यत्रास्ति भोगवाहुल्यं तत्र योगस्य का कथा । योगेऽपि भोगविरहः कौलस्तूभयमश्नुते ॥ ३९ ॥
yatrāsti bhōgavāhulyaṁ tatra yōgasya kā kathā | yōgē’pi bhōgavirahaḥ kaulastūbhayamaśnutē || 39 ||
Translation
Where there is abundance of enjoyment, what talk is there of yoga? And in yoga there is no enjoyment. But the Kaula attains both.
Word by word
- yatrāsti
- where there is
- bhōgavāhulyaṁ
- abundance of enjoyment
- tatra
- there
- yōgasya
- of yoga
- kā
- what
- kathā
- talk
- yōgē’pi
- in yoga too
- bhōgavirahaḥ
- absence of enjoyment
- kaulastūbhayamaśnutē
- but the Kaula attains both
Meaning
Yoga is glossed as union (liberation) and bhoga as enjoyment of the world; the Kaula path claims both.