{"id":585,"date":"2019-03-17T11:24:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T11:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=585"},"modified":"2019-03-17T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T11:28:53","slug":"asana-concept-in-patanjalis-yoga-sutras-and-gorakhabani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"\u0100sana concept in Pata\u00f1jali’s Yoga S\u016btras and Gorakhab\u0101n\u012b"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several mentions of the \u0101sana<\/em> therm in Gorakhab\u0101n\u012b:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u0906\u0938\u0923 \u092c\u0948\u0938\u093f\u092c\u093e \u092a\u0935\u0928 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927\u093f\u092c\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0902\u0928 \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0928 \u0938\u092c \u0927\u0902\u0927\u093e |
\n\u0917\u094b\u0930\u0937\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u0906\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0902\u0924 \u091c\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0902 \u091c\u0932 \u0926\u0940\u0938\u0948 \u091a\u0902\u0926\u093e || \u096e\u0968 ||<\/p>\n

\u0101sa\u1e47 baisib\u0101 pavan nirodhib\u0101 th\u0101\u1e43n m\u0101\u1e43n sab dha\u1e43dh\u0101 |<\/em>
\n bada\u1e43t gora\u1e63n\u0101th \u0101tam\u0101\u1e43 vic\u0101ra\u1e43t jy\u016b\u1e43 jal d\u012bsai ca\u1e43d\u0101 || 82 ||<\/em><\/p>\n

Seating (baisib\u0101) in posture (\u0101sa\u1e47a), overmaster, calm (nirodhib\u0101) vitality (pavana), external environment (th\u0101\u1e43na), your social image (m\u0101\u1e43na), all worldly activities (saba dha\u1e43dh\u0101).<\/em>
\n Gorakshanath says (bada\u1e43ta gora\u1e63an\u0101tha), “Comprehending oneself or Atman (\u0101tam\u0101\u1e43 vic\u0101ra\u1e43ta) in the same way that\u00a0(jy\u016b\u1e43) the moon (ca\u1e43d\u0101) is reflected (d\u012bsai) in water (jala).”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u0926\u093f\u0922 \u0905\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0922 \u091c\u0947 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0922 \u0939\u094b\u0908 ||
\n\u0915\u0939\u0948 \u0938\u0941\u0923\u094c \u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0924\u093e \u092e\u0930\u0948 \u0928 \u092c\u0942\u0922\u093e | || ||<\/p>\n

\u0101sa\u1e47 di\u1e0dh ah\u0101r di\u1e0dh je nya\u1e43dr\u0101 di\u1e0dh ho\u012b ||<\/em>
\n gora\u1e63 kahai su\u1e47au re p\u016bt\u0101 marai na b\u016b\u1e0dh\u0101 ho\u012b || 125 ||<\/em><\/p>\n

The position, location (\u0101sa\u1e47a) should be settled, stable (di\u1e0dha), the nutrition controlled (ah\u0101ra di\u1e0dha), whoever (je) sleeps (nya\u1e43dr\u0101), should be (ho\u012b) regulated (di\u1e0dha) in this. Goraksha says (gora\u1e63a kahai), \u201cListen (su\u1e47au), o (re) my spiritual son (p\u016bt\u0101). Then, will (ho\u012b)\u00a0\u00a0not (na) be senility (b\u016b\u1e0dh\u0101) and death (marai).”<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to Gorakshan\u0101tha<\/em>, much becomes clear with regard to the description of\u00a0\u0101sana<\/em> in\u00a0Yoga S\u016btras of\u00a0Pata\u00f1jali<\/em>. I am going to give explanations.<\/p>\n

\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0930\u0938\u0941\u0916\u092e\u093e\u0938\u0928\u092e\u094d \u0965\u096a\u096c\u0965
\nsthira-sukham-\u0101sanam || 46 ||<\/em><\/p>\n

The position (\u0101sana) must be stable (sthira) [with perfect inner space] (sukha).<\/em><\/p>\n

The term \u0101sana<\/em>\u00a0comes from the root \u0101s, which can have several meanings. The main one is “to sit” or “a seat”, but it can also mean “a place of seating” and “space”. Still it can be translated as \u201cto be”, “to stay” in something or “to live” somewhere, that may indicate the action itself. Thus, it may be a soul staying in the body as puru\u1e63a<\/em>: ‘pura<\/em>‘ – a body and ‘u\u1e63a<\/em>‘ – that is in the body. For example, when we invoke some Deity, we offer him\/her a place to sit. So, N\u0101thas<\/em> texts often say that the bodies of all living beings were created by \u015aiva<\/em> and\u00a0\u0101sanas<\/em> too, and\u00a0\u0101sanas<\/em> are as many as embodied beings. The main\u00a0\u0101sanas<\/em> and number of embodied souls are 84 (siddha-puru\u1e63as<\/em> or\u00a0n\u0101thas<\/em>, who realised in themselves or experienced themselves as\u00a0\u015aiva-svar\u016bpa<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Further, the term sukha<\/em>\u00a0many people translate very shallow and even in a \u201csporting way\u201d as \u201ccomfortable\u201d or \u201cconvenient\u201d posture. However, I think that for a better understanding we should consider the etymology of the term. The term consists of the prefix su<\/em> \u0938\u0941, which means something “good”, “perfect” and kha<\/em> \u0916 – “space”. So, if there are blockages in psychophysics, then you are aware of your body as the negative space (duhkha<\/em>), the opposite of sukha<\/em>. Practicing\u00a0\u0101sanas<\/em> you are freed from blockages and become a pure space, and the purest space is the space of\u00a0\u0101tman<\/em>. When your thoughts and body reflect it, they become stable (sthira<\/em>). All this is what Gorakshan\u0101tha<\/em> spoke about, reflecting on the\u00a0\u0101tman<\/em> (it is unchangeable, eternal), the body becomes like water reflecting the moonlight (\u0101tman<\/em>). If the body reflects the\u00a0\u0101tman<\/em>, self nature, then body becomes like it, reflecting its stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are several mentions of the \u0101sana therm in Gorakhab\u0101n\u012b: \u0906\u0938\u0923 \u092c\u0948\u0938\u093f\u092c\u093e \u092a\u0935\u0928 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927\u093f\u092c\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0902\u0928 \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0928 \u0938\u092c \u0927\u0902\u0927\u093e | \u0917\u094b\u0930\u0937\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u0906\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0902\u0924 \u091c\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0902 \u091c\u0932 \u0926\u0940\u0938\u0948 \u091a\u0902\u0926\u093e || \u096e\u0968 || \u0101sa\u1e47 baisib\u0101 pavan nirodhib\u0101 th\u0101\u1e43n m\u0101\u1e43n sab dha\u1e43dh\u0101 | bada\u1e43t gora\u1e63n\u0101th … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4],"tags":[78,79,67,41,80],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natha-doctrine","category-texts","tag-asana","tag-gorakhabani","tag-goraksanatha","tag-natha","tag-yoga-sutras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}