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Yoga
Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy. Its foundational text is Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, which outlines the eight-fold path to spiritual liberation.
Book 1 - Trance (Samādhi)
Book 1 - Trance (Samādhi) of the Yoga Sutras from Wisdom Library.
Yoga Sutras (Patanjali)
Patanjali 196 aphorisms on the eight-limbed Ashtanga yoga path.
Udyoga Parva Chapter 1
The speech of Krishna Source sub-parva: SAINYODYOGA PARVA.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1
The first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita - Arjuna Vishada Yoga introduces the setup, the setting, the characters and the circumstances that led to the epic battle of Mahabharata, fought between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. It outlines the reasons that led to the revelation of the of Bhagavad Gita. As both armies stand ready for the battle, the mighty warrior Arjuna, on observing the warriors on both sides becomes increasingly sad and depressed due to the fear of losing his relatives and friends and the consequent sins attributed to killing his own relatives. So, he surrenders to Lord Krishna, seeking a solution. Thus, follows the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita.
Book 2 - Practice (Sādhana)
Book 2 - Practice (Sādhana) of the Yoga Sutras from Wisdom Library.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2
The second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Sankhya Yoga. This is the most important chapter of the Bhagavad Gita as Lord Krishna condenses the teachings of the entire Gita in this chapter. This chapter is the essence of the entire Gita. Sankhya Yoga can be categorized into 4 main topics - 1. Arjuna completely surrenders himself to Lord Krishna and accepts his position as a disciple and Krishna as his Guru. He requests Krishna to guide him on how to dismiss his sorrow. 2. Explanation of the main cause of all grief, which is ignorance of the true nature of Self. 3. Karma Yoga - the discipline of selfless action without being attached to its fruits. 4. Description of a Perfect Man - One whose mind is steady and one-pointed.
Udyoga Parva Chapter 2
The speech of Baladeva Source sub-parva: SAINYODYOGA PARVA.
Chapter 2 Section 1 Adhikarana 2
Adhikarana 2 of Chapter 2, Section 1. Refutation of the Yoga philosophy
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Svatmarama 15th-century manual on Hatha Yoga.
Yajurveda Upanishads
Upanishads of the Yajurveda tradition — Isha, Brihadaranyaka, Taittiriya, Katha, Shvetashvatara, and Maitri. The largest and most diverse group, spanning strict non-dualism, devotional theism, Yoga philosophy, and the doctrine of five sheaths.
Gheranda Samhita
17th-century Hatha Yoga text by sage Gheranda.
Udyoga Parva Chapter 3
The speech of Satyaki Source sub-parva: SAINYODYOGA PARVA.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3
The third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Karma Yoga or the Path of Selfless Service. Here Lord Krishna emphasizes the importance of karma in life. He reveals that it is important for every human being to engage in some sort of activity in this material world. Further, he describes the kinds of actions that lead to bondage and the kinds that lead to liberation. Those persons who continue to perform their respective duties externally for the pleasure of the Supreme, without attachment to its rewards get liberation at the end.
Book 3 - Attainment (Vibhūti or Siddhi)
Book 3 - Attainment (Vibhūti or Siddhi) of the Yoga Sutras from Wisdom Library.
Udyoga Parva Chapter 4
The speech of Drupada Source sub-parva: SENODYOGA PARVA.
Maharshi Patanjali
Maharshi Patanjali is the compiler of the Yoga Sutras, a foundational text of Yoga philosophy, comprising 196 sutras on the theory and practice of yoga. He is also attributed with the Mahabhashya (commentary on Panini's grammar) and works on Ayurveda. Works: Yoga Sutras, Mahabhashya.
28 Shaiva Agamas
The 28 canonical Shaiva Agamas: Kamika, Yogaja, Chintya, Karana, etc.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4
The fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga. In this chapter, Krishna glorifies the Karma Yoga and imparts the Transcendental Knowledge (the knowledge of the soul and the Ultimate Truth) to Arjuna. He reveals the reason behind his appearance in this material world. He reveals that even though he is eternal, he reincarnates time after time to re-establish dharma and peace on this Earth. His births and activities are eternal and are never contaminated by material flaws. Those persons who know and understand this Truth engage in his devotion with full faith and eventually attain Him. They do not have to take birth in this world again.
Book 4 - Absolute Independence (Kaivalya)
Book 4 - Absolute Independence (Kaivalya) of the Yoga Sutras from Wisdom Library.
Shlokas
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 15 - Verse 10
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 15 · Verse 10
ततश्च सूर्यग्रहणे पूर्णकालोत्तमे विदुः । जगद्रूपस्य सूर्यस्य विषयोगाच्च रोगदम् 1-15-१० ।
tatazca sUryagrahaNe pUrNakAlottame viduH । jagadrUpasya sUryasya viSayogAcca rogadam 1-15-10 ।
The auspicious hour of complete Solar eclipse is of still more benefit, than the previous. Since the sun of cosmic form is infested with poison then, there is the likelihood of ailments spreading.
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 16 - Verse 65
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 16 · Verse 65
इहामुत्र महाभोगानंते योगं च शाश्वतम् । वेदांतज्ञानसिद्धिं च मार्गशीर्षान्नदो लभेत् ६५ ।
ihAmutra mahAbhogAnaMte yogaM ca zAzvatam । vedAMtajJAnasiddhiM ca mArgazIrSAnnado labhet 65 ।
By performing the prescribed rituals and worship, one attains great pleasures both in this world and the next, as well as eternal union (yoga). One also achieves the knowledge of the Veda-anta and perfection in spiritual wisdom. These can be obtained through the observance of Maghaśīrṣa fasting or ritual.
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 16 - Verse 83
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 16 · Verse 83
अब्दजन्मदिने कुर्याज्जन्मनैवेद्यमुत्तमम् । मासांतरेषु जन्मर्क्षपूर्णयोगदिनेपि च ८३ ।
abdajanmadine kuryAjjanmanaivedyamuttamam । mAsAMtareSu janmarkSapUrNayogadinepi ca 83 ।
In other months when the natal star comes in conjunction with the planets, this can be performed.
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 17 - Verse 24
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 17 · Verse 24
शुद्धयोगेन संयुक्तो जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः । सदा जपन्सदाध्यायञ्छिवं प्रणवरूपिणम् २४ ।
zuddhayogena saMyukto jIvanmukto na saMzayaH । sadA japansadAdhyAyaJchivaM praNavarUpiNam 24 ।
A person who has thus mastered Śuddhayoga becomes certainly a liberated living soul. A Mahāyogin who performs Japas and meditations perpetually of Śiva in the form of Praṇava and maintains mystic trance, certainly becomes Śiva Himself.
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 17 - Verse 32
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 17 · Verse 32
जपयोगमथो वक्ष्ये गदतः शृणुत द्विजाः । तपःकर्तुर्जपः प्रोक्तो यज्जपन्परिमार्जते ३२ ।
japayogamatho vakSye gadataH zRNuta dvijAH । tapaHkarturjapaH prokto yajjapanparimArjate 32 ।
O brahmins, I shall now explain Japayoga, please listen. Even the person practising austerities shall perform Japas to purify himself.
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 18 - Verse 90
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 18 · Verse 90
शिष्यः पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः सदाशिष्यत्वयोगतः । जिह्वालिंगान्मंत्रशुक्रं कर्णयोनौ निषिच्यवै 1-18-९० ।
ziSyaH putra iti proktaH sadAziSyatvayogataH । jihvAliMgAnmaMtrazukraM karNayonau niSicyavai 1-18-90 ।
The disciple is called the son due to his eternal connection with the master. The sacred syllables (linga), mantras, and semen (energy) are to be placed in the mouth, ears, and other sacred places for purification and spiritual practice.
Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 18 - Verse 104
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · Chapter 18 · Verse 104
ज्वरमारी विषूचिश्च गोमारी च मसूरिका । जन्मर्क्षग्रहसंक्रांतिग्रहयोगाः स्वराशिके १०४ ।
jvaramArI viSUcizca gomArI ca masUrikA । janmarkSagrahasaMkrAMtigrahayogAH svarAzike 104 ।
Fever, plague, dysentery, cow disease, and lentil disease are associated with the transitions of the ascendant, planetary conjunctions, and the zodiac signs.
Samaveda Kauthuma Uttararcika — Mantra 1869
Samaveda (Kauthuma Samhita) · Chapter Uttararcika · Verse 1869
इन्द्रस्य बाहू स्थविरौ युवानावनाधृष्यौ सुप्रतीकावसह्यौ । तौ युञ्जीत प्रथमौ योग आगते याभ्यां जितमसुराणां सहो महत
indrasya bAhU sthavirau yuvAnAvanAdhR^iShyau supratIkAvasahyau | tau yu~njIta prathamau yoga Agate yAbhyAM jitamasurANA.N saho mahat
May Indra’s arms, both strong and youthful, be unshakable and splendid; let him first unite, and by those two may he together conquer the great host of asuras.
Samaveda Kauthuma Uttararcika — Mantra 742
Samaveda (Kauthuma Samhita) · Chapter Uttararcika · Verse 742
स घा नो योग आ भुवत्स राये स पुरन्ध्या । गमद्वाजेभिरा स नः
sa ghA no yoga A bhuvatsa rAye sa purandhyA | gamadvAjebhirA sa naH
May he be our vigorous union, O Purandhiya, bringing prosperity: bring him to us with Gamadvaja.
Taittiriya Pratishakhya 18.7
Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 18 · Verse 7
यथाप्रयोगं वा सर्वेषां यथाप्रयोगं वा सर्वेषाम।।
yathāprayogaṃ vā sarveṣāṃ yathāprayogaṃ vā sarveṣām||
All allow that it may also be according to the application.
Taittiriya Pratishakhya 22.14
Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 22 · Verse 14
यद्यञ्जनान्तं यदु चापि दीर्घं संयोगपूर्वं च तथानुनासिकम।। एतानि सर्वाणि गुरूणि विद्याच छेषाण्यतो ऽन्यानि ततो लघूनि।।
yadyañjanāntaṃ yadu cāpi dīrghaṁ saṃyogapūrvaṃ ca tathānunāsikam|| etāni sarvāṇi gurūṇi vidyāc cheṣāṇyato 'nyāni tato laghūni||
A syllable that ends with a consonat , one that has a long vowel , one that preceedes a conjuction of consonants , one that is nasal --- all these are to be accounted heavy ; the rest , other than these , are light.
Taittiriya Pratishakhya 22.15
Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 22 · Verse 15
अव्यञ्जनान्तं यद्ध्रस्वमसंयोगपरं च यत। अननुस्वारसंयुक्तमेतल्लघु निषोधतै तल्लघु निबोधत।।
avyañjanāntaṃ yaddhrasvamasaṃyogaparaṃ ca yat| ananusvārasaṃyuktametallaghu niṣodhatai tallaghu nibodhata||
A syllable that does not end with a consonat , that has a short vowel , and that is not followed by a conjunction of consonants , and one that is not combined with anusvāra --- know that to be light.
Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 3 · Verse 11
सरित्सु तीर्थेषु तथाश्रमेषु पुण्येषु देवायतनेषु शर्वः। समायुतो योगयुतो ऽपि पापान्नावाप मोक्षं जलदध्वजो ऽसौ।।
saritsu tīrtheṣu tathāśrameṣu puṇyeṣu devāyataneṣu śarvaḥ| samāyuto yogayuto 'pi pāpānnāvāpa mokṣaṃ jaladadhvajo 'sau||
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Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 3 · Verse 26
यो ऽसौ प्राङ्मण्डले पुण्ये मदंशप्रभवो ऽव्ययः। प्रयागे वसते नित्यं योगशायीति विश्रुतः।।
yo 'sau prāṅmaṇḍale puṇye madaṃśaprabhavo 'vyayaḥ| prayāge vasate nityaṃ yogaśāyīti viśrutaḥ||
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Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 3 · Verse 29
ताभ्यां मध्ये तु यो देशस्तत्क्षेत्रं योगशायिनः। त्रैलोक्यप्रवरं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम। न तादृशो ऽस्ति गगने न भूभ्यां न रसातले।।
tābhyāṃ madhye tu yo deśastatkṣetraṃ yogaśāyinaḥ| trailokyapravaraṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam| na tādṛśo 'sti gagane na bhūbhyāṃ na rasātale||
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Shiva, Sati, and the Opening Narrative
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 6 · Verse 53
गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति रमन्ति यक्ष वाद्यानि यत्नादपि वादयन्ति। तवाग्रतो हास्यवचो ऽभिरक्ता भवन्ति ते योगयुतास्तु ते स्युः।।
gāyanti nṛtyanti ramanti yakṣa vādyāni yatnādapi vādayanti| tavāgrato hāsyavaco 'bhiraktā bhavanti te yogayutāstu te syuḥ||
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Andhaka, Devi, and Shaiva-Shakta Episodes
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 19 · Verse 19
नमो ऽस्तु दैव्यै सुरपूजितायै या संस्थिता योगविशुद्धदेहा। निद्रास्वरूपेण महीं वितत्य तृष्णा त्रपा क्षुद भयदाथ कान्तिः।।
namo 'stu daivyai surapūjitāyai yā saṃsthitā yogaviśuddhadehā| nidrāsvarūpeṇa mahīṃ vitatya tṛṣṇā trapā kṣud bhayadātha kāntiḥ||
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Dharma, Narakas, and Sacred Conduct
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 37 · Verse 54
न च पुत्रफलं नैव पतिना योगमेष्यसि। उत्सृष्टमात्रे शापे तु ह्यपोवाह त्रयोदश। अपकृष्टे नपरपतौ सापि मोहमुपागता।।
na ca putraphalaṃ naiva patinā yogameṣyasi| utsṛṣṭamātre śāpe tu hyapovāha trayodaśa| apakṛṣṭe naparapatau sāpi mohamupāgatā||
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Dharma, Narakas, and Sacred Conduct
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 37 · Verse 71
यदा तिस्रः समेष्यन्ति सप्तगोदावरे जले। हाटकाख्ये महादेव तदा संयोगमेष्यसि।।
yadā tisraḥ sameṣyanti saptagodāvare jale| hāṭakākhye mahādeva tadā saṃyogameṣyasi||
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Dharma, Narakas, and Sacred Conduct
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 38 · Verse 28
तस्यास्मि जपमानस्य महायोगं महात्मनः। जातो ऽलिवृन्दसंयुक्तः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः।।
tasyāsmi japamānasya mahāyogaṃ mahātmanaḥ| jāto 'livṛndasaṃyuktaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ||
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Tirthas, Vratas, and Cosmic-Religious Order
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 60 · Verse 41
ध्यानयोगश्च योगी च गतिर्मोक्षो धृतिः सुखम। योगाङ्गानि त्वमीशानः सर्वगस्त्वं नमो ऽस्तु ते।।
dhyānayogaśca yogī ca gatirmokṣo dhṛtiḥ sukham| yogāṅgāni tvamīśānaḥ sarvagastvaṃ namo 'stu te||
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Tirthas, Vratas, and Cosmic-Religious Order
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 64 · Verse 74
सा मद्वचनमाकर्ण्य प्रोवाच तनुमध्यमा। कथमेवावयोर्व्याघ्र रतियोगमुपेष्यति।।
sā madvacanamākarṇya provāca tanumadhyamā| kathamevāvayorvyāghra ratiyogamupeṣyati||
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Vamana, Bali, and Concluding Phala
Vamana Purana (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 68 · Verse 55
एवं क्रियायोगरतस्य ते ऽद्य नूनं मुरारिः शुभदो भविष्यति। नरा न सीदन्ति बले समाश्रिता विभुं जगन्नाथमनन्तमच्युतम।।
evaṃ kriyāyogaratasya te 'dya nūnaṃ murāriḥ śubhado bhaviṣyati| narā na sīdanti bale samāśritā vibhuṃ jagannāthamanantamacyutam||
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Saromahatmya and Vamana Prelude
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 4 · Verse 6
तस्यैव तु प्रसादेन प्रवक्ष्ये परमां गतिम। यत्र योगं समास्थाय तपश्चरति दुश्चरम।।
tasyaiva tu prasādena pravakṣye paramāṃ gatim| yatra yogaṃ samāsthāya tapaścarati duścaram||
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Saromahatmya and Vamana Prelude
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 4 · Verse 12
तस्य व्रतसमाप्त्यां तु योगव्रतविसर्जने। अमोघं तस्य देवस्य विश्वतेजो महात्मनः।।
tasya vratasamāptyāṃ tu yogavratavisarjane| amoghaṃ tasya devasya viśvatejo mahātmanaḥ||
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Vamana Lineage and Divine Narrative
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 9 · Verse 24
जय स्वमायायोगस्थ शेषभोग जयाक्षर। जयैकदंष्ट्रप्रान्तेन समुद्धृतवसुंधर।।
jaya svamāyāyogastha śeṣabhoga jayākṣara| jayaikadaṃṣṭraprāntena samuddhṛtavasuṃdhara||
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Vamana Lineage and Divine Narrative
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 10 · Verse 90
च्युतराज्यो निजं राज्यमिष्टप्राप्तिं वियोगवान। समाप्नेति महाभागा नरः श्रुत्वा कथामिमाम।।
cyutarājyo nijaṃ rājyamiṣṭaprāptiṃ viyogavān| samāpneti mahābhāgā naraḥ śrutvā kathāmimām||
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Kurukshetra Tirthas and Sacred Geography
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 15 · Verse 51
पाणिखाते नरः स्नात्वा पितृन संतर्प्य मानवः। अवाप्नुयाद राजसूयं सांख्यं योगं च विन्दति।।
pāṇikhāte naraḥ snātvā pitṛn saṃtarpya mānavaḥ| avāpnuyād rājasūyaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ yogaṃ ca vindati||
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Kurukshetra Tirthas and Sacred Geography
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 20 · Verse 12
तत्र प�चवटं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम। महादेवः स्थितो यत्र योगमूर्तिधरः स्वयम।।
tatra pa�cavaṭaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam| mahādevaḥ sthito yatra yogamūrtidharaḥ svayam||
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Kurukshetra Tirthas and Sacred Geography
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 23 · Verse 36
मु�जकेशिन सर्वलोकवरप्रद सर्वानुग्रहकर कमलेशय कुशेशय हृदयेशय ज�आनोदधे शंभो विभो महायज�अ महायाज�इ क सर्वयज�अमय सर्वय5हृदय सर्वयज�असंस्तुत निराश्रय (20) समुद्रेशय अत्रिसंभव भक्तानुकम्पिन अभग्नयोग योगधर वासुकिमहामणि- विद्योतितविग्रह हरितनयन त्रिलोचन जटाधर नीलकण्ठ चन्द्रार्धधर उमाशरीरार्धहर गजचर्मधर दुस्तरसंसारमहासंहारकर(25) प्रसीद भक्तजनवत्सल एवं स्तुतो देवगणैः सुभक्त्या सब्रहामुख्यैश्च पितामहेन। त्यक्त्वा तदा हस्तिरूपं महात्मा लिङ्गे तदा संनिधानं चकार।।
mu�jakeśin sarvalokavaraprada sarvānugrahakara kamaleśaya kuśeśaya hṛdayeśaya j�ānodadhe śaṃbho vibho mahāyaj�a mahāyāj�i ka sarvayaj�amaya sarvaya5hṛdaya sarvayaj�asaṃstuta nirāśraya (20) samudreśaya atrisaṃbhava bhaktānukampin abhagnayoga yogadhara vāsukimahāmaṇi- vidyotitavigraha haritanayana trilocana jaṭādhara nīlakaṇṭha candrārdhadhara umāśarīrārdhahara gajacarmadhara dustarasaṃsāramahāsaṃhārakara(25) prasīda bhaktajanavatsala evaṃ stuto devagaṇaiḥ subhaktyā sabrahāmukhyaiśca pitāmahena| tyaktvā tadā hastirūpaṃ mahātmā liṅge tadā saṃnidhānaṃ cakāra||
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Stotras, Tirtha Mahatmya, and Liberation Themes
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 25 · Verse 53
चैत्रे मासे त्रयोदश्यां दिव्यनक्षत्रयोगतः। शुक्रार्कचन्द्रसंयोगे दिने पुण्यतमे शुभे।।
caitre māse trayodaśyāṃ divyanakṣatrayogataḥ| śukrārkacandrasaṃyoge dine puṇyatame śubhe||
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Stotras, Tirtha Mahatmya, and Liberation Themes
Vamana Purana Saromahatmya (GRETIL Sanskrit) · Chapter 26 · Verse 101
साङ्ख्याय साङ्ख्यमुख्याय साङ्ख्ययोगमुखाय च। नमो विरथरथ्याय चतुष्पथरथाय च।।
sāṅkhyāya sāṅkhyamukhyāya sāṅkhyayogamukhāya ca| namo viratharathyāya catuṣpatharathāya ca||
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Greatness of N may ana - Verse 16
Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · Chapter 4 · Verse 16
Offering them seats and showing hospitality the great king asked them who had keen intelligence and knowledge of Yoga and who had come there of their own accord.
Departure of Naciketas - Verse 15
Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · Chapter 193 · Verse 15
The brilliant son said 'yes'> meditated for a while and entered into yoga.
1. This Purana spoken by Varaha was written at Kasi by - Verse 145
Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · Chapter 218 · Verse 145
103,152.29, 30,153.7, 40,154.10, 20,155.47,157.1, 5, 6,158.7,160. 56, 165.23, 170.90-91, 175.1, 187.115;—daughter of Martanda and Sarhjna 8.6. Yasoda 169.38-39;—a river in Kusadvipa (same as Siva) 87.3. Yavakrita, a sage 170.61. Yoga 4.16, 14.49, 16.6, 137.35, 140.93, 142.29, 44, 146.59, 152.22, 179.35,
1. This Purana spoken by Varaha was written at Kasi by - Verse 184
Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · Chapter 218 · Verse 184
9, 193.50-51, 210.43, 44; for attaining the Lord 115.42-53; benefits of 116.5-7;—psychic discipline 2.67-68. Yogamaya 144.47, 49, 77. Yogesvarl, a mother goddess representing love 27.35-36. Yogin 13.22, 14.18, 50, 15.13, 75.43, 115.53, 118.15, 124.16-17, 137.35, 120'
1. This Purana spoken by Varaha was written at Kasi by - Verse 75
Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · Chapter 218 · Verse 75
13, 25, 26, 32, 36, 113.49, 214.53-55. Nissvasasamhita, doctrine propounded by Rudra on Pasupata 71.54, 56. Nisvira, a river rising from Himalaya 85.4. Nrga, a king 47.8. Nirrti, guardian deity of South west 28.16, 29.12-13, 99.27, 37. Nrsimha, incarnation of Visnu 39.39-41, 42.2-3, 14, 48.20-22, 55.37. NrsirhhadvadasI, rituals 42.2-6, results 42.7-15. Nyasayoga 142.62. Padma, a serpent chief 24.6-7. Padmanabha, a name of Visnu 4.27, 36.22, 49.1, 2-3, 46, 160.14. PadmanabhadvadasJ, rituals 49.1-4, results 49.5-46. Paisacika, a river rising from Rksa 85.5. Paitra, a sacrifice 8.31. Palasini, a river rising from Suktiman 85.6. Pallava, a river in Naisadha 83.3. Paficadesa, a holy spot near Saptasamudrika in Mathura 157.20. Paficaganga, a river 82.4. Pancagavya 114.46, 132.16, 37, 136.89, 95, 118, 179.11, 15, 182.13, 20, 21,
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Vayu Purana (G. V. Tagare English translation) · Chapter 1 · Verse 3
Nara : An incarnation of Visnu ; born ofDharma and Murti, daughter ofDaksa; a constant associate of Narayana while performing penance at Badarikasrama. The Mahabharata heroes Krsna and Aijuna are regarded as incarnations of Narayana and Nara. Vdvu Panina jetory to Vyasa,1 the son of Parasara and the gladdener of art of Satyavati—Vyasa from whose lotus-like mouth forth the nectar of words, which the whole universe sat* i lit I seek refuge in Lord Isana (Siva) , the eternal , great god of noble soul, the lord of steady, entire [verse. 4'4 HP f-6* Desirous of knowing {more about) Puranas, legends, WLtc,) I seek refuge in Lord Brahma, the creator of the worlds, j is) omniscient, unvanquished, the noble lord of (everythpast, present and future; God Brahma, the lord of universe in whom are inherent the four divine excellences, unparalleled knowledge, detachment, supremacy and virtue ) ; (Lord Brahma) who for ever visualizes all beings (irrespective of their being) manifest or unmanifest, which re-enter the Lord (Brahma) for cessation of activities (at the time of the dissolution of the universe); (God Brahma) the creator of the world, the knower of the reality of the world, the knower of the principles, who, resorting to Yoga, created all living beings mobile and immobile; the unborn lord, the creator of everything, the lord in the form of consciousness and the cosmic witness of the world.
The Origin of Creation - Verse 11
Vayu Purana (G. V. Tagare English translation) · Chapter 5 · Verse 11
Entering the cosmic Egg, the great god caused, by his supreme Yoga, agitation in Pradhana and Purusa.1
Manvantaras - Verse 44-51
Vayu Purana (G. V. Tagare English translation) · Chapter 10 · Verse 44-51
They were tawny-coloured, equipped with quivers (for arrows) ; they had matted hair and were deeply red (vilohita) in complexion. They were green-haired. They killed with eyes (by casting a glance) and held skulls (in their hands). They were multiformed, hideous in appearance, and cosmic-formed. They rode chariots and wore coats of mail. They were virtuous and put on armours. They had hundred thousand arms. They could traverse through the heaven, firmament and the earth. They had big heads, eight fangs, two tongues and three eyes. (Some of them were) eaters of rice, (some) eaters of flesh, (some were) drinkers of ghee and (some) of Soma juice; some drank fat. They were huge-bodied and blue-black-necked and of fierce fury. They were equipped with quivers, bows, swords and leather-shields. Some were seated, some were running, some were yawning and some occupying seats. Some were teaching the Vedas; some performing Japa, practising Yoga and some studying the Vedas. Some were blazing, some showering, some shining, while some were smoking. Some were awake (enlightened) , some the most enlightened, some established in Brahman and some of auspicious vision. All of them were blue-necked, thousand-eyed and nocturnal wanderers. They were invisible to all beings. They were great yogins of brilliant splendour. Some were shouting and running. Rudra created