Kriyāpāda 125 IV. YOGAPĀDA of the four parts of the Tantric treatise of Iśānaśiva the last one called Yogapāda consists of just three chapters. This forms the smallest of the four parts. (1) The first section is devoted to the explanation of the term in detail and it is righlly called Yogalaksana. Yoga is to be resorted to for deliverance from the cycle of wordly miseries. It is stated : विज्ञाय संसारमसारमेवं वैराग्यतोऽनुग्रहतश्च शम्भोः । संप्राप्य योगं तु गुरूपदेशाद् योगी विमुक्तिं न चिरादुपैति ॥ Vairāgya-detachment from wordly objects and renunciation are the means to attain liberation. For this, knowledge of the real state of affairs is necessary. The author has stressed that external appearance is not the real need. External change is with reference to the body and not of the soul which is more important. The author observes: तद्वान् यतिश्च संन्यासी न स्यात् केवलमुण्डितः । ज्ञेय स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्ङ्क्षति ॥ He concludes saying that a Brahmacārin, householder or ascetic can obtain liberation with the blessing of Siva irrespective of his dress or status in life. (2) The concept of Yoga is explained in this section based on the Yogasūtra of Patañjali. The author begins the section as follows : अथ योगस्तु विज्ञयो गुणैश्वर्यविमुक्तिदः । चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधं तु योगमाह पतञ्जलिः || युजेर्धातो: समाधो: तु क्षेत्रज्ञपरमात्मनोः । युक्तिर्योग: समुछिष्टस्तथा चाह महामुनिः ॥ The author has given the derivation of the term Yoga in the above stanza. In another way he brings out the idea as follows: सम्यक् शिवगतं चित्तं यदा न चलति स्थिरम् । शिवत्वव्यक्तभावस्य कैवल्यं योग इष्यते ॥ The author proceeds to explain the different concepts like
