dattvA vidyAuSadhaM bhaktAn, niravadyAn karoti yaH |
dRk pathaM bhajatu zrImAn, zrI tyAtmA sa hariH svayam ||
He who gives vidyA tonic to His devotees, making them disease-free,
may that Joyous One, Hari Himself, come within my vision's scope.
adhyAya/section 4.pAda/part, root 1.sUtra/code 1
4.1.1 AvRttir asakRd upadezAt
Repetition repeatedly instructions
Practice sAdhana requires repetition because scripture itself repeats instructions.
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4.1.2 lingAt
Due to/from indication
And there's indication showing repetition's necessity.
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4.1.3 Atmeti tupagacchanti grAhayanti ca
Supreme Self as but acknowledge apprehend and.
But Masters contemplate Brahman & teach it so to their disciples.
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4.1.4 na pratike na hi
Not in symbols not because
Brahman is not contemplated as Self in symbols like manas/mind for the symbol is not God.
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4.1.5 brahma dRStir utkarSAt
View of Brahman due to superiority
God should be thought of as Brahman, for such meditation is most exalted.
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4.1.6 AdityAdi matayaz cAnga upapatteH
About Sun etc. ideas and in limbs that being proved reasonable
Contemplation that Sun etc. (emanates from His Eyes) should be held with regard yo His Limbs due to its reasonableness.
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4.1.7 AsInaH sambhavAt
sitting due to, from possibility
God should be meditated upon by devotee in sitting posture.
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4.1.8 dhyAnAn ca
due to concentrated meditation and
And because meditation is possible in sitting posture only.
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4.1.9 Acalatvan cApexa
motionlessness indeed referring to
And zruti refers to motionlessness as dhyAna condition.
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4.1.10 smaranti ca
They recall (mentioned in SmRti) also
SmRtis also teach same (sitting posture meditation requisite)
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4.1.11 yatraikAgratA tatrAvizeSAt
where mind concentration unspecified
Whenever mind's one-pointedness occurs, there let meditation be performed.
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