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Shandilya Upanishad śā

(Chapter 51)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

śāṇḍilyo ha vā atharvāṇaṃ papracchaātmalābhopāyabhūtamaṣṭāṅgayogamanubrūhīti । sa hovācātharvā yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo'ṣṭāṅgāni।tatra daśa yamāḥ। tathā niyamāḥ । āsanānyaṣṭau। trayaḥ prāṇāyāmāḥ। pañca pratyāhārāḥ। tathā dhāraṇā। dviprakāraṃ dhyānam। samādhistvekarūpaḥ । tatrāhiṃsāsatyāsteyabrahmacaryadayārjavakṣamādhṛtimitāhāraśaucāni ceti yamā daśa। tatrāhiṃsā nāma manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ sarvabhūteṣu sarvadā'kleśajananam। satyaṃ nāma manovākkāyakarmabhirbhūtahitayathārthābhibhāṣaṇam। asteyaṃ nāma manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ paradravyeṣu ni:spṛhatā। brahmacaryaṃ nāma sarvāvasthāsu manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ sarvatra maithunatyāgaḥ । dayā nāma sarvabhūteṣu sarvatrānugrahaḥ । ārjavaṃ nāma manovākkāyakarmaṇāṃ vihitāvihiteṣu janeṣu pravṛttī nivṛttau vā ekarūpatvam। kṣamā nāma priyāpriyeṣu sarveṣu tāḍanapūjaneṣu sahanam। dhṛtinamārthahānau sveṣṭabandhuviyoge tatprāptau sarvatra ceta:sthāpanam। mitāhāro nāma caturthāṃśāvaśeṣakasusnnigdhamadhurāhāraḥ । śaucaṃ nāma dvividhaṃ bāhyamāntaraṃ ceti । tatra mṛjjalābhyāṃ bāhyam। manaḥśuddhirāntaram। tadadhyātmavidyayā labhyam ॥

Verse 2

tapaḥsantoṣāstikyadāneśvarapūjanasiddhāntaśravaṇahrīmatijapavratāni daśa niyamāḥ। tatra tapo nāma vidhyuktakṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ śarīraśoṣaṇam। saṃtoṣo nāma yadṛcchālābhasaṃtuṣṭiḥ। āstikyaṃ nāma vedoktadharmādharmeṣu viśvāsaḥ । dānaṃ nāma nyāyārjitasya dhanadhānyādeḥ śraddhayā-rthibhyaḥ pradānam। īśvarapūjanaṃ nāma prasannasvabhāvena yathāśakti viṣṇurudrādipūjanam। siddhāntaśra-vaṇaṃ nāma vedāntārthavicāraḥ ।hrīrnāma vedalaukikamārgakutsitakarmaṇi lajjā ।matirnāma vedavi-hitakarmamārgeṣu śraddhā japo nāma vidhi vadgupadiṣṭavedāviruddhamantrābhyāsaḥ । tadidvavidhaṃ vācikaṃ mānasaṃ ceti । mānasaṃ tumanasā dhyānayuktam।vācikaṃ dvividhamuccairupāṃśubhedena। uccaiṃruccāraṇaṃ yathoktaphalam। upāṃśu sahastraguṇam। mānasaṃ koṭiguṇam। vrataṃ nāma vedoktavidhiniṣedhānuṣṭhā-nanaiyatyam ॥

Verse 3

svastikagomukhapadmavīrasiṃhabhadramuktamayūrākhyānyāsanānyaṣṭau।svastikaṃ nāma jānūrvorantare samyakkṛtvā pādatale ubhe। ṛjukāyaḥ samāsīnaḥ svastikaṃ tatpracakṣate ॥

Verse 4

savye dakṣiṇagulphaṃ tu pṛṣṭhapārśve niyojayet । dakṣiṇe'pi tathā savyaṃ gomukhaṃ gomukhaṃ yathā ॥

Verse 5

aṅguṣṭhena nibadhnīyāddhastābhyāṃ vyutkrameṇa ca। ūrvorupari śāṇḍilya kṛtvā pādatale ubhe। padmāsanaṃ bhavedetatsarveṣāmapi pūjitam॥

Verse 6

ekaṃ pādamathaikasminvinyasyoruṇi saṃsthitaḥ । itarasmiṃstathā coruṃ vīrāsanamudīritam ॥

Verse 7

dakṣiṇaṃ savyagulphena dakṣiṇena tathetaram। hastau ca jānvoḥ saṃsthāpya svāṅgulīśca prasārya ca ॥

Verse 8

vyāttavaktro nirīkṣeta nāsāgraṃ susamāhitaḥ । siṃhāsanaṃ bhavedetatpūjitaṃ yogibhiḥ sadā ॥

Verse 9

yoni vāmena saṃpīḍya meḍhrādupari dakṣiṇam। bhrūmadhye ca manolakṣyaṃ siddhāsanamidaṃ bhavet॥

Verse 10

gulphau tu vṛṣaṇasyādhaḥ sīvanyāḥ pārśvayoḥ kṣipet । pādapārśve tu pāṇibhyāṃ dṛḍhaṃ baddhā suniścalam। bhadrāsanaṃ bhavedetatsarvavyādhiviṣāpaham॥

Verse 11

saṃpīḍaya sīvinīṃ sūkṣmāṃ gulphenaiva tu savyataḥ । savyaṃ dakṣiṇagulphena muktāsanamudīritam ॥

Verse 12

avaṣṭabhya dharāṃ samyaktalābhyāṃ tu karadvayoḥ । hastayoḥ kūrparau cāpi sthāpayennābhipārśvayoḥ ॥

Verse 13

samunnataśiraḥ pādo daṇḍavadvyamni saṃsthitaḥ । mayūrāsanametattu sarvapāpapraṇāśanam॥

Verse 14

śarīrāntargatāḥ sarve rogā vinaśyanti। viṣāṇi jīryante ॥

Verse 15

yena kenāsanena sukhadhāraṇaṃ bhavatyaśaktastatsamācaret ॥

Verse 16

yenāsanaṃ vijitaṃ jagattrayaṃ tena vijitaṃ bhavati ॥ 14॥

Verse 17

yamaniyamāsanābhyāsayuktaḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇāyāmaṃ caret । tena nāḍyaḥ śuddhā bhavanti ॥

Verse 18

atha hainamatharvāṇaṃ śāṇḍilya: papraccha kenopāyena nāḍyaḥ śuddhāḥ syuḥ । nāḍayaḥ katisaṃkhyā-kāḥ । tāsāmutpattiḥ kīdṛśī। tāsu kati vāyavastiṣṭhanti । teṣāṃ kāni sthānāni । tatkarmāṇi kāni। dehe yāni yāni vijñātavyāni tatsarvaṃ me brūhīti ॥

Verse 19

sa hovācātharvā । athedaṃ śarīraṃ ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulātmakaṃ bhavati । śarīrātprāṇo dvādaśāṅgulā-dhiko bhavati ॥

Verse 20

śarīrasthaṃ prāṇamagninā saha yogābhyāsena samaṃ nyūnaṃ vā yaḥ karoti sa yogipuṅgavo bhavati ।।