Vayu Purana

आवृत्य मनसा शुक्लं पटं वा कम्बलं तथा। ततस्तु परमं ब्रह्म क्षिप्रमेवानुचिन्तयेत् ।। १२.

Covering with the mind a white cloth or a blanket, then one should quickly contemplate the supreme Brahman.

तस्माच्चैवात्मनो दोषांस्तूपसर्गानुपस्थितान् । परित त्यजेत मेधावी यदीच्छेत् सिद्धिमात्मनः ।। १२.

Therefore, the wise should completely abandon the faults and obstacles of the self, if he desires perfection for himself.

ऋषयो देवगन्धर्वा यक्षोरगमहासुराः। उपसर्गेषु संयुक्ता आवर्त्तन्ते पुनः पुनः ।। १२.

Sages, divine gandharvas, yakshas, serpents, and great demons—when joined with obstacles, they revolve again and again.

तस्माद्युक्तः सदा योगी लघ्वाहारी जितेन्द्रियः। तथा सुप्तः सुसूक्ष्मेषु धारणां मूर्ध्नि धारयेत् ।। १२.

Therefore, the yogin should always be disciplined, moderate in food, self-controlled; thus, lying down in a very subtle state, he should fix his concentration at the crown of the head.

ततस्तु योगयुक्तस्य जितनिद्रस्य योगिनः। उपसर्गाः पुनश्चान्ते जायन्ते प्राणसंज्ञकाः ।। १२.

Then, for the yogin who is united with yoga and has conquered sleep, obstacles called 'prāṇa' arise again at the end.

पृथिवीं धारयेत्सर्वां ततश्चापो ह्यनन्तरम्। ततोऽग्निञ्चैव सर्वेषामाकाशं मन एव च ।। १२.

He should hold the entire earth, then immediately water, then fire, and for all, ether and mind as well.

ततः परां पुनर्बुद्धिं धारयेद्यत्नतो यती। किद्धीनाञ्चैव लिङ्गानि दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा परित्यजेत् ।। १२.

Then, the ascetic should diligently hold the supreme intellect; seeing again and again the marks of the intellect, he should let them go.

पृथ्वीं धारयमाणस्य मही सूक्ष्मा प्रवर्तते। अपो धारयमाणस्य आपः सूक्ष्मा भवन्ति हि। शीता रसाः प्रवर्त्तन्ते सूक्ष्मा ह्यमृतसन्निभाः ।। १२.

For one holding the earth, a subtle earth arises; for one holding water, subtle waters indeed appear; cool essences arise, subtle and resembling nectar.

तेजो धारयमाणस्य तेजः सूक्ष्मा प्रवर्त्तते। आत्मानं मन्यते तेजस्तद्भावमनुपश्यति ।। १२.

For one holding fire, subtle fire arises; he perceives himself as fire and sees that state.

आत्मानं मन्यते वायुं वायुवन्मण्डलं प्रभो । आकाशं धारयाणस्य व्योम सूक्ष्मं प्रवर्त्तते ।। १२.

He perceives himself as air, as a circle of wind, O Lord; for one holding ether, subtle space arises.

पश्यते मण्डलं सूक्ष्मं घोषश्चास्य प्रवर्त्तते । आत्मानं मन्यते नित्यं वायुः सूक्ष्मः प्रवर्त्तते ।। १२.

He sees a subtle circle, and a sound arises for him; he always perceives himself as subtle air arising.

तथा मनो धारयतो मनः सूक्ष्मं प्रवर्त्तते । मनसा सर्वभूतानां मनस्तु विशते हि सः। बुद्ध्या बुद्धिं यदा युञ्जेत्तदा विज्ञाय बुद्धयते ।। १२.

Likewise, for one holding the mind, subtle mind arises; by mind he enters into all beings, and when he unites intellect with intellect, then, knowing, he becomes intelligent.

एतानि सप्त सूक्ष्माणि विदित्वा यस्तु योगवित्। परित्यजति मेधावी स बुद्ध्या परमं व्रजेत् ।। १२.

He who knows these seven subtle elements, being wise and learned in yoga, abandons them and attains the supreme by intellect.

यस्मिन् यस्मिंश्च संयुक्तो भूत ऐश्वर्यलक्षणे। तत्रैव सङ्गं भजते तेनैव प्रविनश्यति ।। १२.

In whatever element one is joined, marked by mastery over elements, there alone he remains attached, and by that he is dissolved.

तस्माद्विदित्वा सूक्ष्माणि संसक्तानि परस्परम्। परित्यजति योबुद्ध्या स परं प्रप्नुयाद्द्विजः ।। १२.

Therefore, knowing the subtle elements as mutually connected, he who abandons them by intellect, O twice-born, attains the supreme.

दृश्यन्ते हि महात्मान ऋषयो दिव्यचक्षुषः। संसक्ताः सूक्ष्मभावेषु ते दोषास्तेषु संज्ञिताः।।१२.२८ तस्मान्न निश्चयः कार्यः सूक्ष्मेष्विह कदाचन। ऐश्वर्याज्जायते रागो विरागं ब्रह्म चोच्यते ।। १२.

Great souls, seers with divine vision, are seen to be attached to subtle states; those are considered faults in them. Therefore, no certainty should ever be made regarding the subtle states here; from mastery arises attachment, and dispassion is said to be Brahman.

विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडङ्गञ्च महेश्वरम्। प्रधानं विनियोगज्ञः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति ।। १२.

Knowing the seven subtle elements and the sixfold form of the great Lord, and understanding the chief principle, one attains the supreme Brahman.

सर्वज्ञता तृप्तिरनादिबोधः स्वतन्त्रता नित्यमलुप्तशक्तिः। अनन्तशक्तिश्च विभोर्विधिज्ञाः षडाहुरङ्गानि महेश्वरस्य ।। १२.

Omniscience, satisfaction, beginningless knowledge, independence, eternal unfailing power, and infinite power—these are said by the knowers of the law to be the six limbs of the great Lord.

नित्यं ब्रह्मधनो युक्त उपसर्गैः प्रमुच्यते। जितश्वासोपसर्गस्य जितरामस्य योगिनः। एका बहिःशरीरेऽस्मिन् धारणा सर्वकामिकी ।। १२.

He who is always endowed with Brahman, disciplined, is freed from obstacles; for the yogin who has conquered the obstacles of breath and pleasure, there is one concentration outside the body, fulfilling all desires.

विशेद्यदा द्विजो युक्तो यत्र यत्रार्प्पयेन्मनः । भूतान्याविशते वापि त्रैलोक्यञ्चापि कम्पयेत् ।। १२.

When the disciplined twice-born enters wherever he directs his mind, he enters the elements or even shakes the three worlds.

एतया प्रविशेद्देहं हित्वा देहं पुनस्त्विह। मनोद्वारं हि योगानामादित्यञ्च विनिर्द्दिशेत् ।। १२.

By this, he enters a body, and having left a body, again here; for the yogas, the gateway of the mind and the sun should be indicated.

आदानादिक्रियाणान्तु आदित्य इति चोच्यते। एतेन विधिना योगी विरक्तः सूक्ष्मवर्ज्जितः। प्रकृतिं समतिक्रम्य रुद्रलोके महीयते ।। १२.

Because of actions such as taking and the like, he is called Āditya. In this way, the yogī, detached and free from subtle qualities, having transcended nature, is honored in the world of Rudra.

ऐश्वर्यगुणसम्प्राप्तं ब्रह्मभूतन्तु तं प्रभुम्। देवस्थानेषु सर्वेषु सर्वतस्तु निवर्त्तते ।। १२.

That lord, having attained the qualities of sovereignty and divinity, having become Brahman, withdraws from all the abodes of the gods, everywhere.

पैशाचांशचव पिशाचांश्च राक्षसेन च राक्षसान् । गान्धर्वेण च गन्धर्वान् कौबेरेण कुबेरजान् ।। १२.

With the portion of a piśāca, he attains the piśācas; with the portion of a rākṣasa, the rākṣasas; with the portion of a gandharva, the gandharvas; with the portion of Kubera, those born of Kubera.

इन्द्रमैन्द्रेण स्थानेन सौम्यं सौम्येन चैव हि। प्रजापतिं तथा चैव प्राजापत्येन साधयेत् ।। १२.

He attains Indra by the abode of Indra, Soma by the abode of Soma, and likewise Prajāpati by the abode of Prajāpati.

ब्राह्मं ब्राह्येन चाप्येवमुपामन्त्रयते प्रभुम्। तत्र सक्तस्तु उन्मत्तस्तस्मात्सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते ।। १२.

In the same way, he addresses the lord in the Brāhma abode with the Brāhma portion. Attached there, he becomes intoxicated, and from that, everything proceeds.

नित्यं ब्रह्मपरो युक्तः स्थानान्येतानि वै त्यजेत् । असज्यमानः स्थानेषु द्विजः सर्वगतो भवेत् ।। १२.

Always intent on Brahman, disciplined, he abandons these abodes. Not becoming attached to the abodes, the twice-born becomes all-pervading.

अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि ऐश्वर्यगुण विस्तरम्। येन योगविशेषेण सर्वलोकानतिक्रमेत् ।। १३.

Now, I will explain in detail the qualities of sovereignty, by which, through a special yoga, one transcends all worlds.

तत्राष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं योगिनां समुदाहृतम्। तत्सर्वं क्रमयोगेन उच्यमानं निबोधत ।। १३.

There, the eightfold sovereignty of yogīs is described. Listen as I explain all of them in order.