Shloka 31
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
सूक्ष्मात् सूक्ष्मतमोऽणीयान् शीघ्रत्वं लघिमा गुणः ।
महिमाशेषपूज्यत्वात् प्राप्तिर्नाप्राप्यमस्य यत् ॥
sūkṣmāt sūkṣmatamo 'ṇīyān śīghratvaṃ laghimā guṇaḥ /
mahimāśeṣapūjyatvāt prāptir nāprāpyam asya yat
अणिमा नाम सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्मत्वं; लघिमा शीघ्रलघुतागुणः; महिमा सर्वपूज्यत्वहेतुः; प्राप्तिश्च यस्य किञ्चिदपि नाप्राप्यं भवति।
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FAQs
The text clarifies what siddhis mean in experiential terms, while the broader lesson remains: even if nothing is ‘unattainable’ for such a yogin, liberation lies beyond acquisition.
A technical yogic glossary within Purāṇic instruction; not a core Pancalakṣaṇa topic.
‘Smaller than the subtlest’ and ‘nothing unattainable’ encode a shift from gross embodiment to subtle-body dominance. Esoterically, these are capacities arising when identification with the elements loosens—yet the teaching elsewhere insists one must finally loosen identification with capacity itself.