Dattātreyayogaśāstra 21
तिष्ठन्गच्छन्स्वपन्भुञ्जन्ध्यायेच्छून्यमहर्निशम् |
अयमेको हि संकेत आदिनाथेन भाषितः ||21||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Standing (tiṣṭhan | nom sg), walking (gacchan | nom sg), sleeping (svapan | nom sg), and eating (bhuñjan | nom sg), one should meditate (dhyāyet | 3p sg act opt) on emptiness (śūnyam | acc sg) day and night (aharniśam | acc sg). This (ayam | nom sg) is indeed (hi) one (ekaḥ | nom sg) technique (saṃketaḥ | nom sg) proclaimed (bhāṣitaḥ | nom sg) by the First Lord (ādināthena | ins sg).
Whether standing, walking, sleeping, or eating, one can meditate on emptiness day and night. This is one of the methods proclaimed by Śiva.
dhyāyec JM2024 ] dhyāyan DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 22
नासाग्रदृष्टिमात्रेण अपरः परिकीर्तितः |
शिरःपाश्चात्यभागस्य ध्यानं मृत्युंजयो ऽपरः ||22||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Another [method] is proclaimed as consisting merely in gazing at the tip of the nose (nāsāgra-dṛṣṭi-mātreṇa aparaḥ parikīrtitaḥ). Another is meditation on the back part of the head (śiraḥ-pāścātya-bhāgasya dhyānam), which conquers death (mṛtyuṃ-jayaḥ).
One method fixes the gaze on the tip of the nose. Another meditates on the back of the head and is said to conquer death.
śiraḥpāścātyabhāgasya dhyānaṃ mṛtyuṃjayo ’paraḥ JM2024 ] śiraḥ paścāc ca bhāgasya dhyānaṃ mṛtyuṃ jayet param DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 23
भ्रूमध्यदृष्टिमात्रेण परः संकेत उच्यते |
लीलाविभूतिलेपश्च उत्तमः परिकीर्तितः ||23||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Another esoteric technique (paraḥ saṃketaḥ | nom sg) is taught as consisting merely in gazing between the eyebrows (bhrū-madhya-dṛṣṭi-mātreṇa | ins sg). The application of †līlā† ash (līlā-vibhūti-lepaḥ | nom sg) too is proclaimed to be excellent (uttamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ).
Another practice directs the gaze between the eyebrows. Applying a special ash whose reading is uncertain in the text is also considered an excellent method.
līlāvibhūtilepaś ca uttamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ JM2024 ] lalāṭe bhrūtale yaś ca uttamaḥ saḥ prakīrtitaḥ DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 24
स्वस्य दक्षिणपादस्य अङ्गुष्ठे लय उत्तमः |
उत्तानशववद्भूमौ शयनं चोत्तमोत्तमः ||24||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
An excellent dissolution [of mind] (laya uttamaḥ | nom sg) takes place in the big toe of one’s own right foot (svasya dakṣiṇa-pādasya aṅguṣṭhe | loc sg). Lying on the ground like a corpse on its back (uttāna-śavavad bhūmau śayanam | nom sg) is the very best (uttamottamaḥ).
The mind can be dissolved in the big toe of one’s own right foot. Even more highly praised is lying relaxed on the ground like a corpse on its back.
svasya dakṣiṇapādasya aṅguṣṭhe laya uttamaḥ JM2024 ] savyadakṣiṇapādasya aṅguṣṭhe layam uttamam DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 25
शिथिलो निर्जने देशे कुर्याच्चेत्सिद्धिमाप्नुयात् |
एवं च बहुसंकेतान्कथयामास शङ्करः ||25||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
If (cet) one were to perform [this] (kuryāt | 3p sg act opt), relaxed (śithilaḥ | nom sg), in a solitary place (nirjane deśe | loc sg), one would attain (āpnuyāt | 3p sg act opt) accomplishment (siddhim | acc sg). Thus (evam) Śaṅkara (śaṅkaraḥ | nom sg) related (kathayām āsa | 3p sg act perf) many techniques (bahu-saṃketān | acc pl).
Those who perform such exercises in a relaxed way in a solitary place can attain accomplishment. In this manner Śaṅkara taught many methods of inner dissolution.
kuryāc JM2024 ] kuryāt DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 26
संकेतैर्बहुभिश्चान्यैर्यश्चित्तस्य लयो भवेत् |
स एव लययोगः स्याधठयोगमतः शृणु ||26||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
The dissolution of mind (cittasya layaḥ | nom sg) that arises through [these and] many other techniques (saṃketair bahubhiś cānyaiḥ | ins pl) is precisely Layayoga (sa eva laya-yogaḥ syāt). Now hear Haṭhayoga (haṭha-yogam ataḥ śṛṇu).
When the mind dissolves through such methods, this is called Layayoga. Haṭhayoga comes next.
yaś cittasya layo JM2024 ] yasya cittalayo DYŚ
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