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The 36th Sutra of the Vibhuti Pada, Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Darshan. The Sutra is
त॒तः प्रा॒तिभश्रा॒वणवे॒दना॒दर्शास्वादवार्ता॑ जाय॒न्ते ॥ ३.३६॥
Tataḥ prātibha-śrāvaṇa-vedanā-darśa-āsvāda-vārtā jāyante ॥ 3.36 ॥
Tataḥ means from that, tathā it is and pratibhā connected, concerned with pratibhā, śravaṇa connected to hearing, vedanā connected to the touch, sense of touch, ādarśa connected to the vision, seeing, eyes, āsvāda, concerned, connected to the taste, sense of taste, vārta, concerned with the sense of smell, jāyante, or born. This is one of the important Sutra again. From that, that is the puruṣa jñāna, which we have seen in the earlier Sutra, from the puruṣa jñāna, pratibhā of the five senses come. The highest level, the finest result, the highest capacities, the full capacities, full blown capacities of all the five senses are developed to their maximum limitations. From that, that is the puruṣa jñāna, which was discussed in the previous Sutra. Jāyante, produced or born, the highest efficiency and last end limit of the śravaṇa, śravaṇam, concerned with the sense of hearing. Similarly, vedanā, concerned with the sense of touch, ādarśa, concerned with the sense of eye, āsvāda, concerned with the taste, vārta to the smell. Cakṣu, śrotra, jihvā, grāṇa and sparśa the senses, the tools of the knowledge, the jñānendriyas, what they can perceive from the world surrounding us, their limits of perception. Means the highest limit of perceptions are born by puruṣa jñāna. That is a very important thing. Means the sense perceptions will be at a heightened condition and that will be able to perceive to that an extent, even without the sense organs, even without the existence of the sense organs. Means the highest limits means, we will bypass, we will cross over. Exact word to be used for easy understanding, is the overcoming the senses, but able to perceive the knowledge, which the senses will be conceiving, which the senses will be able to receive, even without the senses. This is a very important dimension in this sutra. Bypassing, overcoming, overtaking, even the final, last limits of the senses, results in gaining the knowledge and the information, even without the use of the senses. Higher vision, higher touch, higher taste, and higher smell, and the higher hearing, higher hearing means able to listen, most smallest sounds, and the far away sounds, vision, most far away, distant, and deep within inside, the smallest, the beautiful centres, svayam eva tanutvaṁ yati, svayam eva pinatvaṁ yati, the capacities to extend, stretch to the limits, and condense to the microcosmic level. All the sense limitations are broken, or we have to say, all the sense limitations are overcome. That is what happens by the puruṣa jñāna, and that is how a person will be beyond sense limitations. And the pratibhā of the eight senses will be born, and that is how the sutra is to be understood. The knowledge received, the information received by each indriya is perceived and received by highest development of the indriyas, and even by bypassing, overtaking, crossing over, breaking the limitations, limitlessness. And that is how the sutra is understood.
And the 37th sutra is another important sutra. The next sutra is
ते स॒मा॒धावु॑पस॒र्गा व्युत्थाने॑ सिद्धयः ॥ ३.३७॥
Te samādhāvupasargā vyutthāne siddhayaḥ
Te, those, that, samādhi, upasarga, obstacles, vyutthāna, extrovert, outgoing, and siddhayaḥ. How beautiful it is, te, those, that means all these siddhis, obstacles and the powers which we are talking till now, they are all upasarga. Upasarga means obstacles, hurdles, towards the path of samādhi. Te means those, all these. samādhau upasarga, obstacles for the samādhi, vyutthāna, siddhayaḥ, for outward, vyutthāna means outward, outgoing, rising, for such it is siddhi. So for people who are extrovert, worldly people, mundane people, materialistic people, involved in this worldly affairs and saṁsāra, for such persons, all such persons are put under the word vyutthāna, extrovert. For them these are all siddhis. But these are the siddhis for these people, but for the yogis who are on the path of samādhi, all these are all obstacles, upasarga. All these are obstacles in the path of samādhi, but siddhis for the worldliness. Te samādhau upasargā vyutthāne siddhayaḥ it is. Maharishi Patanjali who is describing and explaining and presenting what can be the powers hidden within us, what we can achieve by performing samyama with our own tool, the citta with us, says in this particular sutra all these siddhis are the obstacles, hurdles, towards the path of samādhi. But for worldly people they are all the siddhis. Te also refers, not only what is referred in the previous sutra, that is the sutra number 35, it also refers to all that which was referred till now from the sutra number 1 to the 35, te also refers to the entire vibhūtis of the whole vibhūti pāda. But it's a very beautiful suggestion and a caution by the Maharishi that these are all the hurdles. They are not something which is very great. It is something like a beggar who is satisfied and happy by getting a little more alms in a day. Every day he may be getting some 2-3 chapatis and on a particular day he will be getting a wedding meal, a sumptuous meal and he will be quite satisfied with that. This gaining of the siddhis and the vibhūtis and using them for one's own name and fame and getting some good, luxurious life is like a beggar getting a sumptuous meal. And this particular sutra speaks of that that te samādhāvupasargā vyutthāne siddhayaḥ these are upasargas. Let us be careful that we should not be carried away or none should be excited by getting some few siddhis. Swami Vivekananda sums up this particular sutra in his own wonderful way. He says “These powers, however, are obstructions to the attainment of the highest goal, the knowledge of the pure Self, and freedom. These are, as it were, to be met in the way; and if the Yogi rejects them, he attains the highest. If he is tempted to acquire these, his further progress is barred.” This is what Swami Vivekananda says. A caution to all of us. A true sādhaka on the way towards the yoga sādhana. Let us see the further sutras of the Vibhuti Pada.
Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ.
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः||
To Be Continued.. ---------------------------------------
These are transcription of session delivered by Vice-President of Vivekananda Rock Memorial & Vivekananda Kendra, Sri M. Hanumantha Rao Ji.
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Freed from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with courage and enthusiasm and unperturbed by success or failure, the worker is known as a pure (Sattvika) one. Four outstanding and essential qualities of a worker. - Bhagwad Gita : XVIII-26
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