Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
अत ऊर्ध्वं पश्चापि अदुष्टापतितेषु च । भैक्ष्यचर्या विवर्णेषु जघन्या वृत्तिरिष्यते ॥
ata ūrdhvaṃ paścāpi aduṣṭāpatiteṣu ca | bhaikṣyacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttir iṣyate ||
ಅದಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ, ದುಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೂ ಆಚರಣೆಯಿಂದ ಪತಿತರಾದವರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ, ವರ್ಣಕ್ರಮದ ಹೊರಗಿನವರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ (ವಿವರ್ಣ), ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಿಂದ ಬದುಕುವುದು ಅತೀನಿಮ್ನ ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ।
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The passage ranks sources of support, aiming to protect the renunciant’s discipline and reputation; it reflects the text’s social-ritual purity framework, where association and dependence are carefully regulated.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is social-ethical instruction (ācāra) within a yogic teaching sequence.
On an inner reading, ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ vṛttis symbolize subtler vs. grosser supports for the mind: purer contexts reduce agitation and help stabilize meditation.