Upaniṣads · Jābāladarśana 6.32
॥
Devanāgarī
शिरोरोगा विनश्यन्ति सत्यमुक्तं हि सांकृते । स्वस्तिकासनमास्थाय समाहितमनास्तथा
Transliteración (IAST)
śirorogā vinaśyanti satyamuktaṃ hi sāṃkṛte | svastikāsanamāsthāya samāhitamanāstathā
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शिरः-रोगाः विनश्यन्तिśiraḥ-rogāḥ vinaśyantidiseases of the head perish
सत्यम् उक्तं हि सांकृतेsatyam uktaṃ hi sāṃkṛtetruly it is said, O Sankriti
स्वस्तिक-आसनम् आस्थायsvastika-āsanam āsthāyahaving assumed the svastika sitting-posture
समाहित-मनाः तथाsamāhita-manāḥ tathāwith concentrated mind, likewise
Traducción
"Diseases of the head perish, truly it is said, O Sankriti. Having assumed the svastika sitting-posture, with concentrated mind, likewise…"
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The chart is finished, and the book moves to a new technique — the one called yoni-mudra or shanmukhi-mudra, "the seal of six gates," where the openings of the head are closed with the fingers. Worth noting is the phrase satyam uktam, "truly it is said," with which the book closes its promises. This phrase is of the same order as na atra samshayah, "there is no doubt here," discussed when reading the Rudraksha-jabala (2.12); and it was said there that the appearance of such an assurance is a fairly reliable sign that a question existed.
Let us add here one observation, useful when reading any books. Where an assertion is strong and ordinary, it is stated and one moves on. Where it is disputable, an assurance is added: "truly," "there is no doubt," "so testifies the Veda."
This observation is not a mockery of the ancients: everyone does this, including ourselves in conversation. But it is worth using as an indicator: assurances thicken where the ground is unsteady. The Vaishnava side uses such assurances too; and, for honesty's sake, it is worth saying exactly where they thicken for it. They thicken where it speaks of the universal accessibility of the Name: "even a dog-eater," "even without rules," "even inadvertently" — all these are places where it senses it will be objected to.
Its opponent here is well known: ritual strictness, demanding qualification. And hence its intensified assurances are directed not against unbelievers, but against its own, inclined to narrow the circle.