiva hi| prajāpatiṃ tathā caiva prājāpatyena sādhayet

He may master Indra by the Indra station, and Soma by the Soma (station), and likewise Prajāpati by the Prajāpati (station).

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VaP 1 12.39

ब्राह्मं ब्राह्येन चाप्येवमुपामन्त्रयते प्रभुम्। तत्र सक्तस्तु उन्मत्तस्तस्मात्सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते

brāhmaṃ brāhyena cāpyevamupāmantrayate prabhum| tatra saktastu unmattastasmātsarvaṃ pravarttate

And thus by the brahmic (station) he invokes the brahmic lord. But attached there he becomes deranged, and from that everything proceeds.

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VaP 1 12.40

नित्यं ब्रह्मपरो युक्तः स्थानान्येतानि वै त्यजेत् । असज्यमानः स्थानेषु द्विजः सर्वगतो भवेत्

nityaṃ brahmaparo yuktaḥ sthānānyetāni vai tyajet | asajyamānaḥ sthāneṣu dvijaḥ sarvagato bhavet

Ever intent on brahman, disciplined, he should abandon these stations; not clinging to the stations, the twice-born becomes all-pervading.

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