DYS 131: Kapila’s Haṭha Yoga

Dattātreyayogaśāstra 131: The Teaching of the Siddhas

After the eight-limbed path, Dattātreya announces the teaching of Kapila and other Siddhas: their methods of practice differ, but their result is said to be the same.

Dr. Ronald Steiner

Nils Jacob Liersch 24.07.2019

Dattātreyayogaśāstra 131

सिद्धानां कपिलादीनां मतं वक्ष्ये ततः परम् |

siddhānāṃ kapilādīnāṃ; mataṃ vakṣye tataḥ param | Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴

siddhānāṃ genitive plural	siddha substantive masculine	of the Siddhas
kapila karmadhāraya-compound	kapila substantive masculine	Kapila
ādīnām genitive plural	ādi substantive masculine	and the others
matam accusative singular	mata substantive neuter	doctrine
vakṣye 1st person singular aktive future	vac verbal root	I shall teach
tataḥ	tatas adverb	then
param accusative singular	param adverb	next

अभ्यासभेदतो भेदः फलं तु सममेव हि ||131||

abhyāsa-bhedato bhedaḥ; phalaṃ tu samam eva hi ||131|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴

abhyāsa tatpuruṣa-compound genitive	abhyāsa substantive masculine	practice
bhedataḥ	bheda substantive masculine tas suffix	because of difference
bhedaḥ nominative singular	bheda substantive masculine	difference
phalam nominative singular	phala substantive neuter	result
tu	tu particle	but
samam nominative singular neuter	sama adjective	the same
eva	eva particle	precisely
hi	hi particle	indeed

Metre: Anuṣṭubh

Next (tataḥ param) I shall explain (vakṣye | 1p sg act fut) the doctrine (matam | acc sg) of the adepts (siddhānām | gen pl), of Kapila and the others (kapilādīnām | gen pl). The difference (bhedaḥ | nom sg) comes from differences in practice (abhyāsa-bhedataḥ), but (tu) the result (phalam | nom sg n) is indeed (hi) just (eva) the same (samam | nom sg n).

Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal

Dattātreyayogaśāstra 131: The Teaching of the Siddhas

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