Shloka 12

Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi

Sanskrit

इत्येते च शुभाहारा योगिनः सिद्धिकारकाः ।

तत् प्रयुञ्ज्यान्मुनिर्भक्त्या परमेण समाधिना ॥

Transliteration

ity ete ca śubhāhārā yoginaḥ siddhikārakāḥ | tat prayuñjyān munir bhaktyā parameṇa samādhinā ||

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ອາຫານທີ່ດີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ສຳລັບຜູ້ປະຕິບັດໂຍຄະ ຍ່ອມໃຫ້ເກີດຜົນສຳເລັດ (ສິດທິ). ເພາະສະນັ້ນ ນັກບວດຜູ້ຮູ້ຄວນຮັບເອົາມັນດ້ວຍສັດທາ ແລະດ້ວຍສະມາທິອັນສູງສຸດ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: “thus”)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)

• शुभाहाराः: having wholesome diet / wholesome foods
• शुभाहाराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural); कर्मधारय-समासः (“good” qualifying “food/diet”)

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural)

• सिद्धिकारकाः: bringing accomplishment/success
• सिद्धिकारकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (siddheḥ kārakaḥ: “producer of success”)

• तत्: that (i.e., those foods/practices)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; (neuter, accusative singular)

• प्रयुञ्ज्यात्: should use/practice
• प्रयुञ्ज्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + युज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष?; actually तृतीयपुरुष एकवचन (3rd person singular): “he should employ/use”

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (masculine, nominative singular)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; (feminine, instrumental singular)

• परमेण: with supreme
• परमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (instrumental singular); विशेषण of समाधिना

• समाधिना: with concentration/absorption
• समाधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (masculine, instrumental singular)

Speakers

• Didactic narrator (within Purāṇic instruction)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Yoga
• Samādhi
• Bhakti (as disciplined commitment)
• Sattvic living

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

External discipline (food) is not an end in itself; it is to be integrated with inner discipline—devoted, steady practice culminating in samādhi.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic dharma-yoga instruction (ācāra). Not directly one of the five marks, but a common Purāṇic supplement to them.

What is the esoteric significance?

Food becomes ‘sādhana’ when taken as an offering to the practice—supporting prāṇa balance and mental one-pointedness rather than sensory gratification.