Slokas from sanatsujAtIyam

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Here is the transliteration of the two (or one?) smriti quotes, the

translation of which are found just in the above quoted portion:

 

//yam vinidrAH jita-shvAsAH santuShTAH samyatendriyAH

jyotiH pashyanti yunjAnAs-tasmai yogAtmane namaH

 

yoginas-tam prapashyanti bhagavantam sanaatanam//

 

Will it be possible for you to check if the above forms part of

the 'sanatsujAtiiyam'? If it is found there, could you pl. give the

Bhaashyam, preferably both transliteration (if it is not beyond

four lines) and the translation?

 

With humble praNAms,

subbu

Om Tat Sat

 

Namaste Subbuji,

 

The particular sloka mentioned by you is sloka 55 of chapter 47 of the

Shanti parva of the mahabhAratam, It is in BhIshma's stuti of Lord Krishna.

The sloka is as follows:

 

Yam vinidrA jitashvAsAH sattvasthAH samyatendriyAH .

 

JyotiH pashyanti yunjAnAstasmai yogAtmane namaH ||

 

The meaning is: I bow to that effulgent supreme Being of the nature of

yoga whom yogis who are free from sleep (all tAmasic qualities), who have

contolled their breath, who are established in sattvaguNa, and who have

brought their senses under control by constantly practising yoga see

directly (have sAkshAtkAra of).

 

S.N.Sastri