Upanishads · Yogakuṇḍalinī 2.23
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Devanāgarī
तस्य श्रीखेचरीसिद्धिः स्वयमेव प्रवर्तते । नश्यन्ति सर्वविघ्नानि प्रसीदन्ति च देवताः
Transliteration (IAST)
tasya śrīkhecarīsiddhiḥ svayameva pravartate | naśyanti sarvavighnāni prasīdanti ca devatāḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्य श्री-खेचरी-सिद्धिःtasya śrī-khecarī-siddhiḥhis, of Shri-khechari, the attainment
स्वयम् एव प्रवर्ततेsvayam eva pravartatebegins by itself, indeed
नश्यन्ति सर्व-विघ्नानिnaśyanti sarva-vighnāniall hindrances perish
प्रसीदन्ति च देवताःprasīdanti ca devatāḥand the deities become gracious
Translation
"His attainment of Shri-khechari begins by itself; all hindrances perish, and the deities become gracious".
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Two promises, and the second deserves attention: prasidanti cha devatah, "and the deities become gracious." The verb prasid is the very one from which prasada, "grace," discussed when reading Devi (21), is formed. Worth noting is that it stands beside svayam eva pravartate, "begins by itself." That is, in one line it is said both that the attainment comes of itself, and that someone becomes gracious.
This combination is constant in such books and, I think, no accident. Where a mechanism is described, one says "it happens by itself"; and as soon as speech turns to what decides, a person who shows favor appears. The Vaishnava side points this out every time. Grace does not belong to a mechanism: a mechanism has no benevolence, it acts the same for whoever pressed it. But where it is said "they became gracious," it is presupposed that they might not have — that is, will is presupposed.
Separately, a word must be said about the first promise: sarva-vighnani nashyanti, "all hindrances perish." The hindrances were listed in the first chapter (1.58–1.61), and there are ten; and there vichara, "examination," was named the remedy against them. Here it is said they perish by themselves. This discrepancy is usual in a compilation; but it is worth noting that the first remedy requires labor, and the second does not — and so the second is always more popular.