Obstacles and Portents (yoga-antarāya) - Verse 18
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 9.18
Sanskrit Original
सर्वत्र सर्वदा ज्ञानं प्रतिभानुक्रमेण तु। श्रवणात्सर्वशब्दानाम अप्रयत्नेन योगिनः।।
sarvatra sarvadā jñānaṃ pratibhānukrameṇa tu| śravaṇātsarvaśabdānām aprayatnena yoginaḥ||
Sūta said: Buddhi (intellect) is the faculty of discrimination by which anything knowable is known. If one has knowledge of things subtle or hidden far or near, past or future, at all times and places, that knowledge is called pratibhā. If the yogin is able to grasp without effort, the import of all words by merely hearing a concealed or indistinct syllable, whether short, long or prolated that ability is called śravaṇā. The perception, of touch without actual contact is called Vedana (awareness). The ability to see divine forms without effort is called darśanā. Āsvāda (appreciation) is the ability to taste divine delicacies without strain.