Shloka 31
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
सूक्ष्मात् सूक्ष्मतमोऽणीयान् शीघ्रत्वं लघिमा गुणः ।
महिमाशेषपूज्यत्वात् प्राप्तिर्नाप्राप्यमस्य यत् ॥
sūkṣmāt sūkṣmatamo 'ṇīyān śīghratvaṃ laghimā guṇaḥ /
mahimāśeṣapūjyatvāt prāptir nāprāpyam asya yat
أَنِيمَا هي أن يصير المرء أصغر من أدقّ الأشياء؛ ولَغِيمَا هي صفة الخِفّة السريعة؛ ومَهِيمَا هي العظمة التي بها يستحق المرء التبجيل العام؛ وأما برابتي فهي أن لا يبقى له شيء غير منال.
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FAQs
The text clarifies what siddhis mean in experiential terms, while the broader lesson remains: even if nothing is ‘unattainable’ for such a yogin, liberation lies beyond acquisition.
A technical yogic glossary within Purāṇic instruction; not a core Pancalakṣaṇa topic.
‘Smaller than the subtlest’ and ‘nothing unattainable’ encode a shift from gross embodiment to subtle-body dominance. Esoterically, these are capacities arising when identification with the elements loosens—yet the teaching elsewhere insists one must finally loosen identification with capacity itself.