Agni Purana

स्फुरच्छीकरसंस्पर्शप्रभूते हिमगामिभिः । धाराभिरखिलं विश्वमापूर्य्य भुवि चिन्तयेत् ।। ३७५.

He should contemplate the entire universe being filled on earth by streams abundant with the touch of cold, sparkling water.

ब्रह्मरन्ध्राच्च संक्षोभाद्यावदाधारमण्डलम् । सुषुम्नान्तर्गतो बूत्वा संपूर्णेन्दुकृतालयं ।। ३७५.

From the Brahmarandhra, by agitation, down to the region of the base, entering within the Sushumna, he should fill the abode made by the full moon.

संप्लाव्य हिमसंस्पर्श तोयेनामृतमूर्त्तिना । क्षुत् पिपासाक्रमप्रायसन्तापपरिपीड़ितः ।। ३७५.

Flooding with water touched by cold, with the form of nectar, he, afflicted by hunger, thirst, and intense suffering, should endure.

धारयेद्वारुणीं मन्त्री तुष्ट्यर्थं चाप्यतन्त्रितः । वारुणी धारणा प्रोक्ता ऐशानीधारणां श्रृषु ।। ३७५.

He should hold the Varuni (nectar) by mantra, for the sake of satisfaction and without distraction; the Varuni retention is taught—listen to the Ishani retention.

व्योग्नि ब्रह्ममये पद्मे प्राणापणे क्षयङ्गते । प्रसादं चिन्तयेद् विष्णोर्यावच्चिन्ता क्षयं गता ।। ३७५.

In the lotus made of Brahman, when the prana and apana have subsided, he should contemplate the grace of Vishnu until all thought has ceased.

महाभावञ्चपेत् सर्व्वं ततो व्यापक ईश्वरः । अर्द्धेन्दुं परमं शान्तं निराभासन्निरञ्जनं ।। ३७५.

He should realize the great state, then the all-pervading Lord, the half-moon, the supreme peace, without appearance, stainless.

असत्यं सत्यमाभाति तावत्सर्वं चराचरं । यावत् स्वस्यन्दरूपन्तु न दृष्टं गुरुवक्त्रतः ।। ३७५.

Falsehood appears as truth so long as all moving and unmoving things are not seen in their own essential form from the mouth of the teacher.

दृष्टे तस्मिन् परे तत्त्वे आब्रह्म सचराचरं । प्रमातृमानमेयञ्च ध्यानहृत्पद्मकल्पनं ।। ३७५.

When that supreme reality is seen, from Brahma down to all moving and unmoving things, the knower, the measure, and the object, as well as the lotus of meditation in the heart, are imagined.

मातृमोदकवत्सर्वं जपहोमार्चनादिकं । विष्णुमन्त्रेण वा कुर्य्यादमृतां धारणां वदे ।। ३७५.

All actions like recitation, sacrifice, worship, and so forth, like a mother giving sweets, should be performed with the Vishnu mantra; I declare the retention of nectar.

संपूर्णेन्दुनिभं ध्यायेत् कमलं तन्त्रिमुष्टिगं । शिरःस्थं चिन्तयेत् यत्नाच्छशाङ्गायुतवर्चसं ।। ३७५.

He should meditate on a lotus resembling the full moon, held in the hand with the fingers; he should carefully contemplate it at the crown of the head, radiant with the light of the moon.

सम्पूर्णमण्डलं व्योम्नि शिवकल्लोलपूर्णितं । तथा हृत्‌कमले ध्यायेत्तन्मध्ये स्वतनुं स्मरेत् ३७५.

He should meditate on the full circle in the sky, filled with the waves of Shiva; likewise, in the heart-lotus, he should remember his own form in its center.

अग्निरुवाच यदात्ममात्रं निर्भासं स्तिमितोदधिवत् स्थितं । चैतन्यरूपवद्ध्यानं तत् समाधिरिहोच्यते ।। ३७६.

Agni said: When the self alone shines, remaining like a still ocean, meditation in the form of consciousness—that is called samadhi here.

ध्यायन्मनः सन्निवेश्य यस्तिष्ठेदचलस्थिरः । निर्वातानलवद्योगी समाधिस्थः प्रकीर्त्तितः ।। ३७६.

He who, having placed his mind in meditation, remains unmoving and steady, like a windless fire, is called a yogi established in samadhi.

न श्रृणोति न चाघ्राति न पश्यति न वम्यति । न च सपर्शं विजानाति न सङ्कल्पयते मनः ।। ३७६.

He neither hears nor smells, nor sees nor speaks; nor does he perceive touch, nor does his mind form thoughts.

न चाभिमन्यते किञ्चिन्न च बुध्यति काष्ठवत् । एवमीश्वरसंलीनः समाधिस्थः स गीयते ।। ३७६.

He does not claim anything, nor does he awaken, like a log of wood; thus, merged in the Lord, he is said to be established in samadhi.

यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता । ध्यायतो विष्णुमात्मानं समाधिस्तस्य योगिनः ।। ३७६.

Just as a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker, so is the state of meditation remembered; the yogi who contemplates Viṣṇu as his own self attains such steadiness.

उपसर्गाः प्रवर्त्तन्ते दिव्याः सिद्धिप्रसूचकाः । पातितः श्रावणो धातुर्दशनस्बाङ्गवेदनाः ।। ३७६.

Divine omens, indicating the onset of supernatural powers, begin to occur: a ringing sound in the ears, trembling of the body, and sensations in the teeth and limbs.

प्रार्थयन्ति च तं देवा भोगैर्दिव्यैश्च योगिनं । नृपाश्च पृथिवीदानैर्धनैस्च सुधनाधिपाः ।। ३७६.

The gods themselves seek out that yogi with celestial enjoyments, and kings, lords of great wealth, approach him with gifts of land and riches.

वेदादिसर्व्वशास्त्रञ्च स्वयमेव प्रवर्तते । अभीष्टछन्दोविषयं काव्यञ्चास्य प्रवर्त्तते ।। ३७६.

All the Vedas and other scriptures arise spontaneously within him; poetry and whatever he desires to express also manifest of their own accord.

रसायनानि दिव्यानि दिव्याश्चौषधयस्तथा । समस्तानि च शिल्पानि कलाः सर्वाश्च विन्दति ।। ३७६.

He attains divine elixirs, celestial medicines, all arts and crafts, and every form of skill.

सुरेन्द्रकन्या इत्याद्या गुणाश्च प्रतिभादयः । तृणवत्तान्त्यजेद् यस्तु तस्य विष्णुः प्रसीदति ।। ३७६.

Qualities such as the favor of the daughters of the lord of the gods, and other forms of brilliance—whoever renounces these as straw, Viṣṇu is pleased with him.

अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्य्यः शिष्ये ज्ञानं प्रकाश्य च । भुक्त्वा भोगान् यथेच्छातस्तनून्त्यक्त्वालयात्ततः ।। ३७६.

Having revealed knowledge to his disciple, endowed with the powers beginning with aṇimā, and having enjoyed pleasures as he wished, he then abandons the body and departs.

तिष्ठेत् स्वात्मनि विज्ञान आनन्दे ब्रह्मणीश्वरे । मलिनो हि यथादर्श आत्मज्ञानाय न क्षमः ।। ३७६.

He abides in his own self, in knowledge, in bliss, in the supreme Lord Brahman; just as a tarnished mirror is unfit for self-knowledge, so too is one impure.

सर्वाश्रयान्निजे देहे देही विन्दति वेदनां । योगयुक्तस्तु सर्व्वेषां योगान्नाप्नोति वेदनां ।। ३७६.

The embodied soul experiences sensation in his own body due to all forms of attachment; but one united with yoga does not experience sensation from any of them.

आकाशमेकं हि यथा घटादिषु पृथग् भवेत् । तथात्मैको ह्यनेकेषु जलाधारेष्विवांशुमान् ।। ३७६.

Just as space, though one, appears distinct in different jars and the like, so too the one self is present in many, like the sun reflected in various vessels of water.

ब्रह्मखानिलतेजांसि जलभूक्षितिधातवः । इमे लोका एष चात्मा तस्माच्च सचराचरं ।। ३७६.

Brahman, space, wind, fire, water, earth, and the elements—these worlds, this self, and all that moves and does not move arise from that.

मृद्दण्ड चक्रसंयोगात् कुम्भकारो यथा घटं । करोति तृणमृत्काष्ठैर्गृहं वा गृहकारकः ।। ३७६.

Just as a potter makes a pot by joining together clay, stick, and wheel, or a house-builder constructs a house with straw, clay, and wood,

करणान्येवमादाय तासु तास्विह योनिषु । सृजत्यात्मानमात्मैव सम्भूय करणानि च ।। ३७६.

So too, taking up the instruments again and again in various wombs, the self creates itself and the instruments as well.

कर्मणादोषमोहाभ्यामिच्छयैव स बध्यते । ज्ञानाद्विमुच्यते जीवो धर्माद् योगी न रोगभाक् ।। ३७६.

By action, fault, and delusion, through desire alone, one is bound; by knowledge the soul is freed, and by virtue the yogi is not subject to disease.