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The Yoga of the Bliss of Truth

(Chapter 7)

Chapter 7

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

ubhayor bhāvayor jñāne dhyātvā madhyaṁsamāśrayet | yugapac ca dvayaṁtyaktvā madhye tattvam prakāśate || 61 ||

AI Translation

Having understood both states (or natures), one should meditate upon and take refuge in the middle. And simultaneously abandoning the duality, the truth shines forth in the middle.

Verse 2

bhāve tyakte niruddhā cin naiva bhāvāntaraṁvrajet | tadā tan madhya bhāvena vikasatyati bhāvanā || 62 ||

AI Translation

When a particular state (of mind or feeling) is abandoned, the restrained consciousness does not indeed go to another state. Then, by means of that intermediate state, the contemplation greatly blossoms.

Verse 3

sarvaṁdehaṁcin mayaṁhi jagad vā paribhāvayet | yugapan nirvikalpena manasā paramodayaḥ || 63 ||

AI Translation

Indeed, one should contemplate the entire body as pure consciousness, or even the world as such. When this is done simultaneously with an undifferentiated mind, the supreme awakening arises.

Verse 4

vāyu dvayasya saṅghaṭṭād antar vā bahir antataḥ | yogī samatva vijñāna samudgamana bhājanam || 64 ||

AI Translation

From the conjunction of the two breaths, whether (held) inside or (expelled) outside, ultimately, the yogi becomes a receptacle for the emergence of the knowledge of equanimity.

Verse 5

sarvaṁjagat svadehaṁvā svānanda bharitaṁsmaret | yugapat svāmṛtenaiva parānanda mayo bhavet || 65 ||

AI Translation

One should contemplate the entire world or one's own body as filled with one's inherent bliss. Simultaneously, by one's own immortal essence alone, one becomes full of supreme bliss.

Verse 6

kuhanena prayogeṇa sadya eva mṛgekṣaṇe | samudeti mahānando yena tattvaṁprakāśate || 66 ||

AI Translation

O gazelle-eyed one, by means of a stratagem and its application, a great joy immediately arises, by which the truth shines forth.

Verse 7

sarva sroto nibandhena prāṇa śaktyordhvayā śanaiḥ | pipīla sparśa velāyām prathate paramaṁsukham || 67 ||

AI Translation

By blocking all channels, as the vital energy slowly ascends, at the moment of a subtle sensation like an ant's touch, supreme joy manifests.

Verse 8

vahner viṣasya madhye tu cittaṁsukha mayaṁkṣipet | kevalaṁvāyu pūrṇaṁvā smarānandena yujyate || 68 ||

AI Translation

One should cast the blissful mind into the midst of fire and poison. Or, merely by being full of breath, it becomes united with the bliss of divine remembrance.

Verse 9

śakti saṅgama saṅkṣubdha śakty āveśāvasānikam | yat sukham brahma tattvasya tat sukhaṁsvākyam ucyate || 69 ||

AI Translation

That bliss which is the culmination of the intensely stirred infusion of Śakti, brought about by the union of Śakti—that bliss, which is the essence of Brahman, is called 'one's own self-declaration' (or 'self-evident truth').

Verse 10

lehanā manthanākoṭaiḥstrī sukhasya bharāt smṛteḥ |śakty abhāve'pi deveśi bhaved ānanda samplavaḥ || 70 ||

AI Translation

O Deveśi (Goddess), even in the absence of physical ability, from the intense memory of a woman's pleasure, through licking, churning, and embraces, an overwhelming flood of bliss can arise.