Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.193
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12.193.1
हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते पार्थ ध्यानयोगं चतुर्विधम् ।
यं ज्ञात्वा शाश्वतीं सिद्धिं गच्छन्तीह महर्षयः ॥ १२.१९३.१ ॥
Bhīṣma said: Come, Pārtha, I will tell you the fourfold yoga of meditation, knowing which the great sages attain eternal perfection right here.
12.193.2
यथा स्वनुष्ठितं ध्यानं तथा कुर्वन्ति योगिनः ।
महर्षयो ज्ञानतृप्ता निर्वाणगतमानसाः ॥ १२.१९३.२ ॥
As yogis perform meditation well practiced, so do the great sages, satisfied with knowledge, their minds gone to liberation.
12.193.3
नावर्तन्ते पुनः पार्थ मुक्ताः संसारदोषतः ।
अन्मदोषपरिक्षीणाः स्वभावे पर्युपस्थिताः ॥ १२.१९३.३ ॥
Pārtha, freed from the faults of worldly existence, they do not return again; their faults of birth worn away, they abide in their own nature.
12.193.4
निर्द्वन्द्वा नित्यसत्वस्था विमुक्तिं नित्यमश्रिताः ।
असङ्गीन्यविवादीनि मनः शान्तिकराणि च ॥ १२.१९३.४ ॥
Free from pairs of opposites, ever established in purity, always resorting to liberation, they hold a mind that is unattached, free from dispute, and bringing peace.
12.193.5
तत्र ध्यानेन संश्लिष्टमेकाग्रे धारयेन्मनः ।
तत्र च ध्यानसंरोधादथ ज्ञानी भवत्युत ॥ १२.१९३.५ ॥
There, joined closely through meditation, one should fix the mind on a single point; and there, through restraint of meditation, one indeed becomes a knower.
12.193.6
चतुर्विधेषु भावेषु योऽर्थसक्तः सदैव हि ।
तज्ज्ञात्वा वास्तवं तेषामर्थेषु परिवर्तते।
पिण्डीकृत्येन्द्रियग्राममासीनः काष्ठवन्मुनिः ॥ १२.१९३.६ ॥
Among the fourfold states, whoever is always attached to objects, though he knows their true nature, keeps turning among objects; but the sage, having gathered together the group of senses, sits like a log of wood.
12.193.7
शब्दं न विन्देच्छ्रोत्रेण त्वचा स्पर्शं न वेदयेत् ।
रूपं न चक्षुषा विद्याज्जिह्वया न रसांस्तथा ॥ १२.१९३.७ ॥
Let him not perceive sound by the ear, nor feel touch by the skin; let him not know form by the eye, nor tastes likewise by the tongue.
12.193.8
घ्रेयाण्यपि च सर्वाणि जह्याद्राणेन योगवित् ।
पञ्चवर्गप्रमाथीनि नेच्छेच्चैतानि वीर्यवान् ॥ १२.१९३.८ ॥
The knower of yoga should give up all odours too through the nose; the resolute man should not desire these, which stir up the five groups.
12.193.9
ततो मनसि संसृज्य पञ्चवर्ग विचक्षणः ।
समादध्यान्मनो भ्रान्तमिन्द्रियैः सह पञ्चमिः ॥ १२.१९३.९ ॥
Then the discerning one, joining the five groups in the mind, should concentrate the wandering mind together with the five senses.
12.193.10
विसंचारि निरालम्बं पञ्चद्वारं चलाचलम् ।
पूर्वं ध्यानपदे धीरः समादध्यान्मनो नरः ॥ १२.१९३.१० ॥
The steady man should first concentrate the mind — wandering, unsupported, with five gates, unsteady — in the place of meditation.
12.193.11
इन्द्रियाणि मनश्चैव यदा पिण्डीकरोत्ययम् ।
एव ध्यानपथः पूर्वो मया समनुवर्णितः ॥ १२.१९३.११ ॥
When this one gathers the senses and the mind into a single mass, this is the first path of meditation that I have described.
12.193.12
तस्य तत्पूर्वसंरुद्धमात्सषष्ठं मनोऽन्तरा ।
स्फुरिष्यति समुद्धान्तं विद्युदम्बुधरे यथा ॥ १२.१९३.१२ ॥
His mind, restrained before, with the self as the sixth, will flash forth from within, agitated, like lightning in a cloud.
12.193.13
जलबिन्दुर्यथा लोलः पर्णस्थः सर्वतश्चलः ।
एवमेवास्य तच्चित्तं भ्रमति ध्यानवर्त्मनि ॥ १२.१९३.१३ ॥
Like a drop of water resting on a leaf, trembling and shifting every way, so his mind wanders along the path of meditation.
12.193.14
समाहितं क्षणं किंचिद्ध्यानवर्त्मनि तिष्ठति ।
पुनर्वायुपथं प्राप्तं मनो भवति वायुवत् ॥ १२.१९३.१४ ॥
On the path of meditation that mind stands composed for a little while; then, reaching the path of the wind again, the mind becomes like the wind.
12.193.15
अनिर्वेदो गतक्लेशो गततन्द्रीरमत्सरः ।
समादध्यात्पुनश्चेतो ध्यानेन ध्यानयोगवित् ॥ १२.१९३.१५ ॥
Not despondent, free from affliction, free from drowsiness and envy, one who knows the discipline of meditation should again concentrate the mind through meditation.
12.193.16
विचारश्च विवेकश्च वितर्कश्चोपजायते ।
मुनेः समादधानस्य प्रथमं ध्यानमादितः ॥ १२.१९३.१६ ॥
In the sage who is concentrating, reflection, discernment and reasoning arise, first of all, from the beginning of meditation.
12.193.17
मनसा क्लिश्यमानस्तु समाधानं च कारयेत् ।
न निर्वेदं मुनिर्गच्छेत्कुर्यादेवात्मनो हितम् ॥ १२.१९३.१७ ॥
Though troubled in the mind, one should bring about concentration; the sage should not fall into despair, but should do what is good for himself.
12.193.18
पांसुभस्मकरीषाणां यथा वै राशयश्चिताः ।
सहसा वारिणा सिक्ता न यान्ति परिभावनम् ॥ १२.१९३.१८ ॥
Just as heaps of dust, ash and dung-cakes, though suddenly sprinkled with water, do not go to dissolution,
12.193.19
किंचित्स्निग्धं यथा च स्याच्छुष्कचूर्णमभावितम् ।
क्रमशस्तु शनैर्गच्छेत्सर्वं तत्परिभावनम् ॥ १२.१९३.१९ ॥
As dry powder not yet moistened, somewhat damp, gradually and slowly becomes wholly soaked, so is that complete saturation.
12.193.20
एवमेवेन्द्रियग्रामं शनैः संपरिभावयेत् ।
संहरेत्क्रमशश्चैनं स सम्यक्प्रशमिष्यति ॥ १२.१९३.२० ॥
In just this way one should slowly and thoroughly prepare the host of the senses; withdrawing it gradually, he will become fully calm.
12.193.21
स्वयमेव मनश्चैवं पञ्चवर्गं च भारत ।
पूर्वं ध्यानपथे स्थाप्य नित्ययोगेन शाम्यति ॥ १२.१९३.२१ ॥
O Bhārata, the mind itself, and likewise the group of five, first established on the path of meditation, grows calm through constant yoga.
12.193.22
न तत्पुरुषकारेण न च दैवेन केनचित् ।
सुखमेष्यति तत्तस्य न भवन्ति विपत्तयः ॥ १२.१९३.२२ ॥
That comes neither by human effort nor by any fate; he will attain that happiness, and misfortunes do not befall him.
12.193.23
सुखेन तेन संयुक्तो रस्यते ध्यानकर्मणि ।
गच्छन्ति योगिनो ह्येवं निर्वाणं तन्निरामयम् ॥ १२.१९३.२३ ॥
Joined with that happiness, he delights in the act of meditation; thus yogins attain that liberation, free from affliction.