Yogadrstisamuccaya and Yogavinshika

SR No.: 011128
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 139
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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SECTION IV
TRANSITORY
[In the verses 65-152 Haribhadra makes transition from his account of the first four yoga-viewpoints to that of the last four. This section may be divided into three parts, the first (i.e. verses 65-75) where the basic defect vitiating the behaviour of an unenlightened person is named and somehow described, the second (i.e. verses 76-85) where the unenlightened person of a most degenerate type are condemned, and the third (i.e. verses 86-152) where logic-chopping and theological secta. rianism are denounced. In the natural course of things the first of these parts ought to be of crucial importance, for it is supposed to give us an idea of what Haribhadra understands by 'enlightenment'. But as it stands this part contains a lot by way of praise of enlightenment and pretty little by way of account of it. This makes it difficult for us to see the common point between the persons condemned in the second part of this section and those commended earlier as the upholders of the first four yoga-viewpoints-both of whom are said to be lacking in enlightenment. In what follows we shall comment verse by verse on the first part of the present section and shall comment only when necessary (that is rather rarely) on the remaining two parts].
(a) The Vedyasamvedyapada versus Avedyasamvedyapada सम्यग्धेत्वादिभेदेन लोके यस्तच्वनिर्णयः ।
वेद्यसंवेद्यपदतः सूक्ष्मबोधः स उच्यते ॥ ६५ ॥
samyagghetvadibhedena loke yas tallvanirṇayaḥ | vedyasamvedyapadataḥ sūkṣmabodhaḥ sa ucyate ||65||
That determination-taking place in the everyday life (i.e. in the assemblies of the learned)-of the essential nature of things where appropriate means etc. are employed under the guidance of the state of mind called vedyasamvedyapada is designated the understanding of a subtle type.
[65] In this verse Haribhadra introduces vedyasamvedyapada as a technical word. Anticipating the account of it that is given later on. We can say that it is almost a synonym for the word samyaktva so well known in the Jaina tradition. For Haribhadra is going to tell us in so many words that Bhinnagranthis etc. (i.e. those possessing samyaktoa and