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Shloka 25

Adhyaya 40The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis

एतान्येव तु सन्धान्य सप्त सूक्ष्माणि पार्थिव ।

भूतादीनां विरागोऽत्र सद्भावज्ञस्य मुक्तये ॥

etāny eva tu sandhāya sapta sūkṣmāṇi pārthiva /

bhūtādīnāṃ virāgo 'tra sadbhāvajñasya muktaye

ഹേ രാജാവേ, ഈ ഏഴ് സൂക്ഷ്മതത്ത്വങ്ങളിലേയ്ക്ക് തന്നെ മനസ്സിനെ ഉറപ്പിച്ച് നിർത്തുമ്പോൾ ഭൂതാദി ഘടകങ്ങളോടു വൈരാഗ്യം ജനിക്കുന്നു; സദ്ഭാവം അറിയുന്നവന് ഇതുവഴി മോക്ഷം സിദ്ധിക്കുന്നു।

एतानिthese
एतानि:
कर्म (Karma/object)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally
एवonly/indeed
एव:
सम्बन्ध (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्ध (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)
सन्धान्यhaving connected/combined
सन्धान्य:
पूर्वकाल (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+धा (धातु)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having joined/connected/placed together’
सप्तseven
सप्त:
कर्म (Karma/object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (संख्याशब्दः अव्ययवत्/indeclinable-like in form here); qualifies सूक्ष्माणि
सूक्ष्माणिsubtle (principles)
सूक्ष्माणि:
कर्म (Karma/object)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; used substantively
पार्थिवO king
पार्थिव:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
भूतादीनाम्of beings and the rest
भूतादीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समूह/collective sense), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; समासः: भूतानि आदीनि यस्य/‘of beings etc.’
विरागःdispassion
विरागः:
कर्ता (Karta/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविराग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/adverbial location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देश/प्रकरण-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: here/in this context)
सद्भावज्ञस्यof the knower of reality/true being
सद्भावज्ञस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसद्भाव + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः: सद्भावं जानाति इति (षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
मुक्तयेfor liberation
मुक्तये:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/beneficiary; purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)
Teacher addressing the king (pārthiva)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

YogaMeditative fixation (dhāraṇā/sandhāna)VairagyaMoksha

FAQs

Right meditation is not for refined enjoyment but for disenchantment with the entire field of experience. Knowledge of reality (sadbhāva) is validated by the growth of virāga, culminating in freedom.

Didactic yoga-ācāra material; it supports the Purāṇa’s broader dharma teaching but is not itself one of the five defining topics.

‘Seven subtle principles’ likely indicate a graded inner map used for laya: the practitioner uses subtle contemplations to dissolve identification with bhūtas/tanmātras, reversing outward cognition into its source.