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Verses, Translation and Commentary 179
necessary to focus on making the physical body as buoyant as a cotton fluff
which can float easily in the air, as if to deny the power of gravity. In addition, a
yogi who can see or hear from afar, would not require that his gross body be
moved from one place to another merely to perceive through it, what he can
divine from a distance.
Verse 44
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bahiḥ akalpitā vṛttiḥ mahāvidehā tataḥ
prakāśa āvaraṇakṣayaḥ
bahiḥ – outside, external; akalpitā – not manufactured, not
artificial, not formed; vṛttiḥ – operation; mahā – great; videhā
– bodiless state; tataḥ – thence, from that, resulting from that;
prakāśa – light; āvaraṇa – covering, mental darkens; kṣayaḥ –
dissipation, removal.
By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy
which is external, which is not formed,
a yogi achieves the great bodiless state.
From that the great mental darkness which veils the light,
is dissipated.
Commentary:
The great bodiless state, mahāvidehā, is a special accomplishment of great
yogis, who go beyond the causal plane but who do not get an exception to
leave this solar system. Because they fail to obtain the exemption for whatever
reason, they remain in the unformed, untapped pure mental energy which was
not parceled out to individual spirits. They remain free of involvements. Such
yogins hardly interact in the cultural world which is so important to a human
being. For those great yogis the mental darkness which human beings
consistently experience, do not exist. They moved beyond the subtle negative
influences of material nature.
Verse 45
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sthūla svarūpa sūkṣma anvaya arthavatva
saṁyamāt bhūtajayaḥ
stūla – gross form; svarūpa – real nature; sūkṣma – subtle; anvaya –
following, connection, distribution; arthavatava – purpose, value;
saṁyamāt – from the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy;
bhūta – states of matter; jayaḥ – conquest.
By the complete restraint of the mento-emotional energy,
while linking the attention to the gross forms, real nature,
subtle distribution and value of states of matter,
a yogi gets conquest over them.