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Verses, Translation and Commentary 175
draṣṭṛdṛśyayoḥ saṁyogo heyahetuḥ
The cause which is to be avoided is the indiscriminate association of the
observer and what is perceived. (Yoga Sūtra 2.17)
The idea that the individual spirit will merge into the absolute and will then
be without senses is not given in Patañjali’s sūtras, even through many yogis
and yogi philosophers seem to think so.
Verse 38
te smaxavupsgaR VyuTwane isÏy>
te samādhau upasargāḥ vyutthāne siddhayaḥ
te – they, those abilities; samādhau – in samādhi continues effortless
linkage of the attention to a higher concentration force, object or person;
upasargāḥ – impediments; vyutthāne – in expressing, going outwards,
rising up; siddhayaḥ – mystic perfectional skills.
Those divination skills are obstacles
in the practice of continuous effortless linkage of the attention
to a higher concentration force, object or person.
But in expressing,
they are considered as mystic perfectional skills.
Commentary:
A yogi is stalled if he is distracted for exhibitions of the perfectional skills which
are manifested as he progresses. Those student yogis who cannot resist such
exhibitions are doomed. They become premature gurus of a very gullible and
stupid public.
Verse 39
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bandhakāraṇa śaithilyāt pracāra
saṁvedanāt ca cittasya paraśarīrāveśaḥ
bandha – bondage; kāraṇa – cause; śaithilyāt – due to relaxation, collapse;
pracāra – channel flow; saṁvedanāt – from knowing; ca – and; cittasya –
of the mento-emotional energies; para – another; śarīra – body; āveśaḥ –
entrance, penetration.
The entrance into another body is possible
by slackening the cause of bondage
and by knowing the channels of the mento-emotional energy.
Commentary:
The slackening of the cause of bondage is done by a yogi, when he reaches the
causal level mentioned in verse 35. From the causal plane, he is able to slacken
the cause of his having to take his current body. Then he leaves that body
temporarily while it stays in hibernation in samādhi. He enters forms of others.