tri-kÄla-jñatvam advandvaá¹
para-cittÄdy-abhijñatÄ
agny-arkÄmbu-viá¹£ÄdÄ«nÄá¹
pratiá¹£á¹ambho 'parÄjayaḥ
etÄÅ› coddeÅ›ataḥ proktÄ
yoga-dhÄraṇa-siddhayaḥ
yayÄ dhÄraṇayÄ yÄ syÄd
yathÄ vÄ syÄn nibodha me
tri-kÄla-jñatvam - the perfection of knowing past, present and future; advandvam - being unaffected by dualities such as heat and cold; para - of others; citta - the mind; Ädi - and so on; abhijñatÄ - knowing; agni - of fire; arka - the sun; ambu - water; viá¹£a - of poison; ÄdÄ«nÄm - and so on; pratiá¹£á¹ambhaḥ - checking the potency; aparÄjayaḥ - not being conquered by others; etÄḥ - these; ca - also; uddeÅ›ataḥ - merely by mentioning their names and characteristics; proktÄḥ - are described; yoga - of the yoga system; dhÄraṇa - of meditation; siddhayaḥ - perfections; yayÄ - by which; dhÄraṇayÄ - meditation; yÄ - which (perfection); syÄt - may occur; yathÄ - by which means; vÄ - or; syÄt - may occur; nibodha - please learn; me - from Me.
The power to know past, present and future; tolerance of heat, cold and other dualities; knowing the minds of others; checking the influence of fire, sun, water, poison, and so on; and remaining unconquered by others — these constitute five perfections of the mystic process of yoga and meditation. I am simply listing these here according to their names and characteristics. Now please learn from Me how specific mystic perfections arise from specific meditations and also of the particular processes involved.
According to the ÄcÄryas these five perfections are considered to be quite inferior to the others already mentioned, since they involve more or less ordinary physical and mental manipulations. According to ÅšrÄ«la MadhvÄcÄrya, in the perfection called agny-arkÄmbu-viá¹£ÄdÄ«nÄá¹ pratiá¹£á¹ambhaḥ, or checking the influence of fire, sun, water, poison, and so on, the term “and so on†refers to one’s remaining invulnerable to all types of weapons as well as attacks by nails, teeth, beating, curses and other such sources.
