Upaniṣads · Yogakuṇḍalinī 2.43
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Devanāgarī
मथनेन विना केचित्साधयन्ति विपश्चितः । खेचरीमन्त्रसिद्धस्य सिध्यते मथनं विना
Transliteración (IAST)
mathanena vinā kecitsādhayanti vipaścitaḥ | khecarīmantrasiddhasya sidhyate mathanaṃ vinā
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मथनेन विना केचित्mathanena vinā kecitwithout churning, some
साधयन्ति विपश्चितःsādhayanti vipaścitaḥattain, the wise
खेचरी-मन्त्र-सिद्धस्यkhecarī-mantra-siddhasyaof one accomplished in the mantra of khechari
सिध्यते मथनं विनाsidhyate mathanaṃ vināit succeeds even without churning
Traducción
"Without churning, some attain, the wise; of one accomplished in the mantra of khechari, it succeeds even without churning".
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An unexpected and important reservation: some succeed without the technique. That is, the book itself acknowledges that what it describes is not the only path, and that some attain otherwise. Reservations of this kind are rare in such compositions and therefore precious. Ordinarily every manual holds that without its own method one cannot; but here it is said: kechit, "some," manage without it.
Worth noting too is the condition: khechari-mantra-siddhasya, "of one accomplished in the mantra of khechari." That is, one accomplished by the word has no need of the technique. This, I think, is the most remarkable passage of the second chapter. A book devoted to the blade, the rubbing, and seven years of labor itself says: one to whom the mantra has come has no need of the knife.
The Vaishnava side asks for nothing more, and it is worth noting that this conclusion was not drawn by her. Of the two means — bodily and verbal — the book itself sets the verbal higher and declares the bodily unnecessary for one who has the word. Separately, a word must be said about vipashchit, "wise," literally "discerning, perceptive"; from vipa, "inspiration," and chit, "to notice." In the Rigveda it names seers. That is, it is not the lazy who manage without technique, but those who see.