Shloka 22
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
एतासां धारणानान्तु सप्तानां सौक्ष्म्यमात्मवान् ।
दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा ततः सिद्धिं त्यक्त्वा त्यक्त्वा परां व्रजेत् ॥
etāsāṃ dhāraṇānāntu saptānāṃ saukṣmyam ātmavān /
dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā tataḥ siddhiṃ tyaktvā tyaktvā parāṃ vrajet
एतासां सप्तधारणानां सूक्ष्मस्वभावं पुनः पुनः परिज्ञाय, आत्मसंयमी योगी तत्तत्सिद्धीः प्राप्य पुनः पुनस्ताः परित्यज्य परमं पदं प्रति प्रव्रजेत्।
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FAQs
Even genuine yogic attainments (siddhis) are not the final aim; they must be relinquished. The ethical discipline here is non-attachment: powers may arise through practice, but liberation requires transcending fascination with them.
This passage is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vamsha/vamshanucharita. It belongs to ancillary upadeśa (instruction) commonly embedded in Purāṇas alongside the Pancalakṣaṇa themes.
The ‘seven dhāraṇās’ point to progressive internalizations into subtler principles; repeated ‘seeing’ indicates stabilized samyag-darśana (direct insight). Renouncing siddhi symbolizes moving from prakṛti-based mastery to transcendence of all guṇic attainments.