Shloka 32

Adhyaya 39 — Yoga Discipline: Posture, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, and Signs of Attainment

Sanskrit

सञ्चाद्य निर्मले सत्त्वे स्थितो युञ्जीत योगवित् । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः प्राणादीन् मन एव च ॥

Transliteration

sañchādya nirmale sattve sthito yuñjīta yogavit | indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ prāṇādīn mana eva ca ||

Translation

ਹੇਠਲੀਆਂ ਵ੍ਰਿੱਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਦਬਾ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਸੱਤਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕ ਕੇ ਯੋਗ ਦਾ ਜਾਣਕਾਰ ਯੋਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੱਗੇ। ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਰੋਕ ਕੇ, ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਆਦਿ ਵਾਯੂਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਮਨ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਸੰਯਮ ਕਰੇ।

Word by Word

• सञ्चाद्य: having settled/established
• सञ्चाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सञ्चाद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), from धातु सञ्चाद्; ‘having covered/filled/settled’ (prior action)

• निर्मले: in the pure
• निर्मले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; adjective qualifying ‘सत्त्वे’

• सत्त्वे: in sattva (purity/clarity)
• सत्त्वे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• स्थितः: steadfast/established
• स्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘being situated/steadfast’

• युञ्जीत: should practice/apply
• युञ्जीत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘should yoke/apply (himself)’

• योगवित्: the knower of yoga
• योगवित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: योग + विद् (‘knower of yoga’)

• इन्द्रियाणि: the senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः: from the sense-objects
• इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रियार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural; तत्पुरुष: इन्द्रिय + अर्थ (‘objects of the senses’)

• प्राणादीन्: the prāṇas etc.
• प्राणादीन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणादि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; ‘prāṇa and the rest’

• मनः: the mind
• मनः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (form मनः)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/restriction

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Speakers

• Father–son dialogue (specific names not provided in the input)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Yoga
• Sense restraint
• Prāṇa regulation (preparatory)
• Mind control

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ethically, mastery is inward: true discipline is the withdrawal of compulsive engagement with objects and the steadying of breath and mind.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Instructional yoga material (upadeśa), not a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

Purified sattva is treated as the necessary ‘medium’ for higher states; without it, prāṇa and mind remain turbulent and pratyāhāra/dhāraṇā do not stabilize.