Verse 21

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अणिमाद्यष्टैश्वर्याशासिद्धसङ्कल्पो बन्धः ॥२१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अणिमा-आदि-अष्ट-ऐश्वर्य-आशा-सिद्ध-सङ्कल्पः । बन्धः ॥२१॥

IAST Transliteration

aṇimādy-aṣṭaiśvaryāśā-siddha-saṅkalpo bandhaḥ ||21||

Translation

ချည်နှောင်မှုဟူသည် အဏိမာမှ စတင်သော အိုင်ශ්ဝရ္ယ ၈ မျိုးကို လိုလားတောင့်တခြင်း (အာရှာ) အဖြစ် “စိဒ္ဓ” ဟုတည်မြဲလာသော သင်္ကల్ప ဖြစ်သည်။

Academic Translation

Bondage is the volitional construction (saṅkalpa) that is ‘accomplished’ (siddha) as the desire (āśā) for the eight powers (aiśvarya) beginning with aṇimā.

Verse Context

• Siddhi-vāsanā as bandha; renunciation of aiśvarya-desire; mokṣa beyond powers
• Mahavakya: Reinforces that realization of Brahman (e.g., ‘अयमात्मा ब्रह्म’ / ayam ātmā brahma) is not identical with acquiring powers; siddhis belong to prakṛti/mind and are obstacles to abidance in the Self.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose