उपनिषद् · Yogakuṇḍalinī 2.26
॥
देवनागरी
ततः संमेलकादौ च लब्ध्वा विद्यां सदा जपेत् । नान्यथा रहितो ब्रह्मन्न किञ्चित्सिद्धिभाग्भवेत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tataḥ saṃmelakādau ca labdhvā vidyāṃ sadā japet | nānyathā rahito brahmanna kiñcitsiddhibhāgbhavet
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
ततः संमेलक-आदौ चtataḥ saṃmelaka-ādau cathen at the meeting and the rest
लब्ध्वा विद्यां सदा जपेत्labdhvā vidyāṃ sadā japethaving obtained the science, always shall he recite
न अन्यथा रहितः ब्रह्मन्na anyathā rahitaḥ brahmannot otherwise; without it, O brahmin
न किञ्चित् सिद्धि-भाक् भवेत्na kiñcit siddhi-bhāk bhavetnothing does he become partaker of attainment
अनुवाद
"Then, having obtained the science at the meeting and the rest, shall he always recite it; not otherwise: without it, O brahmin, he becomes partaker of no attainment".
संस्करण
377a3e3f68de · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The word sammelaka, "meeting, gathering," is the same melana discussed when reading the fifth line of this chapter; and here it is set at the receiving of the science. That is, the science is received at a meeting; and the prefix sam-, "together, co-," intensifies it: this is a gathering, an assembly, a coming-together. Worth noting is that here the book explains itself. In the fifth line it was said that a meeting is not to be won by practice; here — that at a meeting the science is obtained. The circle closes: the science is given at a meeting, and a meeting is given from a teacher's mouth (2.8).
This whole subject, then, is a subject of people who have come together; and no solitary path is provided for in it. The Vaishnava side stands on this as firmly as on anything else. Sadhu-sanga, "association with those walking," is named by her the first cause of everything (Bhagavatam 1.2.16); and the Chaitanya-charitamrita says that "even a moment's association with a devotee" is the beginning of everything.
This coincidence deserves note. A book that spent three chapters teaching solitary bodily work, upon reaching the question of receiving, says: at a gathering. To the solitary it promises nothing: na kinchit siddhi-bhag bhavet, "nothing does he become partaker of."