Shloka 14
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
उपसर्गैर्महाघोरैरावर्तन्ते पुनः पुनः ।
प्रावृत्य कम्बलं शुक्लं योगी तस्मान्मनोमयम् ॥
upasargairmahāghorairāvartante punaḥ punaḥ | prāvṛtya kambalaṃ śuklaṃ yogī tasmānmanomayam ||
অতিভয়ংকর বাধায় তারা বারংবার ঘূর্ণিত হয়। অতএব যোগীকে মনোময় ‘শ্বেত কম্বল’—অর্থাৎ অন্তঃশুদ্ধি ও মানসিক রক্ষা—দ্বারা নিজেকে আবৃত করতে হবে।
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FAQs
When disturbances recur, the remedy is not escalation outward but cultivation of inner purity and steadiness—symbolized as a ‘white wrap’ of the mind.
Instructional (yoga-ācāra) material; not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa segment.
The ‘white blanket’ can be read as sattva-āvaraṇa: a consciously generated, pure mental field that insulates awareness from rajas/tamas-driven upasargas.