| 10. Whoso meditates
on the Sage, the ancient, the Ruler smaller than an atom, the Dispenser
of all, of unthinkable nature, glorious like the Sun, beyond the darkness,
(whoso meditates on such a Being at the time of death, with a steady mind
endued with devotion and strength of Yoga, well fixing the lifebreath betwixt
the eyebrows, he reaches that Supreme Purusha Resplendent.Sage: the Omniscient.
The Ruler: of the whole world.Dispenser: who allots to all living beings
actions and their results in all their variety. It is very difficult for
anybody to conceive of His form though it exists. Like the Sun, He is glorious
with the splendour of His Eternal Intelligence (Nitya Chaitanya) which is
beyond the darkness of delusion or nescience (Ajnana). The strength of Yoga
consists in the steadiness of mind which results from the aftereffects of
the (constant practice of) samadhi. At first the mind (chitta) is subdued
in the lotus of the heart (hridayapundarika) ; then by means of the upgoing
nadi (sushumna), after gradually obtaining control over the several stages
of matter (earth and the other four rudimental elements), the lifebreath
of the heart is drawn up and carefully fixed betwixt the eyebrows. By this
means the wise man, the Yogin, reaches the Supreme Purusha, who is resplendent.
Meditation of the Divine in the Pranava. The Lord now assigns a name to
that Brahman whom the Yogin wishes to reach by means to be pointed out again
in the sequel, and who will be now described in such terms as being declared
by the knowers of the Veda. |
