Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
यत्रकामावसायित्वं गुणानेतांस्तथैश्वरान् ।
प्राप्नोत्यक्ष्टौ नरव्याघ्र परं निर्वाणसूचकान् ॥
yatrakāmāvasāyitvaṃ guṇān etāṃs tatheśvarān /
prāpnoty aṣṭau naravyāghra paraṃ nirvāṇasūcakān
Wahai harimau di antara manusia, delapan daya dan sifat keagungan ini—hingga kemampuan menetapkan hasil sesuai kehendak—dapat dicapai; namun semuanya hanyalah penanda yang menunjuk kepada nirvāṇa tertinggi.
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Extraordinary powers can accompany progress but do not equal liberation. The practitioner should treat them as ‘signposts’ and continue toward nirvāṇa without pride or dependence.
Didactic soteriology; not a direct Pancalakṣaṇa element.
Calling siddhis ‘nirvāṇa-sūcaka’ reframes them as diagnostic markers of deep concentration and elemental mastery. Esoterically, it warns against mistaking control over phenomena for transcendence of the phenomenological field.