Shloka 13
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
तमप्यनुपमात्मान विश्व शम्भु: प्रजापति: । अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिरीशानो ज्योतिरव्यय:
tam apy anupamātmānaṃ viśva-śambhuḥ prajāpatiḥ | aṇimā laghimā prāptir īśāno jyotir avyayaḥ ||
Yājñavalkya said: “Even that incomparable Self—Prajāpati, Śambhu, the all-auspicious Lord of the universe—the sovereign controller, the imperishable Light (Īśāna), and the master of powers such as aṇimā (minuteness), laghimā (lightness), and prāpti (unobstructed reach), draws the cosmic principle back into Himself.”
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
All powers and cosmic principles ultimately depend on the Supreme Lord, described as imperishable Light and sovereign controller; therefore one should seek inner realization and humility rather than attachment to extraordinary powers (siddhis).
Yājñavalkya is describing the Supreme—Prajāpati/Īśāna—who governs even exalted capacities like aṇimā, laghimā, and prāpti, and in whom the manifested cosmic principle is finally reabsorbed.