Upaniṣads · Yogakuṇḍalinī 2.2
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Devanāgarī
मृत्युव्याधिजराग्रस्तो दृष्ट्वा विद्यामिमां मुने । बुद्धिं दृढतरां कृत्वा खेचरीं तु समभ्यसेत्
Transliteración (IAST)
mṛtyuvyādhijarāgrasto dṛṣṭvā vidyāmimāṃ mune | buddhiṃ dṛḍhatarāṃ kṛtvā khecarīṃ tu samabhyaset
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मृत्यु-व्याधि-जरा-ग्रस्तःmṛtyu-vyādhi-jarā-grastaḥseized by death, disease, old age
दृष्ट्वा विद्याम् इमां मुनेdṛṣṭvā vidyām imāṃ munehaving seen this science, O sage
बुद्धिं दृढ-तरां कृत्वाbuddhiṃ dṛḍha-tarāṃ kṛtvāhaving made the intellect very firm
खेचरीं तु समभ्यसेत्khecarīṃ tu samabhyasetkhechari shall he practice
Traducción
"Seized by death, disease, and old age, having seen this science, O sage, having made the intellect very firm, shall he practice khechari".
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It is named who takes this up: mrityu-vyadhi-jara-grasta, "seized by death, disease, and old age." The word grasta, "seized, engulfed," is the same that stood in Tripuratapini about the eclipse: a demon seizes the luminary. That is, the man is described as one who is already held.
This deserves dwelling on, for here the book speaks truly and of the main thing. Such paths are taken up not from abundance, but from fear; and the book acknowledges this openly, calling the practitioner one who is seized. Let us recall that the same was said in Devi (19): bhava-bhito 'ham, "I, dreading existence." A concordant and, I think, honest testimony: people usually turn to the highest when the fire is already at their heels.
The Vaishnava side is not ashamed of this and directly lists four classes of those who turn: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of gain, and the knower; and the Gita says that all four are noble (7.16). One who comes from misfortune is no worse than the rest; he has simply come earlier than he intended. Worth noting too is the requirement: buddhim dridha-taram kritva, "having made the intellect very firm." Before the exercise, resoluteness is required; and this is always so in books about difficult paths. An undertaking taken up half-heartedly is dropped at the first hindrance — and this same book has listed ten of them.