Dattātreyayogaśāstra 51
प्रथमाभ्यासकाले तु विघ्नाः स्युर्विविधा मुने |
आलस्यं प्रथमो विघ्नो द्वितीयस्तु प्रकथ्यते ||51||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
At the beginning of practice (prathamābhyāsa-kāle | loc sg), various (vividhāḥ | nom pl) obstacles (vighnāḥ | nom pl) arise (syuḥ | 3p pl act opt), O sage (mune | voc sg). Laziness (ālasyam | nom sg) is the first (prathamaḥ | nom sg) obstacle (vighnaḥ | nom sg); the second (dvitīyaḥ | nom sg) is now to be named (prakathyate | 3p sg pas pres).
Various obstacles arise at the beginning of practice. The first is laziness; the second is named next.
vighnāḥ syur vividhā mune JM2024 ] praveśas tu mahāmune DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 52
पूर्वोक्तधूर्तगोष्ठी च तृतीयो मन्त्रसाधनम् |
चतुर्थो धातुवादः स्यात्पञ्चमः खन्यवादकम् ||52||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
The previously mentioned company of rogues (pūrvokta-dhūrta-goṣṭhī | nom sg) is [the second obstacle]; the third is magic by means of mantras (mantra-sādhanam | nom sg), the fourth alchemy (dhātu-vādaḥ | nom sg), and the fifth the science of digging for buried treasure (khanya-vādakam | nom sg).
Further obstacles are keeping company with rogues, using mantras for magic, alchemy, and searching for buried treasure.
dhātuvādaḥ syāt pañcamaḥ khanyavādakam JM2024 ] dhātuvāda[ḥ] syāt pañcamaḥ khādyavādakam DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 53
एवं बहुविधा विघ्ना मृगतृष्णासमा मुने |
स्थिरासनस्य जायन्ते तान्ज्ञात्वा संत्यजेत्सुधीः ||53||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Thus many kinds of obstacles (bahu-vidhā vighnāḥ | nom pl), like a mirage (mṛga-tṛṣṇā-samāḥ | nom pl), arise for one who is steady in posture (sthira-āsanasya | gen sg), O sage. Having recognized them (tān jñātvā), the discerning person should abandon them completely (saṃtyajet sudhīḥ).
These obstacles are like mirages and confront even a yogin steady in posture. A discerning person recognizes them and leaves them behind completely.
bahuvidhā vighnā mṛgatṛṣṇāsamā mune JM2024 ] ca bahavo dṛṣṭā mṛgatṛṣṇā samāḥ muneḥ DYŚ
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