The Fullness of a Single Practice (Verse 148)¶
1. Exercise Title & Verse¶
The Fullness of a Single Practice (Verse 148)
2. Sanskrit (IAST)¶
atraikatamayuktisthe yotpadyeta dinād dinam / bharitākāratā sātra tṛptir atyantapūrṇatā // 148 //
3. English (Literal)¶
For one established in even one of the methods described here, the state of plenitude that arises and develops day by day—that is the satisfaction here, the supreme fullness.
4. Main Commentary (Bhāṣya)¶
Padārtha Atraikatama-yukti-sthe (atra - here, ekatama - even one, yukti - method, sthe - being established in): being firmly established in even a single one of these 112 methods. Bharitākāratā (bharita - filled, ākāratā - the state of having the form): the state of being entirely filled with the reality of consciousness. Tṛpti means satisfaction, but atyanta-pūrṇatā specifies it as absolute, supreme fullness, not mere psychological relief.
Anvaya The verse states that if a practitioner remains firmly rooted in just one (ekatama) of the yuktis (methods) given in this text, a state of total plenitude (bharitākāratā) begins to arise and unfold day by day (dinād dinam). In this tradition (atra), this continuous, expanding fullness is what is meant by true satisfaction (tṛpti).
Tatparya Following the previous verse's redefinition of worship (pūjā) as the intellect resting firmly in the thought-free void, Bhairava now redefines the goal of practice itself: satisfaction (tṛpti). Spiritual satisfaction is not an emotional climax or a reward for completing all 112 methods. It is the steady, daily accumulation of realization (bharitākāratā) that comes from penetrating just one method completely. The 112 dhāraṇās are not a curriculum to be exhausted, but 112 doorways into the exact same fullness.
Sādhana The practice here is radical commitment. Do not collect techniques. Select the one dhāraṇā that naturally catches your awareness and remain entirely established in it. Allow its realization to unfold "day by day." True practice is not measured by the number of methods attempted, but by the continuous, expanding feeling of being entirely filled (bharitākāratā) by the one method you have chosen to inhabit.
5. Jaideva Singh — The Logical¶
The grammatical force of ekatamayuktisthe (established in even one yoga) is central here. The supreme spiritual consciousness (vijñāna) is not pieced together by combining multiple practices. By becoming firmly established in just one method described in this text, the practitioner attains the essential nature of the Self. The bharitākāratā (the plenitude of consciousness) develops progressively day by day until it reaches its highest perfection, which is Bhairava. In this yogic tradition (atra), this supreme fullness is the only true tṛpti (satisfaction).
6. Swami Lakshmanjoo — The Lineage¶
This verse connects directly to the real pūjā (worship) described previously, where you expire your limited existence with honor into the supreme thought-less state. When anyone is attached to just one of these one hundred and twelve ways (atra ekatama yuktisthe), whatever state is found or experienced by him becomes entirely filled with the Bhairava state. That is the real satisfaction you get from worship. You do not need all of them; if you hold one firmly, that satisfaction becomes atyanta pūrṇatā, supreme fullness.
7. Mark Dyczkowski & Christopher Wallis — Context & Philology¶
N/A — The official concordance covers only the 112 dhāraṇās (Verses 24–136). Neither author provides direct, verse-specific commentary for this Epilogue verse in the available sources.
8. Daniel Odier — The Somatic Grounding¶
Odier translates the verse literally in his appendix: if one penetrates a single element of the yoga described here, one will know a plenitude spreading from day to day to reach the highest perfection. The somatic reality is continuous deepening, not technique accumulation.
9. Paul Reps — The "Sudden Hit"¶
N/A — Reps' translation covers only the 112 dhāraṇās and stops at Verse 136.
10. Upāya Type¶
N/A — As an Epilogue verse, neither Singh nor Lakshmanjoo assigns it a specific upāya. It serves as a structural capstone applying to all 112 methods regardless of their specific classification.
11. Resonance Check (Adhikāra)¶
This verse is for the practitioner prone to spiritual consumerism. It requires the temperament of patience and single-pointed devotion—the willingness to trust one doorway entirely rather than constantly seeking a better technique.
12. The "What Else?" — The Pitfall¶
The trap is restless technique-hopping. It is the belief that collecting and sampling fifty methods makes you more advanced than mastering one. If a dhāraṇā does not produce an instant breakthrough, the practitioner discards it for the next one. By treating the practices as a sequence to be completed rather than a single space to be inhabited, the practitioner prevents the "day by day" (dinād dinam) accumulation of fullness, remaining stranded in perpetual beginnings.
13. Verse-Specific Glossary¶
- tṛpti: Satisfaction. Here, it is redefined not as psychological contentment or the end of a desire, but as the continuous, supreme fullness (atyanta-pūrṇatā) of realization.
- bharitākāratā: Plenitude; the state of being filled. It implies that the practitioner's entire awareness and state of being takes on the form (ākāra) of Bhairava's fullness (bharita).
- ekatama-yukti: "Even one method." The verse uses this compound to emphasize that a single yukti (technique/doorway) from the preceding 112 is sufficient for complete realization if one remains firmly established (sthe) in it.