Shloka 36
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
भूतवर्गादवाप्नोति शब्दाद्यैः ह्रियते न च ।
न चास्य सन्ति शब्दाद्यास्तद्भोक्ता तैर् न युज्यते ॥
bhūtavargād avāpnoti śabdādyaiḥ hriyate na ca / na cāsya santi śabdādyās tadbhoktā tair na yujyate
لا تناله (أي لا تؤثر فيه) طبقةُ العناصر، ولا تجرفه الأصوات وسائر موضوعات الحسّ. بل الحقّ أنه لا صوتَ ولا غيره بالنسبة إليه؛ وبوصفه مُختبِرَ ذلك المقام لا يُقرَن بها ولا يُشدّ إليها.
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FAQs
Liberation is portrayed as non-entanglement with sense-objects: the Self is not ‘dragged’ by sound and the rest. Practically, it endorses restraint (saṃyama) and dispassion toward sensory allure.
Upadeśa on ātma-svarūpa; not pancalakṣaṇa content.
The verse implies a shift from viṣaya-bhoga (object-enjoyment) to svarūpa-sthiti (abidance in one’s nature), where ‘sound etc.’ are recognized as superimpositions on consciousness.