Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
ब्रह्मसङ्गिमनः कुर्वन्नुपसर्गात् प्रमुच्यते । उपसर्गैर्जितैरेभिरुपसर्गास्ततः पुनः ॥
brahma-saṅgi-manaḥ kurvann upasargāt pramucyate | upasargair jitair ebhir upasargās tataḥ punaḥ ||
เมื่อทำให้จิตแนบแน่นอยู่ในพรหมัน เขาย่อมพ้นจากอุปสรรค (เช่นนั้น) แต่ครั้นพิชิตอุปสรรคเหล่านั้นแล้ว ต่อจากนั้นอุปสรรคอื่น ๆ ก็เกิดขึ้นอีก
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Freedom is stabilized by brahma-oriented attention, but the path is iterative: overcoming one layer of distraction reveals subtler ones, requiring sustained practice.
Philosophical/yogic instruction; not a direct expression of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
Obstacles ‘mutate’ with refinement of consciousness: as gross desire fades, subtler identifications (with power, purity, knowledge) emerge—hence the need for Brahman as the non-object support.