उपनिषद् · Yogakuṇḍalinī 2.25
॥
देवनागरी
अन्यथा क्लिश्यते ब्रह्मन्न सिद्धिः खेचरीपथे । यदभ्यासविधौ विद्यां न लभेद्यः सुधामयीम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
anyathā kliśyate brahmanna siddhiḥ khecarīpathe | yadabhyāsavidhau vidyāṃ na labhedyaḥ sudhāmayīm
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अन्यथा क्लिश्यते ब्रह्मन्anyathā kliśyate brahmanotherwise he suffers, O brahmin
न सिद्धिः खेचरी-पथेna siddhiḥ khecarī-patheno attainment on the path of khechari
यत् अभ्यास-विधौ विद्यांyat abhyāsa-vidhau vidyāṃwho, in the ordinance of practice, the science
न लभेत् यः सुधा-मयीम्na labhet yaḥ sudhā-mayīmshall not obtain, consisting of nectar
अनुवाद
"Otherwise he suffers, O brahmin, and there is no attainment on the path of khechari — for one who, in the ordinance of practice, shall not obtain the science consisting of nectar".
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
It is said sharply, and, I think, truly: without what is obtained from a teacher, a man klishyate, "suffers," and there will be no attainment. The word klish means "to torment, to languish, to suffer"; from it comes klesha, "affliction," by which yogic books name the five root troubles. Worth noting is that it says not "will not attain," but precisely "will suffer." That is, the warning is not of futility, but of harm: one who acts without instruction not merely gets nothing — he will be tormented.
This warning, in a book about bodily techniques, is a warning of substance and deserves trust. Everything described in this chapter acts on the body; and what is done at random acts at random. The Vaishnava side describes something else with the same word too, and it is worth citing. The Bhagavatam speaks of one who performs his duties and does not come to hearing about Him: his labor is shrama eva hi kevalam, "labor alone" (1.2.8). There the matter is not harm but futility; but the word is drawn from the same family.
Separately, a word must be said about sudha-mayi, "consisting of nectar." Sudha is the drink of immortality; and the science is called made of it. This turn is usual in such books and means that the subject is sweet, not merely useful; and that taste decides more than compulsion was discussed when reading the first chapter (1.73).