Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 40, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे जडोपाख्याने योगाध्यायो नामैकोनचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।
दत्तात्रेय उवाच ।
उपसर्गाः प्रवर्तन्ते दृष्टे ह्यात्मनि योगिनः ।
ये तांस्ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन निबोध मे ॥
iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe jaḍopākhyāne yogādhyāyo nāmaikonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
dattātreya uvāca |
upasargāḥ pravartante dṛṣṭe hy ātmani yoginaḥ |
ye tāṃs te saṃpravakṣyāmi samāsena nibodha me //
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਦੇ ਜੜੋਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਯੋਗ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਦੱਤਾਤ੍ਰੇਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਜਦੋਂ ਯੋਗੀ ਆਤਮਾ ਦਾ ਸਾਖ਼ਾਤਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਦ ਉਪਸਰਗ ਰੂਪ ਬਾਧਾਵਾਂ ਉੱਠਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਸੰਖੇਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੱਸਾਂਗਾ; ਸੁਣ।
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FAQs
Even genuine progress invites new trials; the aspirant must anticipate obstacles after glimpses of the Self and respond with discernment rather than discouragement.
This is a didactic yoga section, not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita; it functions as śāstra-like instruction embedded in Purāṇic narrative.
Obstacles ‘after’ Self-perception indicate that latent impressions (saṃskāras) and subtle forces intensify when the practitioner nears interior freedom—an initiation-like pressure that tests stability of realization.