Shloka 18
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
स्पर्शं वायो तथा तद्वद्विभ्रतस्तस्य धारणाम् ।
व्योम्रः सूक्ष्मां प्रवृत्तिञ्च शब्दं तद्वज्जहाति सः ॥
sparśaṃ vāyo tathā tadvadvibhratastasya dhāraṇām | vyomraḥ sūkṣmāṃ pravṛttiñca śabdaṃ tadvajjahāti saḥ ||
तथैव तां धारणां वहन् स वायोः स्पर्शगुणं परित्यजति। ततः खस्य सूक्ष्मेण चेष्टितेन शब्दगुणमपि तथैव त्यजति।
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FAQs
Progress requires relinquishing even refined sensory markers; the practitioner learns to release the last ‘signatures’ by which mind recognizes worlds.
Yoga praxis instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The text encodes the tanmātra hierarchy: air→touch; ether→sound. Dropping sound in ‘space’ symbolizes entering a non-objectified awareness beyond vibration/word.