The Eightfold Yoga

कल्यताम् मम कुरुष्व तावतीं कल्यते भवदुपासनं यया।
स्पष्टमष्टविधयोगचर्यया पुष्टयाऽऽशु तव तुष्टिमाप्नुयाम्

kalyatām mama kuruṣva tāvatīṁ kalyate bhavadupāsanaṁ yayā spaṣṭamaṣṭavidhayogacaryayā puṣṭayā''śu tava tuṣṭimāpnuyām

“Make me strong enough that I may even attempt your worship: by the clear practice of the eightfold yoga, fully ripened, may I quickly attain your delight.”

ब्रह्मचर्यद्रुढतादिभिर्यमैराप्लवादिनियमैश्च पाविताः।
कुर्महे द्रुढममी सुखासनं पङ्कजाद्यमपि वा भवत्पराः

brahmacaryadruḍhatādibhiryamairāplavādiniyamaiśca pāvitāḥ kurmahe druḍhamamī sukhāsanaṁ paṅkajādyamapi vā bhavatparāḥ

“Purified by the firm restraints (yama) beginning with celibacy, and by the observances (niyama) of bathing and the rest, devoted to you we hold fast a comfortable posture, the lotus or any other.”

तारमन्तरनुचिन्त्य सन्ततं प्राणवायुमभियम्य निर्मलाः।
इन्द्रियाणि विषयादथापहृत्याऽऽस्महे भवदुपासनोन्मुखाः

tāramantaranucintya santataṁ prāṇavāyumabhiyamya nirmalāḥ indriyāṇi viṣayādathāpahṛtyā''smahe bhavadupāsanonmukhāḥ

“Continually contemplating the syllable Oṁ within, restraining the breath, becoming pure, withdrawing the senses from their objects, we sit ready for your worship.”

अस्फुटे वपुषि ते प्रयत्नतो धारयेम धिषणां मुहुर्मुहुः।
तेनभक्तिरसमन्तरार्द्रतामुद्वहेम भवदङ्घ्रिचिन्तकाः

asphuṭe vapuṣi te prayatnato dhārayema dhiṣaṇāṁ muhurmuhuḥ tenabhaktirasamantarārdratāmudvahema bhavadaṅghricintakāḥ

“On your subtle form, with effort we hold the mind again and again; by that, the rasa of bhakti rises wet within, and we contemplate your feet.”

विस्पुटावयवभेदसुन्दरं त्वद्वपुस्सुचिरशीलनावशात।
अश्रमं मनसि चिन्तयामहे ध्यानयोगनिरतास्त्वदाश्रयाः

vispuṭāvayavabhedasundaraṁ tvadvapussuciraśīlanāvaśāta aśramaṁ manasi cintayāmahe dhyānayoganiratāstvadāśrayāḥ

“After long practice we picture, without strain, your body lovely with all its parts, in the mind, intent on the yoga of meditation, taking refuge in you.”

ध्यायतां सकळमूर्तिमीद्रुशीमुन्मिषन्मधुरताहृतात्मनाम।
सान्द्रमोदरसरूपमान्तरं ब्रह्मरूपमयि तेऽवभासते

dhyāyatāṁ sakaḻamūrtimīdruśīmunmiṣanmadhuratāhṛtātmanāma sāndramodarasarūpamāntaraṁ brahmarūpamayi te'vabhāsate

“To those who meditate on this whole form, drawn inward by its sweetness, the inner brahman-form, the dense rasa of bliss, shines forth in you.”

तत्समास्वदनरूपिणीं स्थितिं त्वत्समाधिमयि विश्वनायक।
आश्रिताः पुनरतः परिच्युतावारभेमहि च धारणाधिकम्

tatsamāsvadanarūpiṇīṁ sthitiṁ tvatsamādhimayi viśvanāyaka āśritāḥ punarataḥ paricyutāvārabhemahi ca dhāraṇādhikam

“After tasting that, in the steady state, we pursue your samādhi, lord of the world; even after slipping from it, we begin again with steady concentration.”

इत्थमभ्यसननिर्भरोल्लसत्वत्परात्मसुखकल्पितोत्सवाः।
मुक्तभक्तकुलमौलितां गताः सञ्चरेम शुकनारदादिवत्

itthamabhyasananirbharollasatvatparātmasukhakalpitotsavāḥ muktabhaktakulamaulitāṁ gatāḥ sañcarema śukanāradādivat

“Filled with the joy of practice, full of the bliss of the supreme self that is you, crowned among the liberated and devoted, may we wander like Śuka, Nārada, and the rest.”

त्वत्समाधिविजये तु यः पुनर्मङ्क्षु मोक्षरसिकः क्रमेण वा।
योगवश्यमनिलं षडाश्रयैरुन्नयत्यज सुषुम्नया शनैः

tvatsamādhivijaye tu yaḥ punarmaṅkṣu mokṣarasikaḥ krameṇa vā yogavaśyamanilaṁ ṣaḍāśrayairunnayatyaja suṣumnayā śanaiḥ

“When samādhi has been won, the one eager for liberation either gradually or quickly raises the breath, mastered by yoga, through the six chakras up the suṣumnā nāḍī, slowly.”

लिङ्गदेहमपि संत्यजन्नथो लीयते त्वयि परे निराग्रहः।
ऊर्ध्वलोककुतुकी तु मूर्धतस्सार्धमेव करणैर्निरीयते

liṅgadehamapi saṁtyajannatho līyate tvayi pare nirāgrahaḥ ūrdhvalokakutukī tu mūrdhatassārdhameva karaṇairnirīyate

“Casting off even the subtle body, he, free of grasping, dissolves into you, the supreme. The one who delights in higher worlds rises with his senses through the crown.”

अग्निवासरवळर्क्षपक्षगैरुत्तरायणजुषा च दैवतैः।
प्रापितो रविपदं भवत्परो मोदवान् ध्रुवपदान्तमीयते

agnivāsaravaḻarkṣapakṣagairuttarāyaṇajuṣā ca daivataiḥ prāpito ravipadaṁ bhavatparo modavān dhruvapadāntamīyate

“By the agencies of fire, day, the lunar fortnight, and the sun's northern course, that devotee is led to the solar realm, then onward in joy to the place of Dhruva.”

आस्थितोऽथ महरालये यदा शेषवक्त्रदहनोष्मणाऽऽर्द्यते।
ईयते भवदुपाश्रयस्तदा वेधसः पदमतः पुरैव वा

āsthito'tha maharālaye yadā śeṣavaktradahanoṣmaṇā''rdyate īyate bhavadupāśrayastadā vedhasaḥ padamataḥ puraiva vā

“Standing then in Maharloka, when burned by the fierce breath of Śeṣa's mouth, his refuge in you, he attains Brahmā's seat or even goes beyond.”

तत्र वा तव पदेऽथवा वसन् प्राकृतप्रळय एति मुक्ततां ।
स्वेचछया खलु पुराऽपि मुच्यते संविभिद्य जगदण्डमोजसा

tatra vā tava pade'thavā vasan prākṛtapraḻaya eti muktatāṁ svecachayā khalu purā'pi mucyate saṁvibhidya jagadaṇḍamojasā

“There, or in your seat, dwelling, he gains liberation at the time of the natural cosmic dissolution; or by his own will, even before that, he is freed, splitting open the cosmic egg with his power.”

तस्य अ क्षितिपयोमहोनिलद्योमहत्प्रकृतिसप्तकावृतीः ।
तत्तदात्मकतया विशन् सुखी याति ते पदमनावृतम् विभो

tasya a kṣitipayomahoniladyomahatprakṛtisaptakāvṛtīḥ tattadātmakatayā viśan sukhī yāti te padamanāvṛtam vibho

“Crossing the seven sheaths of earth, water, fire, air, ether, mahat, and prakṛti, becoming each in turn, he reaches happily your unveiled state, all-pervading one.”

अर्चिरादिगतिमीद्रुशीं व्रजन् विच्युतिं न भजते जगत्पते ।
सच्चिदात्मक भवद्गुणोदयानुच्चरन्तमनिलेश पाहि माम्

arcirādigatimīdruśīṁ vrajan vicyutiṁ na bhajate jagatpate saccidātmaka bhavadguṇodayānuccarantamanileśa pāhi mām

“Walking that path of light, he never falls back, lord of the world. Lord of pure being and consciousness, source of every flow of virtue, lord of the Wind-house, protect me.”