Shloka 12

Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi

Sanskrit

इत्येते च शुभाहारा योगिनः सिद्धिकारकाः ।

तत् प्रयुञ्ज्यान्मुनिर्भक्त्या परमेण समाधिना ॥

Transliteration

ity ete ca śubhāhārā yoginaḥ siddhikārakāḥ | tat prayuñjyān munir bhaktyā parameṇa samādhinā ||

Translation

Kaya nga, ang mga masustansiyang pagkaing ito para sa mga yogin ay nagbubunga ng tagumpay (siddhi). Kaya nararapat na tanggapin ito ng pantas nang may debosyon at may pinakamataas na pagninilay (samādhi).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: “thus”)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)

• शुभाहाराः: having wholesome diet / wholesome foods
• शुभाहाराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural); कर्मधारय-समासः (“good” qualifying “food/diet”)

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural)

• सिद्धिकारकाः: bringing accomplishment/success
• सिद्धिकारकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (siddheḥ kārakaḥ: “producer of success”)

• तत्: that (i.e., those foods/practices)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; (neuter, accusative singular)

• प्रयुञ्ज्यात्: should use/practice
• प्रयुञ्ज्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + युज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष?; actually तृतीयपुरुष एकवचन (3rd person singular): “he should employ/use”

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (masculine, nominative singular)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; (feminine, instrumental singular)

• परमेण: with supreme
• परमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (instrumental singular); विशेषण of समाधिना

• समाधिना: with concentration/absorption
• समाधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (masculine, instrumental singular)

Speakers

• Didactic narrator (within Purāṇic instruction)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Yoga
• Samādhi
• Bhakti (as disciplined commitment)
• Sattvic living

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

External discipline (food) is not an end in itself; it is to be integrated with inner discipline—devoted, steady practice culminating in samādhi.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic dharma-yoga instruction (ācāra). Not directly one of the five marks, but a common Purāṇic supplement to them.

What is the esoteric significance?

Food becomes ‘sādhana’ when taken as an offering to the practice—supporting prāṇa balance and mental one-pointedness rather than sensory gratification.