Shloka 35

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

Sanskrit

नापि क्षयमवाप्रोति परिणामं न गच्छति ।

छेदं क्लेदं तथा दाहं शोषं भूरादितो न च ॥

Transliteration

nāpi kṣayam avāpnoti pariṇāmaṃ na gacchati / chedaṃ kledaṃ tathā dāhaṃ śoṣaṃ bhūrādito na ca

Translation

അതിനു ക്ഷയം ഇല്ല; വികാരവും ഉണ്ടാകുന്നില്ല. അത് മുറിക്കാനാവില്ല, നനയ്ക്കാനാവില്ല, കത്തിക്കാനാവില്ല, ഉണക്കാനാവില്ല—ഭൂമി മുതലായ തത്ത്വങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നാരംഭിക്കുന്ന ക്ലേശങ്ങൾ അതിനെ സ്പർശിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• क्षयम्: decay/destruction
• क्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains/undergoes
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परिणामम्: change/transformation
• परिणामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• गच्छति: goes/undergoes
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• छेदम्: cutting; being cut
• छेदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• क्लेदम्: moistening; wetness
• क्लेदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: and also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (and also/likewise)

• दाहम्: burning
• दाहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शोषम्: drying up; desiccation
• शोषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भूः: earth
• भूः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (here likely as part of a compound/phrase with ādi)

• आदितः: beginning with
• आदितः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थ (from the beginning/starting with)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speakers

• Teacher addressing a king within moksha instruction

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Ātman
• Immutability
• Elements (bhūtas)
• Moksha

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Self is distinguished from the body and elements by being free from material modifications and injuries. Ethically this supports vairāgya: do not identify with what is cut, burned, or dried.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Doctrinal exposition (tattva-vicāra) outside pancalakṣaṇa narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

The list (cut/wet/burn/dry) functions as a systematic negation of elemental guṇas, indicating the ātman as nirguṇa relative to gross matter.