Shloka 17
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
आत्मानं मन्यते चोर्वोṃ तद्गन्धञ्च जहाति सः ।
यथैवाप्सु रसं सूक्ष्मं तद्वद्रूपञ्च तेजसि ॥
ātmānaṃ manyate corvoṃ tadgandhañca jahāti saḥ | yathaivāpsu rasaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tadvadrūpañca tejasi ||
अथ स पृथिव्याः सूक्ष्मतरत्वं स्वात्मनि पश्यन् तस्य गन्धगुणं परित्यजति। यथा जले रसः सूक्ष्मः, तथा वह्नौ रूपं सूक्ष्मं भवति।
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FAQs
The yogic interiorization is described as disidentification: one relinquishes attachment to gross markers (like ‘smell’ of earth) and moves toward subtler principles.
Sādhana teaching; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The sequence reflects classical mapping of elements to sense-qualities: earth→smell, water→taste, fire→form. Meditation ‘drops’ each quality, reversing embodiment into subtle causality.