Shloka 10
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
योजनानां सहस्रेभ्यः श्रावणः सोऽभिधीयते । ममन्ताद्वीक्षते चाष्टौ स यदा देवतोपमः ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasrebhyaḥ śrāvaṇaḥ so 'bhidhīyate | mamantād vīkṣate cāṣṭau sa yadā devatopamaḥ ||
On l’appelle « śrāvaṇa » lorsqu’il (peut entendre) à des milliers de yojanas ; et lorsqu’il voit les huit directions comme depuis le bout de son pouce, alors il devient semblable à un dieu.
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FAQs
Heightened perception can seduce the practitioner into fascination and self-congratulation (‘godlike’), diverting attention from liberation.
Yogic phenomenology; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative element.
Distance-collapsing perception symbolizes the mind’s subtle expansion. Yet the text frames it as vighna: the expansion is still within prakṛti (guṇas), not the transcendence of the seer.