Adhyaya 40 — The Yogin’s Impediments (Upasargas), Subtle Concentrations, and the Eight Siddhis
प्राकाम्यमस्य व्यापित्वादीशित्वञ्चेश्वरो यतः ।
वखित्वाद्वशिमा नाम योगिनः सप्तमो गुणः ॥
prākāmyam asya vyāptitvād īśitvaṃ ceśvaro yataḥ / vakhitvād vaśimā nāma yoginaḥ saptamo guṇaḥ
由于其遍一切处,便有 prākāmya(无碍成就之力);由于其为主宰,便有 īśitva(主权、自在)。又由于能令诸有情与诸事物归于控制,名为 vaśitā(摄御、主宰)的德相,被说为瑜伽行者的第七种成就。
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Extraordinary capacities (siddhis) are presented as derivative ‘attributes’ of yogic realization—arising from expansion of being (vyāpti) and mastery (īśitva/vaśitā). The implicit ethical caution is that these are powers to be understood, not ends in themselves.
This passage is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita; it belongs to ancillary upadeśa (instruction) on yoga and liberation, a common Purāṇic supplement to the pancalakṣaṇa framework.
‘Pervasiveness’ and ‘lordship’ indicate the yogin’s consciousness becoming less localized and more universal; ‘vaśitā’ symbolizes inner sovereignty—mastery over impulses and the sensed world—mirrored outwardly as control.