2.44 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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स्वाध्यायादिष्टदेवता संप्रयोगः ॥४४॥
svādhyāyād-iṣṭa-devatā saṁprayogaḥ ||44||
(स्वाध्यायत्, svādhyāyat) = self-study; learning from one self
[JW] 2.44 As a result of study there is communion with the chosen deity.
[SS] 2.44 By study of spiritual books comes communion with one’s chosen deity. [p149]
[EB] 2.44 From study [of scripture], a connection with one’s deity of choice is established. [p273]
(इष्ट, iṣṭa) = loved; sought out
(देवता, devatā) = godliness; personal God; ideal
(संप्रयोगः, saṁprayogaḥ) = connected with; oneness