Shloka 1
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे जडोपाख्याने योगाध्यायो नामैकोनचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।
दत्तात्रेय उवाच ।
उपसर्गाः प्रवर्तन्ते दृष्टे ह्यात्मनि योगिनः ।
ये तांस्ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन निबोध मे ॥
iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe jaḍopākhyāne yogādhyāyo nāmaikonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
dattātreya uvāca |
upasargāḥ pravartante dṛṣṭe hy ātmani yoginaḥ |
ye tāṃs te saṃpravakṣyāmi samāsena nibodha me //
かくして『吉祥なるマールカṇḍेय・プラーナ』の、ジャḍ（Jaḍa）の物語において、「ヨーガ」と名づけられた章が始まる。ダッタートレーヤは言った。「ヨーギーが真に自己（Self／アートマン）を観得すると、障碍（ウパサルガ）が起こる。それらを簡潔に説こう。わたしの言葉を聞け。」
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FAQs
Even genuine progress invites new trials; the aspirant must anticipate obstacles after glimpses of the Self and respond with discernment rather than discouragement.
This is a didactic yoga section, not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita; it functions as śāstra-like instruction embedded in Purāṇic narrative.
Obstacles ‘after’ Self-perception indicate that latent impressions (saṃskāras) and subtle forces intensify when the practitioner nears interior freedom—an initiation-like pressure that tests stability of realization.