[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for fun: King Bhoja's commentary on aakaasha-gamana-suutra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The YF-suutra in Sanskrit goes like this: kaayaakaashayoH saMbandha-saMyamaal laghu-tuula- samaapattesh caakaasha-gamanam. (without sandhi: kaaya; aakaashayoH; saMbandha- saMyamaat; laghu-tuula-samaapatteH; ca; aakaasha-gamanam.) King Bhoja's commentary: kaayaH paañca-bhautikaM shariiraM tasyaakashenaavakaasha- daayakena yaH saMbandhas tatra saMyamaM vidhaaya laghuni tuulaadau samaapattiM tanmayiibhaavalakSaNaaM ca vidhaaya praaptaatilaghubhaavo yogii prathamaM yathaaruci jale saMcaran krameNorNanaabhatantujaalena saMcaramaaNa aaditya-rashmibhish ca viharan yatheSTamaakaashena gacchati Attempt at translation (version 0.0.1): the body (kaayaH) [is], well, the body (shariiram) that consists of the five elements (paañca-bhautikam). Performing (vidhaaya) sanyama (saMyamaM) on its (tasya) relationship (saMbandhaH) to aakaasha (aakaashena) which is giving room (???avakaasha-daayakena), and having achieved (vidhaaya) the signs (lakSaNaam) of becoming (samaapattim) light (laghuni) as the essence (???tanmayiibhaava)of things like cotton fibre (tuulaadau), yogii who's become extremely light (praaptaatilaghu-bhaavaH) at first (prathamam) walking (saMcaran) as he likes (yathaaruci) on water (jale) gradually (krameNa [ krameNorna - krameNa + uurNa-] [being able?] to walk (saMcaramaaNa) on the web (tantu-jaalena) of a spider (uurNa-naabha) and moving (viharan) with the rays of sun (aaditya-rashmibhiH) [eventually?] goes (gacchati) by(?) aakaasha (aakaashena) as s/he wishes (yatheSTam - yathaa + iSTam) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for fun: King Bhoja's commentary on aakaasha-gamana-suutra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Attempt at translation (version 0.0.1): the body (kaayaH) [is], well, the body (shariiram) that consists of the five elements (paañca-bhautikam). Performing (vidhaaya) sanyama (saMyamaM) on its (tasya) relationship (saMbandhaH) to aakaasha (aakaashena) which is giving room (???avakaasha-daayakena), and having achieved (vidhaaya) the signs (lakSaNaam) of becoming (samaapattim) light (laghuni) as the essence (???tanmayiibhaava)of things like cotton fibre (tuulaadau), yogii who's become extremely light (praaptaatilaghu-bhaavaH) at first (prathamam) walking (saMcaran) as he likes (yathaaruci) on water (jale) gradually (krameNa [ krameNorna - krameNa + uurNa-] [being able?] to walk (saMcaramaaNa) on the web (tantu-jaalena) of a spider (uurNa-naabha) and moving (viharan) with the rays of sun (aaditya-rashmibhiH) [eventually?] goes (gacchati) by(?) aakaasha (aakaashena) as s/he wishes (yatheSTam - yathaa + iSTam) FWIW I do recall something like walking on the web of a spider; this consisted in seeing a cord spin out from my navel to a distant place and walking/running extremely lightly and swiftly along it -- it felt like a kind of horizontal levitation. Also the study of and identification with the various solar rays over the following few years was a very large part of my own ascension process :-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for fun: King Bhoja's commentary on aakaasha-gamana-suutra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Attempt at translation (version 0.0.1): the body (kaayaH) [is], well, the body (shariiram) that consists of the five elements (paañca-bhautikam). Performing (vidhaaya) sanyama (saMyamaM) on its (tasya) relationship (saMbandhaH) to aakaasha (aakaashena) which is giving room (???avakaasha-daayakena), and having achieved (vidhaaya) the signs (lakSaNaam) of becoming (samaapattim) light (laghuni) as the essence (???tanmayiibhaava)of things like cotton fibre (tuulaadau), yogii who's become extremely light (praaptaatilaghu-bhaavaH) at first (prathamam) walking (saMcaran) as he likes (yathaaruci) on water (jale) gradually (krameNa [ krameNorna - krameNa + uurNa-] [being able?] to walk (saMcaramaaNa) on the web (tantu-jaalena) of a spider (uurNa-naabha) and moving (viharan) with the rays of sun (aaditya-rashmibhiH) [eventually?] goes (gacchati) by(?) aakaasha (aakaashena) as s/he wishes (yatheSTam - yathaa + iSTam) FWIW I do recall something like walking on the web of a spider; this consisted in seeing a cord spin out from my navel Well, uurNa-naabha (spider) literally means (having)wool (on the) navel ... to a distant place and walking/running extremely lightly and swiftly along it -- it felt like a kind of horizontal levitation. Also the study of and identification with the various solar rays over the following few years was a very large part of my own ascension process :-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for fun: King Bhoja's commentary on aakaasha-gamana-suutra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, uurNa-naabha (spider) literally means (having)wool (on the) navel ... Ha! Most interesting! Many thanks, card; I never saw before how my own process of ascension was so clearly prefigured in the YS :-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- AIDS in India: A lurking bomb. Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
