Shloka 33
Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment
निगृह्य समवायेन प्रत्याहारमुपक्रमेत् । यस्तु प्रत्याहरेत्कामान् सर्वाङ्गानीव कच्छपः ॥
nigṛhya samavāyena pratyāhāram upakramet | yas tu pratyāharet kāmān sarvāṅgānīva kacchapaḥ ||
इस प्रकार उन्हें एकरूप से संयमित करके प्रत्याहार आरम्भ करे। जो कछुए की भाँति अपने सब अंग समेटकर इच्छाओं को वापस खींच लेता है, वही प्रत्याहार का सम्यक् अभ्यास करता है।
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FAQs
Desire is treated as the root driver of sensory outwardness; ethical self-mastery is the capacity to retract attention at will, not merely to suppress actions externally.
Yoga-limb instruction; outside the pañcalakṣaṇa narrative taxonomy.
The tortoise image signals reversible control: the yogin can extend or withdraw faculties consciously, indicating sovereignty over the sense-mind complex.