Vayu Purana

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.

अणिमा लघिमा चैव महिमा प्राप्तिरेव च। प्राकाम्यज्चैव सर्वत्र ईशित्वञ्चैव सर्वतः ।। १३.

Aṇimā, laghimā, mahimā, prāpti, prākāmya everywhere, and īśitva everywhere—these are the powers.

वशित्वमथ सर्वत्र यत्र कामावसायिता। तच्चापि विविधं ज्ञेयमैश्वर्यं सर्वकामिकम् ।। १३.

And vaśitva everywhere, where there is fulfillment of all desires—this manifold sovereignty, fulfilling all desires, is to be known.

सावद्यं निरवद्यं च सूक्ष्मञ्चैव प्रवर्त्तते। सावद्यं नाम तत्तत्त्वं पञ्चभूतात्मकं स्मृतम् ।। १३.

Both faulty and faultless, and also subtle, are manifest. That which is called faulty is said to consist of the five elements.

निरवद्यं तथा नाम पञ्चभूतात्मकं स्मृतम्। इन्द्रियाणि मनश्चैव अहह्कारश्च वै स्मृतम् ।। १३.

And that which is called faultless is also said to consist of the five elements, as well as the senses, the mind, and indeed the ego.

तत्र सूक्ष्मप्रवृत्तन्तु पञ्चभूतात्मकं पुनः। इन्द्रियाणि मनश्चैव बुद्ध्यहङ्कार संज्ञितम् ।। १३.

There, the subtle activity is again said to consist of the five elements, the senses, the mind, and what is called intellect and ego.

तथा सर्वमयञ्चैव आत्मस्था ख्यातिरेव च। संयोग एवं त्रिपिधः सूक्ष्मेष्वेव प्रवर्त्तते ।। १३.

Likewise, that which is composed of everything, and the fame established in the self—thus, the threefold union operates only in the subtle.

पुनरष्टगुणस्यापि तेष्वेवाथ प्रवर्त्तते। तस्य रूपं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथाह भगवान् प्रभुः ।। १३.

Again, even the eightfold powers operate in these. I will explain their form, as the Blessed Lord has declared.

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वबूतेषु जीवस्यानियतः स्मृतः। अणिमा च यथाव्यक्तं सर्वं यत्र प्रतिष्ठितम् ।। १३.

In the three worlds, among all beings, the life-force is said to be unbounded. Aṇimā is that by which all is established, though imperceptible.

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां दुष्प्राप्यं समुदाहृतम्। तच्चापि भवति प्राप्यं प्रथमं योगिनां बलात् ।। १३.

In the three worlds, that which is declared difficult to attain for all beings, even that becomes attainable first by the power of yogīs.

लम्बनं प्लवनं योगे रूपमस्य सदा भवेत् । शीघ्रगं सर्वभूतेषु द्वितीयं तत्पदं स्मृतम् ।। १३.

In yoga, support and leaping are always its forms; moving swiftly among all beings is remembered as its second state.

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यमेव च। महिमा चापि यो यस्मिंस्तृतीयो योग उच्यते ।। १३.

The attainment of all beings in the three worlds, and the fulfillment of desires as well—this, along with greatness in each, is called the third kind of yoga.

त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतेषु त्रैलोक्यमगमं स्मृतम्। प्रकामान् विषयान् भुङ्क्ते न च प्रतिहतः व्कचित् । त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां सुखदुःखं प्रकर्त्तते ।। १३.

In the three worlds, among all beings, it is known as mastery over the three worlds; he enjoys desired objects without obstruction anywhere, and in the three worlds he brings about happiness and sorrow for all beings.

ईशो भवति सर्वत्र प्रविभागेन योगवित्। वश्यानि चैव भूतानि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे। भवन्ति सर्वकार्येषु इच्छतो न भवन्ति च ।। १३.

The knower of yoga becomes lord everywhere, by distinction; and all beings, moving and unmoving, in the three worlds, become subject to his will—things happen as he wishes, or do not happen.

यत्र कामावसायित्वं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे। इच्छया चेन्द्रियाणि स्युः भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ।। १३.

Wherever there is the power to fulfill desires, in the three worlds, among moving and unmoving beings, the senses act or do not act according to his will.

शब्दः स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चैव मन स्तथा। प्रवर्त्तन्तेऽस्य चेच्छातो न भवन्ति तथेच्छया ।। १३.

Sound, touch, taste, smell, form, and even the mind—these arise for him when he wishes, and cease when he so desires.

न जायते न म्रियते भिद्यते न च छिद्यते। न दह्यते न मुह्यते हीयते न च लिप्यते ।। १३.

He is not born, nor does he die; he is not split, nor cut; he is not burned, nor deluded; he is not diminished, nor stained.

न क्षीयते न क्षरति न खिद्यति कदाचन। क्रियते चैव सर्वत्र तथा विक्रियते न च ।। १३.

He is not exhausted, nor does he perish, nor is he ever afflicted; he acts everywhere, yet is not transformed.

अगन्धरसरूपस्तु स्पर्शशब्दविवर्ज्जितः। अवर्णो ह्यवरश्चैव तथा वर्णस्य कर्हिचित् ।। १३.

He is without smell, taste, or form, devoid of touch and sound; he is colorless and without distinction, and yet sometimes assumes color.

भुङ्क्तेऽथ विषयांश्चैव विषयैर्न्न च युज्यते। ज्ञात्वा तु परमं सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मत्वाच्चापवर्गकः ।। १३.

He enjoys objects, yet is not bound by them; knowing the supreme subtlety, because of that subtlety, he is liberated.

व्यापकस्त्वपवर्गाच्च व्यापित्वात्पुरुषः स्मृतः। पुरुषः सूक्ष्मभावात्तु ऐश्वर्ये परतः स्थितः ।। १३.

He is all-pervading and, because of liberation, is called puruṣa; due to his subtle nature, the puruṣa stands supreme in sovereignty.