Shloka 32
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
प्राकाम्यमस्य व्यापित्वादीशित्वञ्चेश्वरो यतः ।
वखित्वाद्वशिमा नाम योगिनः सप्तमो गुणः ॥
prākāmyam asya vyāptitvād īśitvaṃ ceśvaro yataḥ / vakhitvād vaśimā nāma yoginaḥ saptamo guṇaḥ
Because of his all-pervasiveness there is prākāmya (the power of unobstructed attainment), and because he is lordly there is īśitva (sovereignty). And because he can bring beings and things under control, the quality called vaśitā (mastery) is said to be the yogin’s seventh attribute.
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FAQs
Extraordinary capacities (siddhis) are presented as derivative ‘attributes’ of yogic realization—arising from expansion of being (vyāpti) and mastery (īśitva/vaśitā). The implicit ethical caution is that these are powers to be understood, not ends in themselves.
This passage is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita; it belongs to ancillary upadeśa (instruction) on yoga and liberation, a common Purāṇic supplement to the pancalakṣaṇa framework.
‘Pervasiveness’ and ‘lordship’ indicate the yogin’s consciousness becoming less localized and more universal; ‘vaśitā’ symbolizes inner sovereignty—mastery over impulses and the sensed world—mirrored outwardly as control.