The following verse sort of helps explain that it is from practice (abhyāsataḥ) of the 16 śramas of mallavidyā how one can become victorious in multiple worlds.
śramoyaṃ mallavidyāyāḥ kathitaḥ ṣoḍaśātmakaḥ
yasya cābhyāsato loke trailokyavijayī bhavet || 10.1 ||
yasya cābhyāsato loke trailokyavijayī bhavet || 10.1 ||
But, I'm still left scratching my chin, wondering if I'm overcooking it. Looking at the list of śramas, particularly at their groupings-- at a śloka and theme/exercise level-- one wonders why various śrama-s are grouped accordingly. Is it for
the meter, thematically, arbitrarily, or something else? It is not the ordinal sequence because they are each ranked according to be śreṣṭha, etc and also intensity, alpa, ardha, pūrṇa, ati.
Or, is there possibly a high order of śrama that groups the lower order together? There is a pattern, or
so it seems, to the verses outlining the 16 exercises. I'm wondering if I'm reading too much into this. Here is a sort of logical formula I propose to help understand how I see these groups. [NOTE: Ex. = exercise / Pr. = practice]
Ex.1-śrama + Ex. 2-śrama -> Pr. 1-abhyāsa = Śrama Group.
raṅgaśramas stambhaśramastathā bhramaṇikāśramaḥ
śvāsapreraṇikābhyāsas tathāhaṃ (yaṃ) sthāpitaśramaḥ
śvāsapreraṇikābhyāsas tathāhaṃ (yaṃ) sthāpitaśramaḥ
Therefore, the Sthāpita Śrama group includes: grappling, pole climbing, and walking and focuses on cardio/endurance.
I'm really not sure about this but got to thinking about it and need some feedback.
Thanks.
All the best,
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