Shloka 29

Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis

Sanskrit

अणिमा लघिमा चैव महिमा प्राप्तिरेव च ।

प्राकाम्यं च तथैशित्वं वशित्वञ्च तथापरम् ॥

Transliteration

aṇimā laghimā caiva mahimā prāptir eva ca /

prākāmyaṃ ca tatheśitvaṃ vaśitvañ ca tathāparam

Translation

Aṇimā, laghimā, mahimā, prāpti, prākāmya, īśitva, vaśitva, và cả năng lực thứ tám nữa—đó là tám siddhi (bát thần thông) theo truyền thống.

Word by Word

• अणिमा: minuteness (aṇimā)
• अणिमा: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Topic/Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• लघिमा: lightness (laghimā)
• लघिमा: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लघिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle “indeed/just”)

• महिमा: greatness (mahimā)
• महिमा: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• प्राप्तिः: attainment (prāpti)
• प्राप्तिः: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• प्राकाम्यम्: irresistible will (prākāmya)
• प्राकाम्यम्: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राकाम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चय (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb “thus/likewise”)

• ईशित्वम्: lordship (īśitva)
• ईशित्वम्: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)

• वशित्वम्: control (vaśitva)
• वशित्वम्: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चय (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• अपरम्: the other (one)
• अपरम्: विशेषण/उद्देश्य (Qualifier in enumeration)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular; “the other/another [siddhi]”)

Speakers

• Teacher addressing the king (implicit)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Yoga
• Siddhis
• Occult attainments
• Detachment from powers

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Listing siddhis contextualizes them as known byproducts of yogic mastery; the surrounding teaching (40.22) warns they are not the goal. Ethical emphasis remains on liberation, not display.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary yogic cataloguing; not a Pancalakṣaṇa category.

What is the esoteric significance?

The siddhis correspond to altered relations with space, weight, magnitude, and will—signs of mastery over the elemental matrix. In mokṣa-oriented readings, they are ‘milestones’ to be passed, not possessed.