योगबीज (गुरु गोरखनाथ परम्परा - महायोग, प्राण-अपान एकत्व एवं कैवल्य-सिद्धि सटीक)

Īśvara said: ज्ञानेनैव हि मोक्षो हि वाक्यं तेषान्तु नान्यथा । सर्वे वदन्ति खड्गेन जयो भवति तर्हि कः ॥ ६८ ॥ jñānenaiva hi mokṣo hi vākyaṃ teṣāntu nānyathā | sarve vadanti khaḍgena jayo bhavati tarhi kaḥ || 68 || 68. Indeed, liberation (mokṣa) is only (obtained) through (direct) knowledge, this is their statement, and not otherwise; everyone says that victory is achieved through the sword,¹ then (if this is true) who indeed (would ever become victorious, the last one standing holding up the sword)?

1. This narrative of the hero holding aloft the sword is also a metaphor for the kundalini energy, which has been lifted up, withdrawn from its scabbard (the suṣumṇā), and raised rigidly up above the skull (liṅgāgatirmahāmudrā) in victory. विना युद्धेन वीर्येण कथं जयम् अवाप्नुयात् । तथा योगेन रहितं ज्ञानं मोक्षाय नो भवेत् ॥ ६९ ॥ vinā yuddhena vīryeṇa kathaṃ jayam avāpnuyāt | tathā yogena rahitaṃ jñānaṃ mokṣāya no bhavet || 69 ||
2. Without battle, without valour, how would one attain victory? So, without¹ Yoga, knowledge (alone) does not lead to liberation.
3. Without the victory achieved by the practise of yoga. ज्ञानेनैव विना योगो न सिध्यति कदाचन । तस्माद् अत्र वरारोहे तयोर् भेदो न विद्यते ॥ ७० ॥ jñānenaiva vinā yogo na sidhyati kadācana | tasmād atra varārohe tayor bhedo na vidyate || 70 ||
4. Without (direct) knowledge, Yoga never succeeds, therefore, O beautiful woman, there is no difference between them here. जन्मान्तरैश् च बहुभिर् योगो ज्ञानेन लभ्यते । ज्ञानं तु जन्मनैकेन योगाद् एव प्रजायते ॥ ७१ ॥ janmāntaraiś ca bahubhir yogo jñānena labhyate | jñānaṃ tu janmanaikena yogād eva prajāyate || 71 ||
5. Through many births, Yoga is attained by knowledge,