History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.223

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As a result of having to clean²³³⁶ one's body the Yogin becomes disgusted with his own body and avoids contact with the bodies of others. Other results of cleanliness (of the mind) that arise are the purity of *sattvaguna* (i. e. not being assailed by *rajas* and *tamas*), gentleness, one-pointedness (of the mind), mastery over the senses and fitness for the sight (realization) of the Self. From contentment results²³³⁷ supreme happiness. *Tapas* gives rise²³³⁸ to perfection in the body (i. e. acquisition of some occult powers like *aṇimā*) and perfection as to the sense organs (such as being able to hear and to see what is distant) owing to the eradication of impurities (i. e. the *kleśas* and sin); (continuous) study of the Veda (and *japa* of *om* &c.) leads on to the union with (realization of) the deity he chooses. From devotion to Īśvara results perfection in Samādhi.