त्रिकालज्ञत्वमद्वन्द्वं परचित्ताद्यभिज्ञता । अग्न्यर्काम्बुविषादीनां प्रतिष्टम्भोऽपराजय: ॥ ८ ॥ एताश्चोद्देशत: प्रोक्ता योगधारणसिद्धय: । यया धारणया या स्याद् यथा वा स्यान्निबोध मे ॥ ९ ॥
tri-kāla-jñatvam advandvaṁ para-cittādy-abhijñatā agny-arkāmbu-viṣādīnāṁ pratiṣṭambho ’parājayaḥ etāś coddeśataḥ proktā yoga-dhāraṇa-siddhayaḥ yayā dhāraṇayā yā syād yathā vā syān nibodha me
- tri-kāla-jñatvam
- the perfection of knowing past, present and future
- advandvam
- being unaffected by dualities such as heat and cold
- para
- of others
- citta
- the mind
- ādi
- and so on
- abhijñatā
- knowing
- agni
- of fire
- arka
- the sun
- ambu
- water
- viṣa
- of poison
- ādīnām
- and so on
- pratiṣṭambhaḥ
- checking the potency
- aparājayaḥ
- not being conquered by others
- etāḥ
- these
- ca
- also
- uddeśataḥ
- merely by mentioning their names and characteristics
- proktāḥ
- are described
- yoga
- of the yoga system
- dhāraṇa
- of meditation
- siddhayaḥ
- perfections
- yayā
- by which
- dhāraṇayā
- meditation
- yā
- which (perfection)
- syāt
- may occur
- yathā
- by which means
- vā
- or
- syāt
- may occur
- nibodha
- please learn
- me
- from Me
The power to know past, present and future; tolerance of heat, cold and other dualities; knowing the minds of others; checking the influence of fire, sun, water, poison, and so on; and remaining unconquered by others — these constitute five perfections of the mystic process of yoga and meditation. I am simply listing these here according to their names and characteristics. Now please learn from Me how specific mystic perfections arise from specific meditations and also of the particular processes involved.