उपनिषद् · Jābāladarśana 6.15
॥
देवनागरी
पूर्वंपूर्वं प्रकुर्वीत यावदुत्थानसंभवः । संभवत्युत्तमे प्राज्ञः प्राणायामे सुखी भवेत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
pūrvaṃpūrvaṃ prakurvīta yāvadutthānasaṃbhavaḥ | saṃbhavatyuttame prājñaḥ prāṇāyāme sukhī bhavet
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
पूर्वं पूर्वं प्रकुर्वीतpūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ prakurvītalet him do the same thing over and over
यावत् उत्थान-संभवःyāvat utthāna-saṃbhavaḥuntil the rising occurs
संभवति उत्तमे प्राज्ञःsaṃbhavati uttame prājñaḥwhen it occurs, at the highest, the wise one
प्राणायामे सुखी भवेत्prāṇāyāme sukhī bhavetin breath control let him be happy
अनुवाद
"Let him do the same thing over and over, until the rising occurs; and when it occurs, let the wise one be happy at the highest breath control."
संस्करण
3507aa840b64 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The same rule as in the fifth khanda: do it until the sign appears. The merit of such a rule has already been discussed: the term is set not by time, but by state, and hence fits anyone. Worth noting is the last word: sukhi bhavet, "let him be happy."
This word is unexpected in an instruction on practice, and deserves attention. It is not said "will attain," "will master," "will conquer"; it is said — will be happy. Behind this stands an observation familiar to every practitioner. As long as the task is difficult, it is labor; on a certain day it stops being difficult and becomes pleasant, and from that day one no longer needs to force oneself.
This moment has its own name in the Vaishnava ladder, and holds a prominent place there: ruchi, "taste" — the rung following nishtha, "steadfastness" (Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.4.15). It is described thus: before it, a person repeats out of obligation and watches himself so as not to give up; after it, he repeats because he wants to, and there is nothing left to watch. Let us add that this rung is spoken of as a watershed. Before it, one holds on by effort and hence can fail; after it, one need not hold on — the object itself holds.
Hence everything written in these books about forcing oneself is, in substance, directed at one thing: to endure until the taste comes.