Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment
वात-गुल्मप्रशान्त्यर्थमुदावर्ते तथोदरे ।
यवागूं वापि पवनं वायुग्रन्थिं प्रतिक्षिपेत् ॥
vāta-gulma-praśānty-artham udāvarte tathodare / yavāgūṃ vāpi pavanaṃ vāyu-granthiṃ pratikṣipet
বাতব্যাধিৰ শমন আৰু গুল্মৰ বাবে, তদুপৰি উদাৱর্ত আৰু উদৰৰোগত যৱাগূ প্ৰয়োগ কৰিব লাগে; ই পৱনক শান্ত কৰে আৰু বায়ুৰ ‘গ্ৰন্থি’ (গাঁঠ) খোলে।
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The text assumes a psychosomatic link: faulty practice deranges vāta, producing bodily disorders that then further disturb meditation. Corrective care is part of dharmic self-management.
Medical-yogic instruction; not pancalakṣaṇa.
‘Vāyu-knot’ mirrors ‘granthi’ language found in yogic traditions: obstructions in subtle flow manifest physically. The remedy indicates softening and unblocking rather than force.