Upanishads · Yogakuṇḍalinī 3.12
॥
Devanāgarī
षट् चक्राणि परिज्ञात्वा प्रविशेत्सुखमण्डले । प्रविशेद्वायुमाकृष्य तयैवोर्ध्वं नियोजयेत्
Transliteration (IAST)
ṣaṭ cakrāṇi parijñātvā praviśetsukhamaṇḍale | praviśedvāyumākṛṣya tayaivordhvaṃ niyojayet
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
षट् चक्राणि परिज्ञात्वाṣaṭ cakrāṇi parijñātvāhaving fully known six circles
प्रविशेत् सुख-मण्डलेpraviśet sukha-maṇḍalelet him enter the circle of happiness
प्रविशेत् वायुम् आकृष्यpraviśet vāyum ākṛṣyalet him enter, having drawn in the wind
तया एव ऊर्ध्वं नियोजयेत्tayā eva ūrdhvaṃ niyojayetand by it shall he direct it upward
Translation
"Having fully known six circles, let him enter the circle of happiness; let him enter, having drawn in the wind, and by it shall he direct it upward".
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What was said in the ninth line is repeated; of repetitions in this collection it was discussed when reading the first chapter (1.64). Worth dwelling on, though, is the word parijnatva, "having fully known," for it stands here twice and means something other than we usually understand by it. The prefix pari- means "around, fully"; parijna is "to know from every side, to encompass with knowledge." That is, what is required is not information that there are six circles, but familiarity with them: to know them as one knows a road — not from a map, but because one has walked it.
This distinction is drawn by words in Sanskrit, and deserves being held onto. Jna is to know; vijna — to discern; parijna — to know fully, having gone around. The Vaishnava side uses this same distinction constantly and applies it to the chief thing. Of God she distinguishes knowledge about Him and knowledge of Him; the first is attained by hearing and reasoning, the second only by what is called darshana, "vision," and is given.
The Bhagavatam speaks of this in a verse cited more than any other: "He, O king, is known by devotion; and not otherwise — neither by austerity, nor by study of the Vedas, nor by giving away" (11.14.20). The word parijnata stands there too in this same sense: not "to learn facts," but to know fully, that is, to know as one knows a close one.