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उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ श्रीकंठनाथं स्मरतां सद्यः सर्वार्थसिद्धयः ॥ प्रसिध्यंतीति मत्वैके तं वै ध्यायंति योगिनः ॥ १ ॥
Upamanyu said:— Some Yogins perform meditation with the full conviction that Siddhis are immediately acquired by those who remember the lord.
english translation
स्थित्यर्थं मनसः केचित्स्थूलध्यानं प्रकुर्वते ॥ स्थूलं तु निश्चलं चेतो भवेत्सूक्ष्मे तु तत्स्थिरम् ॥ २ ॥
In order to steady the mind some perform meditation on the gross form. The mind that is fixed on the gross form becomes stable in the subtle form.
english translation
शिवे तु चिंतिते साक्षात्सर्वाः सिध्यन्ति सिद्धयः ॥ मूर्त्यंतरेषु ध्यातेषु शिवरूपं विचिंतयेत् ॥ ३ ॥
When Śiva is directly meditated upon, Siddhis are achieved. Even when the other forms are meditated upon the devotee shall think of the form of Śiva also.
english translation
लक्षयेन्मनसः स्थैर्यं तत्तद्ध्यायेत्पुनः पुनः ॥ ध्यानमादौ सविषयं ततो निर्विषयं जगुः ॥ ४ ॥
He shall observe the steadiness of the mind and frequently meditate. This meditation, they say, has at the outset a specific object. Thereafter it becomes devoid of any specific object.
english translation
तत्र निर्विषयं ध्यानं नास्तीत्येव सतां मतम् ॥ बुद्धेर्हि सन्ततिः काचिद्ध्यानमित्यभिधीयते ॥ ५ ॥
Philosophers say that there is no Nirviṣaya meditation. They hold that a series of intellectual vision is called meditation.
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