Dattātreyayogaśāstra 151
अतीवैतद्रहस्यं हि न देयं यस्य कस्य चित् |
स्वप्राणैस्तु समो यः स्यात्तस्यैव कथयेद्ध्रुवम् ||151||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
This (etat | nom sg) secret teaching (rahasyam | nom sg n) is exceedingly (atīva) [guarded] and must not (na) be given (deyam | nom sg n) to just anyone (yasya kasya cit | gen sg). It should certainly (dhruvam) be taught (kathayet | 3p sg act opt) only to that person (tasyaiva | gen sg) who (yaḥ | nom sg) is (syāt | 3p sg act opt) equal (samaḥ | nom sg) to one’s own life (sva-prāṇaiḥ | ins pl).
Vajrolī is treated as an exceptionally secret teaching, not to be given indiscriminately. It may be entrusted only to someone as dear as one’s own life.
yaḥ syāt tasyaiva JM2024 ] yo syāt tasmai ca DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 152
स्वेच्छया वर्तमानो ऽपि योगोक्तनियमैर्विना |
वज्रोलीं यो विजानाति स योगी सिद्धिमान्भवेत् ||152||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Even (api) if he behaves (vartamānaḥ | nom sg) according to his own will (svecchayā | ins sg), without (vinā) the rules taught in yoga (yogokta-niyamaiḥ | ins pl), the one (saḥ | nom sg) who (yaḥ | nom sg) knows (vijānāti | 3p sg act pres) Vajrolī (vajrolīm | acc sg) should become (bhavet | 3p sg act opt) a yogi (yogī | nom sg) possessed of accomplishment (siddhimān | nom sg).
One who knows Vajrolī attains success as a yogi even while following personal wishes rather than the rules taught in yoga.
vartamāno JM2024 ] varttamāno DYŚ
vajrolīṃ yo vijānāti sa yogī siddhimān bhavet JM2024 ] vajroliṃ yo vijānāti sa yogī siddhibhājanaḥ DYŚ
vajrolīṃ yo vijānāti sa yogī siddhimān bhavet JM2024 ] vajroliṃ yo vijānāti sa yogī siddhibhājanaḥ DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 153
तत्र वस्तुद्वयं वक्ष्ये दुर्लभं येन केन चित् |
लभ्यते यदि तस्यैव योगसिद्धिः करे स्थिता ||153||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
For it (tatra), I shall explain (vakṣye | 1p sg act fut) two substances (vastu-dvayam | acc sg n) that are difficult to obtain (dur-labham | acc sg n) for anyone (yena kena cit | ins sg). If (yadi) the pair is obtained (labhyate | 3p sg pas pres), success in yoga (yoga-siddhiḥ | nom sg f) is situated (sthitā | nom sg f) in that very person’s (tasyaiva | gen sg) hand (kare | loc sg).
Two substances, both difficult to obtain, are said to be required for the practice. Possessing them places success in yoga within reach.
yogasiddhiḥ kare sthitā JM2024 ] yogasiddhikaraṃ smṛtam DYŚ
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 153*1
क्षीरमाङ्गिरसं चेति द्वयोराद्यं तु लभ्यते |
द्वितीयं दुर्लभं पुंसां स्त्रीभ्यः साध्यमुपायतः ||153*1||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
“Semen (kṣīram | acc sg n) and (ca) Āṅgīrasa (āṅgi-rasam | acc sg),” [are the two]. Of the pair (dvayoḥ | gen du), the first (ādyam | nom sg n) is obtainable (labhyate | 3p sg pas pres), but (tu) the second (dvitīyam | acc sg n) is difficult to obtain (dur-labham | acc sg n) for men (puṃsām | gen pl) and must be procured (sādhyam | acc sg n) from women (strībhyaḥ | abl pl) by a suitable means (upāyataḥ).
The two substances are semen and Āṅgīrasa: the first is available, while the second is difficult to obtain and requires a suitable means.
kṣīram āṅgirasaṃ ceti dvayor ādyaṃ tu labhyate DYŚ ] om. JM2024
dvitīyaṃ durlabhaṃ puṃsāṃ strībhyaḥ sādhyam upāyataḥ DYŚ ] om. JM2024
dvitīyaṃ durlabhaṃ puṃsāṃ strībhyaḥ sādhyam upāyataḥ DYŚ ] om. JM2024
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 153*2
योगाभ्यासरता स्त्री च पुंसा यत्नेन साधयेत् |
पुमान्स्त्री वा यदन्योन्यं स्त्रीपुंस्त्वानपेक्षया ||153*2||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh; pāda 4: 7 rather than 8 syllables
A woman (strī | nom sg) devoted to yoga practice (yogābhyāsa-ratā | nom sg) should also (ca) be obtained (sādhayet | 3p sg act opt caus) with care (yatnena | ins sg) by a man (puṃsā | ins sg). Whether a man (pumān | nom sg) or (vā) a woman (strī | nom sg), whichever [two] (yat | nom sg n) are with one another (anyonyam | acc sg), [the practice is] irrespective of female or male status (strī-puṃs-tvān-apekṣayā | ins sg).
A man is told to carefully obtain a woman devoted to yoga practice. Their shared practice is presented irrespective of who is female or male.
yogābhyāsaratā strī ca puṃsā yatnena sādhayet DYŚ ] om. JM2024
pumān strī vā yad anyonyaṃ strīpuṃstvānapekṣayā em. ed. ] pumān strī vā yadanyonyaṃ strīpuṃstvānapekṣayā DYŚ; om. JM2024
pumān strī vā yad anyonyaṃ strīpuṃstvānapekṣayā em. ed. ] pumān strī vā yadanyonyaṃ strīpuṃstvānapekṣayā DYŚ; om. JM2024
Dattātreyayogaśāstra 153*3
स्वप्रयोजनमात्रैकसाधनात्सिद्धिमाप्नुयात् |
चलितो यदि बिन्दुस्तमूर्ध्वमाकृष्य रक्षयेत् ||153*3||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Through practice directed solely to one’s own purpose (sva-prayojana-mātraika-sādhanāt | abl sg), one may attain (āpnuyāt | 3p sg act opt) success (siddhim | acc sg). If (yadi) bindu (binduḥ | nom sg) has moved (calitaḥ | nom sg), having drawn (ākṛṣya | abs) it (tam | acc sg) upward (ūrdhvam), one should preserve it (rakṣayet | 3p sg act opt).
When the vital essence moves, it should be drawn upward and preserved; through this discipline, success is attained.
svaprayojanamātraikasādhanāt siddhim āpnuyāt DYŚ ] om. JM2024
calito yadi bindus tam ūrdhvam ākṛṣya rakṣayet DYŚ ] om. JM2024
calito yadi bindus tam ūrdhvam ākṛṣya rakṣayet DYŚ ] om. JM2024
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