Shloka 10

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

Sanskrit

योजनानां सहस्रेभ्यः श्रावणः सोऽभिधीयते । ममन्ताद्वीक्षते चाष्टौ स यदा देवतोपमः ॥

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrebhyaḥ śrāvaṇaḥ so 'bhidhīyate | mamantād vīkṣate cāṣṭau sa yadā devatopamaḥ ||

Translation

Dia disebut “śrāvaṇa” apabila (dia dapat mendengar) dari jarak beribu-ribu yojana; dan apabila dia melihat lapan penjuru seolah-olah dari hujung ibu jari—maka dia menjadi seakan-akan dewa.

Word by Word

• yojanānām: of yojanas (distance units)
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sahasrebhyaḥ: from thousands
• sahasrebhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• śrāvaṇaḥ: the śrāvaṇa (type)
• śrāvaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• saḥ: he/that
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• abhidhīyate: is called/denoted
• abhidhīyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi√dhā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• mamantāt: from afar
• mamantāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mamanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्राय/क्रियाविशेषण; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (adverbial ablative sense: ‘from/at a distance’)

• vīkṣate: sees, beholds
• vīkṣate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• aṣṭau: eight (things)
• aṣṭau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: ‘when’)

• devatā-upamaḥ: godlike, comparable to a deity
• devatā-upamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + upama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (devatāyāḥ upamaḥ = like a deity)

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Yoga
• Clairaudience/clairvoyance
• Siddhi as obstacle
• Subtle perception

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Heightened perception can seduce the practitioner into fascination and self-congratulation (‘godlike’), diverting attention from liberation.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Yogic phenomenology; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative element.

What is the esoteric significance?

Distance-collapsing perception symbolizes the mind’s subtle expansion. Yet the text frames it as vighna: the expansion is still within prakṛti (guṇas), not the transcendence of the seer.