Shloka 35
Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
नापि क्षयमवाप्रोति परिणामं न गच्छति ।
छेदं क्लेदं तथा दाहं शोषं भूरादितो न च ॥
nāpi kṣayam avāpnoti pariṇāmaṃ na gacchati / chedaṃ kledaṃ tathā dāhaṃ śoṣaṃ bhūrādito na ca
न चास्य क्षयोऽस्ति, न विकारोऽपि जायते। न च्छेद्यं न क्लेद्यं न दाह्यं न शोष्यं, पृथिव्यादिदुःखैः॥
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FAQs
The Self is distinguished from the body and elements by being free from material modifications and injuries. Ethically this supports vairāgya: do not identify with what is cut, burned, or dried.
Doctrinal exposition (tattva-vicāra) outside pancalakṣaṇa narrative.
The list (cut/wet/burn/dry) functions as a systematic negation of elemental guṇas, indicating the ātman as nirguṇa relative to gross matter.