Yoga Shikha Upanishat
Sentence 137
rajo vasati jantunam devi tattvam samavritam |
rajaso retaso yoga adraja yoga iti smritah ||137||
रजो वसति जन्तूनां देवीतत्त्वं समावृतम् ।
रजसो रेतसो योगाद्राजयोग इति स्मृतः ॥१३७॥
rajo vasati jantūnāṁ devī-tattvaṁ samāvṛtam |
rajaso retaso yoga-adrāja-yoga iti smṛtaḥ ||137||
Hidden in all living beings the essence of the goddess lies dormant as vaginal secretion (Rajas). |
Hence it is handed down that Raja-Yoga evolves from the unification of male semen (Retas) and female vaginal secretion (Rajas). ||137||
rajas (रजस्, rajas) = menstrual blood, female principle, vaginal secretion
vasati (वसति, vasati) = stay, live
jantunam (जन्तूनाम्, jantūnām) = living being, creatures (Gen. plural)
devi (देवी, devī) = Devi, goddess
tattvam (तत्त्वम्, tattvam) = true principle, the essence
samavritam (समावृतम्, samāvṛtam) = hidden, covered, concealed
rajaso (रजसो, rajaso) = menstrual blood, female principle, vaginal secretion
retas (रेतस्, retas) = flow of semen, sperm, sperm fluid
yogat (योगात्, yogāt) = of the unity (Abl.)
rajayoga (राजयोग, rājayoga) = Raja-Yoga, name of this path of Yoga
iti (इति, iti) = hence, this is why
smritah (स्मृतः, smṛtaḥ) = teached, explained, handed down
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