Verse 55

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पद्मासनस्थ एवासौ भूमिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते । अतिमानुषचेष्टादि तथा सामर्थ्यमुद्भवेत् ॥५५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

पद्मासन-स्थः । एव । असौ । भूमिम् । उत्सृज्य । वर्तते । अति-मानुष-चेष्टा-आदि । तथा । सामर्थ्यम् । उद्भवेत् ॥५५॥

IAST Transliteration

padmāsanastha evāsau bhūmim utsṛjya vartate | atimānuṣaceṣṭādi tathā sāmarthyam udbhavet ||55||

Translation

ಪದ್ಮಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾದ ಯೋಗಿ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ (ಭೂಮಿಯಿಂದ ಮೇಲೇಳಿ) ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಆಗ ಅತಿಮಾನವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳಂತಹ ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.

Academic Translation

Seated in padmāsana, he moves about having left (i.e., risen above) the earth; and extraordinary capacities—such as superhuman actions—then arise.

Verse Context

• Siddhi (yogic powers) as a byproduct of sādhana; vairāgya toward powers in pursuit of mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: cautions that siddhis are incidental to Self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna) implied by mahāvākya teaching, not its goal.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)