Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 39, Shloka 57
Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment
यथैवाम्रफलं ध्यायेत् तृष्णार्तो रसनेंद्रिये ।
यस्मिन् यस्मिन् रुजा देहे तस्मिंस्तदुपकारिणी ॥
yathaivāmraphalaṃ dhyāyet tṛṣṇārto rasanendriye /
yasmin yasmin rujā dehe tasmiṃs tad-upakāriṇīm //
जैसे प्यास से पीड़ित मनुष्य स्वादेन्द्रिय से आम्र-फल का ही चिंतन करता है, वैसे ही शरीर में जहाँ-जहाँ पीड़ा हो, वहाँ-वहाँ उसी स्थान के लिए हितकारी विशेष उपाय का ध्यान में धारण करना चाहिए।
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FAQs
Attention (citta) can be deliberately directed: as craving fixes the mind on an object, a yogin can fix the mind on a corrective principle suited to the afflicted bodily locus, cultivating mastery over reactive sensation.
This is not pancalakṣaṇa material (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita); it belongs to upaśikṣā—practical yogic instruction embedded in the Purāṇic narrative.
The verse hints at a correspondence principle: specific mental forms (saṅkalpa/dhāraṇā) are matched to specific bodily disturbances, implying a subtle-body mapping where cognition can modulate prāṇic flow.