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a curiosity coupled with longing; on the other hand, when he sees them doing things that are well within his capacities he develops in relation to his own faulty performance of those things an attitude of fear which is however uncoupled with jealousy (towards the superior personages in question).
दुःखरूपो भवः सर्व उच्छेदोऽस्य कुतः कथम् । चित्रा सतां प्रवृत्तिश्च साऽशेषा ज्ञायते कथम् ॥४७॥ नास्माकं महती प्रज्ञा सुमहान् शास्त्रविस्तरः । शिष्टाः प्रमाणमिह तदित्यस्यां मन्यते सदा ॥४८॥ duḥkharūpo bhavaḥ sarva ucchedo'sya kulah katham /
citrā salāñ pravritis ca sā'sesā jñāyale katham 1/471/
näsmakaṁ mahali prajñā sumahan śāstravistarah / šistāḥ pramāņam iha tad ily asyāṁ manyale sadā ||4811
"The whole course of the worldly existence is of the form of misery. How and through what means can one put an end to it ? Multifarious have been the acts undertaken by the poble souls. How can one know them in their entirety ? My owo understanding is not much profound, while the scriptural literature is stupendous in expanse. Under such (perplexing) conditions the cultured people ought to be an authority for me."--this is how one reflects when in the stage in question (i.e. in the stage called Tārā.)
(c) Balā--the Third Yoga-Viewpoint
सुखासनसमायुक्तं बलायां दर्शनं दृढम् । पग च तत्त्वशुश्रूषा न क्षेपो योगगोचरः ॥४९॥ sukhasanasamāyuktan balāyāñ darśanań drdham :/ para ca tattoasuśrīşā na kşe po yogagocaraḥ 114911
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In the stage of Bala (i.e. of the third yoga-viewpoint) the under. standing is (rather) firm and is accompanied by comfortable sitting postures; again, there is present here an intense curiosity to listen to the doctrinal matters while there is absent all distraction in relation to matters pertaining to yoga.
[49] In this verse begins Haribhadra's account of the third yoga viewpoint. Note that Osana (i.e. postures of sitting) occupies third place .. in Patanjali's list of spiritual qualifications, 'desire to listen' third place ! 10 Bhagavaddatta's list, while 'non-distraction' third place in Bhadaptą
