History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.211

v7.c94.211

²³²⁶ योगाङ्गामुष्ठानादशुद्धिक्षये ज्ञानदीप्तिराविवेकख्यातेः । यम-नियमासन-प्राणायाम-प्रत्याहार-धारणा-ध्यान-समाधयोष्टावङ्गानि॥ यो. सू II. 28-29. The भाष्य on II. 29 is . 'तेषा (योगाङ्गाना) अनुष्ठानात् पञ्चपर्वणो विपर्ययस्याशुद्धिरूपस्य क्षयो नाशः। ... यथा यथा च साधनान्धनुष्ठीयन्ते तथा तथा तनुत्वमशुद्धिरापद्यते यथा यथा च क्षीयते तथा तथा क्षयक्रमानुरोधिनी ज्ञानस्यापि दीप्तिर्वर्धते। सा खल्वेषा विवृद्धिः प्रकर्षमनुभवत्याविवेकख्याते, आगुण-पुरुषस्वरूपविज्ञानादित्यर्थः।' The five क्लेशाs mentioned in यो. सू II 3 are called विपर्यय. It is somewhat surprising that the eight angas 'यम...समाधयोष्टावङ्गानि' (in prose) are quoted as from महाभारत in the कृत्यकल्प० (मोक्षकाण्ड p. 167) and by अपरार्क p 1022. The वैखानसस्मार्तसूत्र (B. I ed ) VIII. 10 divides yogins into three classes owing to the differences in their practices and abstentions, viz. सारङ्ग, एकाग्र्य and विस्तरग, and each of these is again subdivided into further sub-classes It further states that some of these called Anirodhakāh do not practise prānāyāma, others called Mārgageāh practise only prāṇāyāma and the rest and those called vimārgagāh practise all the eight angas, but they regard even God that is proper for contemplation as not so The original words are 'ये विमार्गगास्तेषां यमनियम ...ष्ट्याङ्ग कल्पयन्तो ध्येयमप्यन्यथा कुर्वन्ति' It is difficult to say what the last clause exactly means. It is probable that in this sentence reference is made to some class of yogins that do not comtemplate on God, but hold that without contemplation on God they can secure liberation (*kaivalya, mukti*)