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
اَنِما یہ ہے کہ آدمی نہایت لطیف سے بھی زیادہ لطیف ہو جائے؛ لَغِما تیز رفتار ہلکاپن کی صفت ہے؛ مَہِما وہ عظمت ہے جس سے وہ ہر جگہ قابلِ تعظیم ہو؛ اور پرَاپتی یہ کہ اس کے لیے کچھ بھی ناقابلِ حصول نہ رہے۔
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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.