History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.121

v7.c94.121

²²⁷⁴ तां योगमिति मन्यन्ते स्थिरामिन्द्रियधारणाम्। कठ० VI.11; मृत्युप्रोक्तां नचिकेतोऽथ लब्ध्वा विद्यामेतां योगविधिं च कृत्स्नम्। ब्रह्मप्राप्तो विरजोऽभूद्विमृत्युरन्योप्येवं यो विदध्यात्ममेव॥ कठ. VI. 18. The important words in this last are कृत्स्नं योगविधिम् The idea appears to be that yoga had been fully developed at the time of the Katha Up. but that Upanisad did not set it out in detail It may be further noted that the words एतां विद्यां refer to Brahmavidyā and that yoga-vidhi is separately mentioned (probably as a means to brahma-realization)