History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.228
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.228
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²³³⁹ स्थिरसुखमासनम्। प्रयत्नशैथिल्यानन्तसमापत्तिभ्याम्। ततो द्वन्द्वानभिघात.। यो. सू II. 46-48. Compare श्वेता उप 'त्रिरुन्नतं स्थाप्य समं शरीरं' and 'समे शुचौ शर्करावह्नवालुकाविवर्जिते ॥' (II 8 and 10). The word अनन्त is explained in different ways. वाच० explains अनन्ते वा नागनायके स्थिरतरफणासहस्रविधृतविश्वम्भरामण्डले समापन्नं चित्तमासनं निर्वर्तयतीति, This is rather far-fetched and unsatisfactory, as hardly anywhere else is अनन्तनागसमापत्ति recommended भोज takes अनन्त to mean आकाश 'यदा चाकाशादिगत आनन्त्ये चेतसः समापत्तिः क्रियतेऽव्यवधानेन तादात्म्यमापद्यते तदा देहाहंकाराभावाज्ञासनं दु.खजनकं भवति। This is a little better than Vācaspati's explanation. Brahma is described as सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्म (तै उप. II 1)
Linked texts (3)
- Taittirīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Śvetāśvataropaniṣad — Śvetāśvatara, Sanskrit
- Yogasūtra — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit