Shloka 43
Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment
येन व्याध्यादयो दोषा न जायन्ते हि योगिनः ।
यथा तोयार्थिनस्तोयं यन्त्रनालादिभिः शनैः ॥
yena vyādhy-ādayo doṣā na jāyante hi yoginaḥ / yathā toyārthinas toyaṃ yantra-nālādibhiḥ śanaiḥ //
ഈ ഉപായം കൊണ്ടു യോഗിയിൽ രോഗാദി ദോഷങ്ങൾ ഉദിക്കുകയില്ല; ജലം തേടുന്ന ഒരാൾ യന്ത്രം, നാളിക മുതലായ ഉപകരണങ്ങളാൽ പതുക്കെ ജലം വലിച്ചെടുക്കുന്നതുപോലെ.
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FAQs
Prāṇāyāma is framed as preventive discipline: careful, measured practice averts disorders. The analogy teaches patience—vital energy is ‘drawn’ and regulated gradually, not forced.
A yogic instruction passage (ācāra) within the Purāṇa’s teaching layers; not a direct instance of the five defining narrative characteristics.
‘Drawing water through a conduit’ symbolizes channeling prāṇa through nāḍī-like pathways: steady regulation refines the inner flow without shock, enabling stable meditative states.