Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
भूतवर्गादवाप्नोति शब्दाद्यैः ह्रियते न च ।
न चास्य सन्ति शब्दाद्यास्तद्भोक्ता तैर् न युज्यते ॥
bhūtavargād avāpnoti śabdādyaiḥ hriyate na ca / na cāsya santi śabdādyās tadbhoktā tair na yujyate
No es alcanzado (es decir, afectado) por la clase de los elementos, ni es arrastrado por el sonido y los demás (objetos de los sentidos). En verdad, para él no hay sonido ni lo demás; y como experimentador de ese ámbito, no queda uncido a ellos.
{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "jnana", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
Liberation is portrayed as non-entanglement with sense-objects: the Self is not ‘dragged’ by sound and the rest. Practically, it endorses restraint (saṃyama) and dispassion toward sensory allure.
Upadeśa on ātma-svarūpa; not pancalakṣaṇa content.
The verse implies a shift from viṣaya-bhoga (object-enjoyment) to svarūpa-sthiti (abidance in one’s nature), where ‘sound etc.’ are recognized as superimpositions on consciousness.