Shloka 27
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
सप्तैताः धारणाः योगी समतीत्य यदिच्छति ।
तस्मिंस्तस्मिंल्लयं सूक्ष्मे भूते याति नरेश्वर ॥
saptaitā dhāraṇā yogī samatītya yad icchati /
tasmiṃs tasmiṃl layaṃ sūkṣme bhūte yāti nareśvara
હે નરાધિપ! યોગી જ્યારે પોતાની ઇચ્છા મુજબ આ સાત ધારણાઓને અતિક્રમે છે, ત્યારે તે સંબંધિત દરેક સૂક્ષ્મ તત્ત્વમાં લયમાં પ્રવેશે છે।
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FAQs
Mastery in yoga is described as voluntary transcendence of meditative stages—freedom rather than compulsion. The yogin is not trapped by experiences produced in practice.
Primarily yogic praxis instruction; it does not directly map to the five hallmark topics.
Laya into ‘subtle bhūtas’ suggests a reverse-cosmology meditation: the practitioner dissolves the constructed world back into its finer constituents, mirroring involution (pralaya) at the microcosmic level.