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Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 40, Shloka 31

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

Sanskrit

सूक्ष्मात् सूक्ष्मतमोऽणीयान् शीघ्रत्वं लघिमा गुणः ।

महिमाशेषपूज्यत्वात् प्राप्तिर्नाप्राप्यमस्य यत् ॥

Transliteration

sūkṣmāt sūkṣmatamo 'ṇīyān śīghratvaṃ laghimā guṇaḥ /

mahimāśeṣapūjyatvāt prāptir nāprāpyam asya yat

Translation

阿尼玛（aṇimā）是令自身比最微细者更为细小；拉吉玛（laghimā）是迅疾轻盈之德；摩希玛（mahimā）是使人堪受普世敬礼之广大；而普拉普提（prāpti）则是对他而言再无不可得之事。

Word by Word
सूक्ष्मात्than the subtle
सूक्ष्मात्:
अपादान (Apādāna/अपादानम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी, एकवचन (neuter ablative singular; “than/from subtle”)
सूक्ष्मतमःthe most subtle
सूक्ष्मतमः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्ययान्त (superlative adjective; nominative singular)
अणीयान्smaller (more minute)
अणीयान्:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootअणु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ईयसुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (comparative adjective; nominative singular)
शीघ्रत्वम्swiftness
शीघ्रत्वम्:
कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
TypeNoun
Rootशीघ्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)
लघिमाlightness
लघिमा:
कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumeration)
TypeNoun
Rootलघिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)
गुणःa quality/power
गुणः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeNoun
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)
महिमा-अशेष-पूज्यत्वात्from (its) greatness due to universal worship
महिमा-अशेष-पूज्यत्वात्:
हेतु (Hetu/कारण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमा (प्रातिपदिक) + अशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + पूज्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास “अशेषेण पूज्यत्वम्” इति, तस्य महिमा (from the greatness due to being worshipped by all)
प्राप्तिःattainment
प्राप्तिः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)
नnot
न:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
अप्राप्यम्unattainable
अप्राप्यम्:
विशेष्य-निर्देश (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + प्राप्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ल्युट्/यत्-भावे “प्राप्य” (obtainable) with नञ्-प्रत्यय (unobtainable)
अस्यof him/of this (yogin)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular “of this/of him”)
यत्whatever
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य (Relative correlate)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular; relative: “whatever”)
Speakers
Teacher continuing the siddhi exposition
Verse Rasa

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Key Themes
YogaAṣṭa-siddhi definitionsSubtlety and mastery

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.

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