Shloka 60

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

Sanskrit

अमानुषात् सत्त्वजाद्वा बाधास्त्वेताश्चिकित्सिताः ।

अमानुषं सत्त्वमन्तर्योगिनं प्रविशेद्यदि ॥

Transliteration

amānuṣāt sattvajād vā bādhās tv etāś cikitsitāḥ /

amānuṣaṃ sattvam antar-yoginaṃ praviśed yadi //

Translation

Эти недуги следует лечить, возникли ли они от нечеловеческого существа или от причины, рожденной живыми тварями. Если же некая нечеловеческая сущность войдёт внутрь йогина, тогда—

Word by Word

• अमानुषात्: from a non-human (entity)
• अमानुषात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान (from a non-human being)

• सत्त्व-जातात्: from one born of a being/creature
• सत्त्व-जातात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व + जात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('born of a being/creature')

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• बाधाः: afflictions/obstacles
• बाधाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (adversative/emphatic particle)

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; निर्देशवाचक

• चिकित्सिताः: treated/curable (remedied)
• चिकित्सिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिकित्सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle from √कित्स्/चिकित्स् 'to treat'): 'treated/curable/with remedy prescribed'

• अमानुषम्: non-human
• अमानुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सत्त्वम्)

• सत्त्वम्: being/entity
• सत्त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: 'within')

• योगिनम्: the yogin
• योगिनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• प्रविशेत्: should enter
• प्रविशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle)

Speakers

• Instructional discourse within Jaḍopākhyāna (yoga-teaching voice addressing the king)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Yoga
• Upasarga (afflictions/obstacles)
• Bhūta/Amānuṣa disturbance
• Protective discipline

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text acknowledges extraordinary impediments to practice and insists they are not beyond remedy—encouraging steadiness and method rather than fear or superstition.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Practical yogic-ritual guidance; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Entry’ (praveśa) can be read as literal possession in Purāṇic idiom and also as intrusion of disruptive vāsanās/saṃskāras; either way, the remedy points to prāṇic purification and protective dhāraṇā.