Yoga Shikha Upanishat
Sentence 138
anim adi padam prapya rajate raja yogatah |
prana apana samayogo jneyam yoga chatushtayam ||138||
अणिमादिपदं प्राप्य राजते राजयोगतः ।
प्राणापानसमायोगो ज्ञेयं योगचतुष्टयम् ॥१३८॥
aṇim-ādi-padaṁ prāpya rājate rāja-yogataḥ |
prāṇa-apāna-samāyogo jñeyaṁ yoga-catuṣṭayam ||138||
If Raja-Yoga is reached, supernatural powers (Siddhi) are achievable. |
Typical for the fourfold Yoga is always the unification of ascending energy (Prana) with descending energy(Apana). ||138||
animan (अणिमन्, aṇiman) = One of the supernatural powers (Siddhi), the power to shrink to the size of an Atom.
adi (आदि, ādi) = and so to
animan adi (अणिमनादि, aṇiman-ādi) = the supernatural, powers, Siddhi
pada (पद, pada) = rank, state, stage, step
prapya (प्राप्य, prāpya) = reachable, achievable, to attain
rajate (राजते, rājate) = rule, reign, govern
raja yogat (राजयोगात्, rāja-yogāt) = through Raja-Yoga
prana (प्राण, prāṇa) = ascending life force, principle of breathing
apana (अपान, apāna) = descending life force, principle of excretion
samayoga (समायोग, samāyoga) = unification, combination
jneyam (ज्ञेयम्, jñeyam) = is known
yoga (योग, yoga) = Yoga
chatushtayam (चतुष्टयम्, catuṣṭayam) = fourfold, consisting of 4.
yoga chatushtayam (योगचतुष्टयम्, yoga-catuṣṭayam) = the fourfold Yoga; in sentence 1.129b-130a Mantra-, Laya-, Hatha- and Raja-Yoga are described as the four pieces of a Maha-Yoga.
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