TEXT 27

Devanagari

सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे ।
आत्मसंयमयोगाग्न‍ौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥ २७ ॥

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Tekst

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi
prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare
ātma-saṁyama-yogāgnau
juhvati jñāna-dīpite

Synonyms

sarvāṇi — of all; indriya — the senses; karmāṇi — functions; prāṇa-karmāṇi — functions of the life breath; ca — also; apare — others; ātma-saṁyama — of controlling the mind; yoga — the linking process; agnau — in the fire of; juhvati — offer; jñāna-dīpite — because of the urge for self-realization.

sarvāṇi — alle; indriya — sansernes; karmāṇi — funktioner; prāṇa-karmāṇi — livsluftens funktioner; ca — også; apare — andre; ātma-saṁyama — af beherskelse af sindet; yoga — sammenlænkningens proces; agnau — i ilden af; juhvati — ofrer; jñāna-dīpite — på grund af den indre trang til selverkendelse.

Translation

Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer the functions of all the senses, and of the life breath, as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind.

Andre, der er interesseret i at opnå selverkendelse ved at beherske sindet og sanserne, frembærer alle sansernes og livsluftens funktioner som offergaver i det beherskede sinds ild.

Purport

The yoga system conceived by Patañjali is referred to herein. In the Yoga-sūtra of Patañjali, the soul is called pratyag-ātmā and parāg-ātmā. As long as the soul is attached to sense enjoyment it is called parāg-ātmā, but as soon as the same soul becomes detached from such sense enjoyment it is called pratyag-ātmā. The soul is subjected to the functions of ten kinds of air at work within the body, and this is perceived through the breathing system. The Patañjali system of yoga instructs one on how to control the functions of the body’s air in a technical manner so that ultimately all the functions of the air within become favorable for purifying the soul of material attachment. According to this yoga system, pratyag-ātmā is the ultimate goal. This pratyag-ātmā is withdrawn from activities in matter. The senses interact with the sense objects, like the ear for hearing, eyes for seeing, nose for smelling, tongue for tasting, and hand for touching, and all of them are thus engaged in activities outside the self. They are called the functions of the prāṇa-vāyu. The apāna-vāyu goes downwards, vyāna-vāyu acts to shrink and expand, samāna-vāyu adjusts equilibrium, udāna-vāyu goes upwards – and when one is enlightened, one engages all these in searching for self-realization.

FORKLARING: Her refereres der til Patañjalis yoga-system. I hans Yoga-sūtra bliver sjælen betegnet som pratyag-ātmā og parāg-ātmā. Så længe sjælen er knyttet til sansenydelse, kaldes den parāg-ātmā, men så snart den samme sjæl bliver utilknyttet til en sådan sansenydelse, kaldes den pratyag-ātmā. Sjælen er underlagt funktionerne af ti slags lufte, der virker inde i kroppen, hvilket kommer til udtryk gennem åndedrætssystemet. Patañjalis yoga-system lærer én, hvordan man på en mekanisk måde behersker kropsluftens funktioner, så alle de indre luftstrømninger i sidste ende medvirker til at rense sjælen for materiel tilknytning. Ifølge dette yoga-system er pratyag-ātmā det endelige mål. Denne pratyag-ātmā trækkes tilbage fra materielle aktiviteter. Sanserne indgår i et samspil med sanseobjekterne såsom øret, der hører, øjnene, der ser, næsen, der lugter, tungen, der smager, og hænderne, der føler, og alle er således involverede uden for selvet. De kaldes for prāṇa-vāyus funktioner. Apāna-vāyu strømmer nedad, vyāna-vāyu sammentrækker og udvider, samāna-vāyu regulerer balancen, udāna-vāyu strømmer opad, og når man er oplyst, engagerer man alle disse i at søge efter selverkendelse.