Shloka 33
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
यत्रेच्छास्थानमप्युक्तं यत्रकामावसायिता ।
ऐश्वर्यकारणैरेभिर्योगिनः प्रोक्तमष्टधा ॥
yatre cchāsthānam apy uktaṃ yatra kāmāvasāyitā / aiśvaryakāraṇair ebhir yoginaḥ proktam aṣṭadhā
यत्र यत्र स इच्छति तत्तत् स्थानं तस्योपलभ्यते; यत्र च स नियोजयति तत्र कामः सिद्धिं गच्छति। एतैः कारणैः ऐश्वर्यस्य योगिनः सिद्धयोऽष्टविधा इति प्रकीर्तिताः॥
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FAQs
The text frames siddhis as ‘aiśvarya-causes’—effects of concentrated consciousness. Ethically, it implies that will and desire become potent only when disciplined; otherwise they remain ordinary impulses.
Ancillary doctrinal material (upadeśa) rather than pancalakṣaṇa narrative categories.
‘Wherever will is, there is the place’ points to the yogic interiorization of space and limitation; ‘desire’s completion’ hints at the transformation of kāma into saṅkalpa—one-pointed intention.