The Purana Index v3.c9.423

v3.c9.423

Yoga (I)—practices of ¹ eight-fold its characteristics ² Bhaktiyoga ³ born of Kriya, Kriyāyoga ⁴ the course followed by Nārada and others in their worship of Nārāyaṇa ⁵ System of ⁶ Also three-fold jñāna, bhakti and karma of this bhakti is important ⁷ Spoiled by bad association, especially association of women,⁸ is an aiśvarya, and possible through kriya and gurupriya of 24 truths Trayī is its limb,⁹ other limbs, yama, niyama,¹⁰ yajña, dāna, vedābhyāsa, and Dhāraṇa, philosophy of,¹¹ the strength of the Pitrs, out of which soma grows, from jñāna,¹² methods of control of the senses and the mind by fasting, a means to fructify austerities, then knowledge sprouts,¹³ praise of,¹⁴ of Naksatra and Rṣi,¹⁵ as a result of svādhyāya or study and vice-versa,¹⁶ explanation of the nature of yoga by Kesidhvaja to Khāndikya ¹⁷