History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.139

v7.c94.139

In the Śāntiparva (cr. ed. chap. 222 = Ch. ed. chap. 229) there is a long dialogue between Jaigīṣavya and Asita about Yoga, one verse (14) ²²⁸⁵ from which may be cited here 'Yogins do not talk much by way of censure and praise of others and their minds are never affected by the praise and censure of them indulged in by others.' In that chap. Jaigīṣavya is described as one who was never angry nor joyful. In the Varāhapurāṇa (4. 14) it is stated that Kapila and Yogirāṭ Jaigīṣavya came to king Aśvaśiras that had taken the *avabhṛtha* bath after Aśvamedha and assumed the forms of Viṣṇu and Garuḍa respectively. It may be noted that on Y. S. II. 55 the bhāṣya quotes several views, but prefers that of Jaigīṣavya. On Y. S. III. 18, ²²⁸⁶ the bhāṣya mentions the dialogue between Āvaṭya and Jaigīṣavya, where the latter's opinion is stated to be that from the point of view of *kaivalya*, the happiness of contentment is also misery, though as compared to pleasures of sense contentment is supposed to be and may be called happiness.