Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 13

VaP 1 13.1

।। वायुरुवाच ।। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि ऐश्वर्यगुण विस्तरम्। येन योगविशेषेण सर्वलोकानतिक्रमेत्

|| vāyuruvāca || ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi aiśvaryaguṇa vistaram| yena yogaviśeṣeṇa sarvalokānatikramet

Vāyu said: Higher than this I shall proclaim the full extent of the quality of lordly power, by which special yoga one may pass beyond all the worlds.

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VaP 1 13.2

तत्राष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं योगिनां समुदाहृतम्। तत्सर्वं क्रमयोगेन उच्यमानं निबोधत

tatrāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ yogināṃ samudāhṛtam| tatsarvaṃ kramayogena ucyamānaṃ nibodhata

Therein the eightfold lordly power of the yogins has been declared; hear all of that as it is being told in due order.

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VaP 1 13.3

अणिमा लघिमा चैव महिमा प्राप्तिरेव च। प्राकाम्यज्चैव सर्वत्र ईशित्वञ्चैव सर्वतः

aṇimā laghimā caiva mahimā prāptireva ca| prākāmyajcaiva sarvatra īśitvañcaiva sarvataḥ

Minuteness, and lightness, and greatness, and attainment, and irresistible will everywhere, and sovereignty over all,

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VaP 1 13.4

वशित्वमथ सर्वत्र यत्र कामावसायिता। तच्चापि विविधं ज्ञेयमैश्वर्यं सर्वकामिकम्

vaśitvamatha sarvatra yatra kāmāvasāyitā| taccāpi vividhaṃ jñeyamaiśvaryaṃ sarvakāmikam

and then mastery everywhere, wherein there is the fulfilment of desire: and that lordly power, granting all wishes, is to be known as manifold.

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VaP 1 13.5

सावद्यं निरवद्यं च सूक्ष्मञ्चैव प्रवर्त्तते। सावद्यं नाम तत्तत्त्वं पञ्चभूतात्मकं स्मृतम्

sāvadyaṃ niravadyaṃ ca sūkṣmañcaiva pravarttate| sāvadyaṃ nāma tattattvaṃ pañcabhūtātmakaṃ smṛtam

It operates as blameworthy, blameless, and also subtle. That principle called "blameworthy" is held to consist of the five elements.

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VaP 1 13.6

निरवद्यं तथा नाम पञ्चभूतात्मकं स्मृतम्। इन्द्रियाणि मनश्चैव अहह्कारश्च वै स्मृतम्

niravadyaṃ tathā nāma pañcabhūtātmakaṃ smṛtam| indriyāṇi manaścaiva ahahkāraśca vai smṛtam

Likewise, that called "blameless" is held to consist of the five elements; and the sense-faculties, the mind, and the I-maker (ahaṅkāra) are also so reckoned.

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VaP 1 13.7

तत्र सूक्ष्मप्रवृत्तन्तु पञ्चभूतात्मकं पुनः। इन्द्रियाणि मनश्चैव बुद्ध्यहङ्कार संज्ञितम्

tatra sūkṣmapravṛttantu pañcabhūtātmakaṃ punaḥ| indriyāṇi manaścaiva buddhyahaṅkāra saṃjñitam

Therein the subtle operation is again what consists of the five elements: the sense-faculties, the mind, and what is designated intellect and I-maker.

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VaP 1 13.8

तथा सर्वमयञ्चैव आत्मस्था ख्यातिरेव च। संयोग एवं त्रिपिधः सूक्ष्मेष्वेव प्रवर्त्तते

tathā sarvamayañcaiva ātmasthā khyātireva ca| saṃyoga evaṃ tripidhaḥ sūkṣmeṣveva pravarttate

So too the all-composed, and the awareness abiding in the self. Conjunction, thus threefold, operates only among the subtle (things).

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VaP 1 13.9

पुनरष्टगुणस्यापि तेष्वेवाथ प्रवर्त्तते। तस्य रूपं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथाह भगवान् प्रभुः

punaraṣṭaguṇasyāpi teṣvevātha pravarttate| tasya rūpaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāha bhagavān prabhuḥ

Again, (the operation) of the eightfold quality too takes place among those very (subtle things). I shall declare its form, as the lord, the Blessed One, has said it.

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VaP 1 13.10

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वबूतेषु जीवस्यानियतः स्मृतः। अणिमा च यथाव्यक्तं सर्वं यत्र प्रतिष्ठितम्

trailokye sarvabūteṣu jīvasyāniyataḥ smṛtaḥ| aṇimā ca yathāvyaktaṃ sarvaṃ yatra pratiṣṭhitam

In the three worlds, in all beings, the living being's (state) is held to be unfixed; and minuteness (aṇimā) is as it were unmanifest, wherein everything is established.

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VaP 1 13.11

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां दुष्प्राप्यं समुदाहृतम्। तच्चापि भवति प्राप्यं प्रथमं योगिनां बलात्

trailokye sarvabhūtānāṃ duṣprāpyaṃ samudāhṛtam| taccāpi bhavati prāpyaṃ prathamaṃ yogināṃ balāt

In the three worlds it is declared hard for all beings to attain; yet that too becomes attainable — as the first (power) — by the strength of yogins.

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VaP 1 13.12

लम्बनं प्लवनं योगे रूपमस्य सदा भवेत् । शीघ्रगं सर्वभूतेषु द्वितीयं तत्पदं स्मृतम्

lambanaṃ plavanaṃ yoge rūpamasya sadā bhavet | śīghragaṃ sarvabhūteṣu dvitīyaṃ tatpadaṃ smṛtam

In yoga, hanging (in the air) and floating would always be his form; going swiftly among all beings — that is held to be the second station.

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VaP 1 13.13

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यमेव च। महिमा चापि यो यस्मिंस्तृतीयो योग उच्यते

trailokye sarvabhūtānāṃ prāptiḥ prākāmyameva ca| mahimā cāpi yo yasmiṃstṛtīyo yoga ucyate

In the three worlds, obtaining of all beings (prāpti), and irresistible will (prākāmya), and also greatness (mahimā) — whoever has it in whatever (case) — that is called the third yoga.

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VaP 1 13.14

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतेषु त्रैलोक्यमगमं स्मृतम्। प्रकामान् विषयान् भुङ्क्ते न च प्रतिहतः व्कचित् । त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां सुखदुःखं प्रकर्त्तते

trailokye sarvabhūteṣu trailokyamagamaṃ smṛtam| prakāmān viṣayān bhuṅkte na ca pratihataḥ vkacit | trailokye sarvabhūtānāṃ sukhaduḥkhaṃ prakarttate

In the three worlds, among all beings, the three worlds are held to be traversable (for him); he enjoys objects at will and is nowhere obstructed; in the three worlds he brings about the pleasure and pain of all beings.

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VaP 1 13.15

ईशो भवति सर्वत्र प्रविभागेन योगवित्। वश्यानि चैव भूतानि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे। भवन्ति सर्वकार्येषु इच्छतो न भवन्ति च

īśo bhavati sarvatra pravibhāgena yogavit| vaśyāni caiva bhūtāni trailokye sacarācare| bhavanti sarvakāryeṣu icchato na bhavanti ca

The knower of yoga becomes lord everywhere, by distinction (of powers); and beings in the three worlds, with what moves and does not move, are subject (to him): in all works they come to be, or do not come to be, according to his wish.

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VaP 1 13.16

यत्र कामावसायित्वं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे। इच्छया चेन्द्रियाणि स्युः भवन्ति न भवन्ति च

yatra kāmāvasāyitvaṃ trailokye sacarācare| icchayā cendriyāṇi syuḥ bhavanti na bhavanti ca

Wherein there is the fulfilment of desire in the three worlds with what moves and does not move: by (his) will the senses come to be and do not come to be.

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VaP 1 13.17

शब्दः स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चैव मन स्तथा। प्रवर्त्तन्तेऽस्य चेच्छातो न भवन्ति तथेच्छया

śabdaḥ sparśo raso gandho rūpaṃ caiva mana stathā| pravarttante'sya cecchāto na bhavanti tathecchayā

Sound, touch, taste, smell, and form, and likewise mind, come into operation at his will, and likewise by (his) will do not come to be.

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VaP 1 13.18

न जायते न म्रियते भिद्यते न च छिद्यते। न दह्यते न मुह्यते हीयते न च लिप्यते

na jāyate na mriyate bhidyate na ca chidyate| na dahyate na muhyate hīyate na ca lipyate

He is not born, does not die, is not split apart nor cut, is not burnt, is not deluded, does not waste away, and is not stained.

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VaP 1 13.19

न क्षीयते न क्षरति न खिद्यति कदाचन। क्रियते चैव सर्वत्र तथा विक्रियते न च

na kṣīyate na kṣarati na khidyati kadācana| kriyate caiva sarvatra tathā vikriyate na ca

He does not diminish, does not flow away, is never wearied; he is active everywhere and yet undergoes no alteration.

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VaP 1 13.20

अगन्धरसरूपस्तु स्पर्शशब्दविवर्ज्जितः। अवर्णो ह्यवरश्चैव तथा वर्णस्य कर्हिचित्

agandharasarūpastu sparśaśabdavivarjjitaḥ| avarṇo hyavaraścaiva tathā varṇasya karhicit

He is without smell, taste, and form, devoid of touch and sound, without colour and indeed without a superior — nor ever (subject) to colour.

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VaP 1 13.21

भुङ्क्तेऽथ विषयांश्चैव विषयैर्न्न च युज्यते। ज्ञात्वा तु परमं सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मत्वाच्चापवर्गकः

bhuṅkte'tha viṣayāṃścaiva viṣayairnna ca yujyate| jñātvā tu paramaṃ sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmatvāccāpavargakaḥ

He then enjoys the objects of sense yet is not bound to the objects; and having known the supreme subtle (reality), by that subtlety he attains release.

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VaP 1 13.22

व्यापकस्त्वपवर्गाच्च व्यापित्वात्पुरुषः स्मृतः। पुरुषः सूक्ष्मभावात्तु ऐश्वर्ये परतः स्थितः

vyāpakastvapavargācca vyāpitvātpuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ| puruṣaḥ sūkṣmabhāvāttu aiśvarye parataḥ sthitaḥ

And from release he is pervasive, and from pervasiveness he is called puruṣa; the puruṣa, by reason of (his) subtle nature, stands beyond in lordship.

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VaP 1 13.23

गुणान्तरन्तु ऐश्वर्ये सर्वतः सूक्ष्म उच्यते। ऐश्वर्य्यमप्रतीघाति प्राप्य योगमनुत्तमम्। अपवर्गं ततो गच्छेत् सुसूक्ष्मं परमं पदम्

guṇāntarantu aiśvarye sarvataḥ sūkṣma ucyate| aiśvaryyamapratīghāti prāpya yogamanuttamam| apavargaṃ tato gacchet susūkṣmaṃ paramaṃ padam

But the further quality in lordship is called subtle in every respect. Having gained unobstructed lordship, the highest yoga, from there he would go to release, the exceedingly subtle supreme station.

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