उपनिषद् · Yogakuṇḍalinī 2.7
॥
देवनागरी
अभ्यासं बहुजन्मान्ते कृत्वा तद्भावसाधितम् । मेलनं लभते कश्चिद्योगी जन्मान्तरे क्वचित्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
abhyāsaṃ bahujanmānte kṛtvā tadbhāvasādhitam | melanaṃ labhate kaścidyogī janmāntare kvacit
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अभ्यासं बहु-जन्म-अन्तेabhyāsaṃ bahu-janma-antepractice, at the end of many births
कृत्वा तत्-भाव-साधितम्kṛtvā tat-bhāva-sādhitamhaving performed, attained by that state
मेलनं लभते कश्चित्melanaṃ labhate kaścitmeeting attains someone
योगी जन्म-अन्तरे क्वचित्yogī janma-antare kvacita yogi, in this or that rebirth, at times
अनुवाद
"Practice, performed over the end of many births, attained by that state, — meeting attains someone, a yogi, in this or that rebirth, at times".
संस्करण
d4e96e2f9216 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A softening: a meeting does occur after all, but for kaschit, "someone," and kvachit, "at times." These two indefinite words stand side by side and both mean the same thing: not for everyone, and not for certain. Worth noting is that in a book that promised immortality in its second line, this is an unexpected sobriety. Everyone who took it up was promised it; but here it says — for someone, sometime.
Worth noting too is the phrase tad-bhava-sadhitam, "attained by that state." That is, practice leads not directly to a meeting, but to a state, in which a meeting becomes possible. The Vaishnava side expresses the very same thing in her own order of stages, discussed when reading the fiftieth line: faith, association, occupation, purification, firmness, taste, attachment, feeling, love (Bhagavatam 1.2.16–20). The first five depend on the man; the rest do not; and between the fifth and sixth lies exactly the line spoken of here.
This line, I think, is the most important thing worth knowing for anyone engaged in anything of this kind. There is a point one reaches by labor, and after which labor does not help. Not knowing this, a man, reaching this point, decides he is doing something wrong and redoubles his effort — but one should not redouble it, but wait and ask.