Patanjali's yoga sutras

स्वाध्यायाद् इष्टदेवतासंप्रयोगः ॥ २.४४ ॥

svādhyāyād iṣṭadevatāsaṃprayogaḥ || 2.44 ||

svādhyāyād = by study

iṣṭa = your cherished

devatā = divinities

saṃprayogaḥ = cooperation

The gods, the Ṛṣis and the Siddhas become visible to him who is given to study, and they do take part in his work.

• Vyasa

The gods,

the great teachers of the past

and the luminous masters,

all become visible to the man who knows

his own nature and cultivates wisdom.

• Alberto Villoldo

svādhyāyāt—by study. iṣṭa-devatā—with the desired deity. Saṃprayogaḥ,—communion.

44. By-study comes communion with the desired deity.—95.

The Sankhya-pravachana commentary of Vyasa

[English translation of the 7th century commentary by Vyāsa called the Sāṅkhya–pravacana, Vyāsabhāṣya or Yogabhāṣya]

[Sanskrit text for commentary available]

The gods, the Ṛṣis and the Siddhas become visible to him who is given to study, and they do take part in his work.—95.

The Gloss of Vachaspati Mishra

[English translation of the 9th century Tattvavaiśāradī by Vācaspatimiśra]

Mentions the attainments indicated by the perfection of study:—‘By study communion with the desired deity.’ This is easy.—44.

https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/yoga-sutras-with-commentaries/d/doc1216695.html

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃprayoga (संप्रयोग).—1 Union, connection; meeting, conjunction, contact; (jalasya) उष्णत्वमग्न्यातपसंप्रयोगात् (uṣṇatvamagnyātapasaṃprayogāt) R.5.54; M.5.3.

2) A connecting link, fastening; एतेन मोचयति भूषण- संप्रयोगान् (etena mocayati bhūṣaṇa- saṃprayogān) Mṛcchakaṭika 3.16.

3) Relation, dependence.

4) Mutual relation or proportion.

5) Connected series or order.

6) Sexual union, coition; स्त्रीपुंसयोः संप्रयोगे स्पर्शः कस्याधिको भवेत् (strīpuṃsayoḥ saṃprayoge sparśaḥ kasyādhiko bhavet) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.12.1.

7) Application.

8) Magic.

9) Mutual intercourse; संप्रयोगो भवेन्नायं मम मोघस्त्वया द्विज (saṃprayogo bhavennāyaṃ mama moghastvayā dvija) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.47.39.

1) Co-operation; लब्धा महीं ब्राह्मण- संप्रयोगात् (labdhā mahīṃ brāhmaṇa- saṃprayogāt) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.26.13.

11) (In astr.) Conjuction (of the moon and the lunar mansions).

Derivable forms: saṃprayogaḥ (संप्रयोगः).

https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/samprayoga