Sadhana Pada
Sentence 44
svadhyayad ishta devata sanprayogah ||44||
स्वाध्यायादिष्टदेवता संप्रयोगः ॥४४॥
svādhyāyād-iṣṭa-devatā saṁprayogaḥ ||44||
Self-study and reflection on yourself (svadhyaya) brings you into contact with the desired ideal. ||44||
svadhyayat (स्वाध्यायत्, svādhyāyat) = (abl. sg. m. from svadhyaya (स्वाध्याय, svādhyāya)) self-study; learning from one self
ishta (इष्ट, iṣṭa) = (iic.) loved; sought out
devata (देवता, devatā) = (nom. sg. f.) godliness; personal God; ideal
sanprayogah (संप्रयोगः, saṁprayogaḥ) = (nom. sg. m. from sanprayoga (संप्रयोग, saṁprayoga)) connected with; oneness
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