Shloka 7
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
योगिनः संप्रवर्तन्ते सत्त्वराजसतामसाः । प्रातिभिः श्रावणो दैवो भ्रमावत्तौ तथापरौ ॥
yoginaḥ saṃpravartante sāttva-rājasa-tāmasāḥ | prātibhiḥ śrāvaṇo daivo bhramāvattau tathāparau ||
যোগীদের জন্য সত্ত্ব, রজস্ ও তমস্ থেকে জন্মে অন্তরায় উদ্ভূত হয়—প্রাতিভ, শ্রাবণ, দৈব; আর ভ্রম ও আবর্ত—এই দুইও।
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FAQs
Not all hindrances are ‘sinful’; some are sattvic (e.g., brilliance, insight) yet still derail concentration. The yogin must diagnose obstacles by their guṇic coloration.
A yogic taxonomy embedded within Purāṇic discourse; ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa.
The five are subtle ‘psychic weather patterns’: insight (prātibha), distance-hearing (śrāvaṇa), divine frenzy (daiva), delusive drift (bhrama), and vortex-like repetition (āvarta)—each a mode of consciousness that can mimic spiritual progress.