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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

Vì vậy, những thực phẩm lành mạnh này đối với các hành giả yoga sẽ sinh ra thành tựu (siddhi). Do đó, bậc hiền triết nên thọ dụng chúng với lòng sùng tín và với định lực tối thượng (samādhi).

Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: “thus”)
एतेthese
एते:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)
शुभाहाराःhaving wholesome diet / wholesome foods
शुभाहाराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural); कर्मधारय-समासः (“good” qualifying “food/diet”)
योगिनःyogins
योगिनः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural)
सिद्धिकारकाःbringing accomplishment/success
सिद्धिकारकाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसिद्धि + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (masculine, nominative plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (siddheḥ kārakaḥ: “producer of success”)
तत्that (i.e., those foods/practices)
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; (neuter, accusative singular)
प्रयुञ्ज्यात्should use/practice
प्रयुञ्ज्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + युज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष?; actually तृतीयपुरुष एकवचन (3rd person singular): “he should employ/use”
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (masculine, nominative singular)
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; (feminine, instrumental singular)
परमेणwith supreme
परमेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (instrumental singular); विशेषण of समाधिना
समाधिनाwith concentration/absorption
समाधिना:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसमाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; (masculine, instrumental singular)
Speakers
Didactic narrator (within Purāṇic instruction)
Verse Rasa

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Key Themes
YogaSamādhiBhakti (as disciplined commitment)Sattvic living

FAQs

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

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

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

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