Shloka 31
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
देहान्यथेष्टमभ्येति हित्वेमां मानुषीं तनुम् निर्वेदस्तु न कर्तव्यों भुज्जानेन कथंचन
dehān yathā-iṣṭam abhyeti hitvā imāṁ mānuṣīṁ tanum | nirvedaḥ tu na kartavyaḥ bhuñjānena kathaṁcana ||
Ayant rejeté ce corps humain, il obtient—selon sa propre volonté—bien d’autres corps. Aussi, celui qui jouit des pouvoirs yogiques nés du Yoga ne doit, d’aucune manière, tomber dans le dégoût ni l’aversion envers le Yoga.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse cautions that a yogin who has attained yogic powers and can assume bodies at will should not become disenchanted with Yoga; spiritual capability should be met with steadiness, not aversion or fatigue toward the discipline that produced it.
A brāhmaṇa speaker explains the extraordinary capacity of a yogin: after leaving the human body, he can take on other bodies as he wishes. This is used to instruct the listener that such power is not a reason to abandon Yoga, but to remain firm in it.