अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् ।एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ॥
athavā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām |etad dhi durlabhataraṃ loke janma yad īdṛśam ||
- अथवा · athavā
- or else
- योगिनाम् · yoginām
- of yogis
- कुले · kule
- in the family
- धीमताम् · dhīmatām
- of the wise
- एतत् · etat
- this
- दुर्लभतरम् · durlabhataram
- harder to gain
- लोके · loke
- in the world
- जन्म · janma
- birth
“Or else he is born in a family of wise yogis. Such a birth as this is harder to gain in the world.”
— Original plain-language translation
A second, rarer rebirth places the striver directly among practitioners. Environment itself becomes grace. Such a cradle for sadhana is called most difficult to obtain.
— Reader's notes (original)