Patanjali Yoga Sootras - Chapter III - Vibhooti Pad - Sootra 41- 56

Patanjali Yoga Darshan (What I have understood)

CONTENTS

Chapter III 

Vibhooti-Pad
Sootra 41 - Sootra 56

41. समानजयात् प्रज्वलनम् ।
SAMAANAJAYAAT PRAJVALANAM
SAMAANA=VITAL FORCE SAMAANA; JAYAAT=FROM SUCCESSFUL SANYAM OVER; PRAJVALANAM=KEEPS THE DIGESTIVE FLAME ABLAZE;
From successful sanyam over the force of vital air Samaana, one can keep the digestive flame ablaze.

42. श्रोत्राकाशयोः संबन्धसंयमाद् दिव्यं श्रोत्रम् ।
SHROTRAAKAASHAYOH SAMBANDHASAMYAMAAD DIVYAM SHROTRAM
SHROTRA=AUDITORY ORGANS; AAKASH=SPACE; SAMBANDHA=IN RELATION TO; DIVYAM=DIVINE; SHROTRAM=HEARING SENSATION;
From Sanyama or concentration on relation between auditory organs and space makes the hearing sensation divine.

43. कायाकाशयोः संबन्धसंयमाल् लघुतूलसमापत्तेश्चाकाशगमनम् ।
KAAYAAKAASHAYOH SAMBANDHASAMYAMAAT LAGHUTOOLASAMAAPATTESHCHAAKASHAGAMANAM
KAAYAA=OF BODY; AKASHAY0H=OF SPACE; SAMBANDHA=IN RELATION TO;
SAMYAMAAT=FROM SAMYAMA; LAGHUTOOL=LIGHT COTTON; SAMAPATTEH=ENCOUNTERING, MEETING; CHA=AND; AKASHAGAMANAM=CAN GO INTO SPACE;
From Samyam on relation between body and space, the body can encounter lightness to fly in the space.

44. बहिरकल्पिता वृत्तिर्महाविदेहा ततः प्रकाशावरणक्षयः । 
BAHIRAKALPITAA VRUTTIRMAHAAVIDEHAA TATAH PRAKAASHAAVARANAKSHAYAH
BAHIH=EXTERNAL; AKALPITA=UNIMAGINED; VRUTTIHI=MENTAL ATTITUDE, PERCEPTION; MAHAVIDEHA=GREATER BODY FEELING; TATAH=THEN; PRAKASHA=LIGHT; AVARANA=VEIL; KSHAYA=WITHERS AWAY;
If there is Samyam on unimagined external mental attitude of self being much supreme than the body, then the veil on light of knowledge withers away.

45. स्थूलस्वरूपसूक्ष्मान्वयार्थवत्त्वसंयमाद्भूतजयः ।
STHOOLASVAROOPASOOKSHMAANVAYAARTHAVATTVASAMYAMAADBHOOTAJAYAH
STHOOLA=GROSS; SVAROOPA=FORMS; SOOKSHMA=SUBTLE; ANVAYA=ASSOCIATION, CONNECTION, RELATION; ARTHAVATVA=SIGNIFICANCE, FULL OF SENSE OR MEANING, SERVING SOME PURPOSE; SAMYAMAAD=FROM SAMYAMA; BHOOTAJAYAH=VICTORY OVER FIVE BASIC ELEMENTS OF NATURE;
From Samyam on gross elements, subtle elements and their forms, their association and their significance, comes mastery over five elements (of nature namely earth, water, sunlight, air and space)

46. ततोऽणिमादिप्रादुर्भावः कायसंपत् तद्धर्मानभिघातश्च ।
TATAH ANIMAADIPRAADURBHAAVAH KAAYASAMPAT TADDHARMAANABHIGHAATASHCHA
TATAH=THENCE; ANIMAADI=ONE OF THE 8 POWERS; PRAADURBHAAVAH=MANIFESTING, COMING INTO EXISTENCE, PRESENCE, ARISING; KAAYASAMPAT=WELL-HEELED, PERFECT BODY; TAD=THAT; DHARMA=CHARACTERISTICS, NATURE; ANABHIGHAATAH=INDUSTRUCTIBLE; CHA=AND;
Thence (with mastery over the elements) comes the powers like Anima (an ability to reduce the size of the body, sometimes even to the size of the atoms) etc., manifesting the body to be indestructible and perfect in its characteristics.
The Eight Siddhis or Powers a Yogi can acquire are
Anima: The ability to reduce the size of the body, sometimes even to the size of the atoms.
Mahima: The ability to become larger than the largest like Hanumaan in Ramayana and Vishnu as Vaaman in Dashaavataar.
Garima: The ability to become very heavy in weight by will.
Laghima: Laghima comes from the word laghu, which means small or light. Laghima is the ability to make the body very light ('Becoming lighter than the lightest'). Levitation and flying in the air are its subsidiary powers
Prāapti: The ability to acquire anything anywhere.
Prākāmya: The ability to obtain anything desired, ability to have realized the dreams
Ishitva: Iṣa=lord; isitva=lordship; The power of absolute lordship over entire creation
Vaśitva: The ability to bring others under control.

47. रूपलावण्यबलवज्रसंहननत्वानि कायसंपत् ।
ROOPALAAVANYABALAVAJRASANHANANATVAANI KAAYASAMPAT
ROOPA=BEAUTY; LAAVANYA=CHARM; BALA=STRONG; VAJRA= DIAMOND; SANHANANATVAANI=TOUGH AND UNBREAKABLE.
The wealth of body is in beauty, charm, strength and having toughness of a diamond.

48. ग्रहणस्वरूपास्मितान्वयार्थवत्त्वसंयमाद् इन्द्रियजयः । 
GRAHANASVAROOPAASMITAANVAYAARTHAVATVAMSAMYAMAAD INDRIYAJAYAH
GRAHANA=PERCEIVING; SVAROOPA=NATURE, APPEARANCE; ASMITA=EGOISM; ANVAYA=FOLLOWING AN ORDER; ARTHAVATVA=SIGNIFICANCE, FULL OF SENSE OR MEANING, SERVING SOME PURPOSE; SAMYAMAAD=FROM SAMYAMA; INDRIYAJAYAH=VICTORY OVER SENSE ORGANS;
From Samyam on perceiving, nature, ego, combination which follows and significance, one can gain victory over the sense organs.
The process of perception is, first one perceives the object through sense organs, then it tries to know the form of the object, then the ego makes its judgement by labeling the object. Doing Sanyam or concentrating on the whole process of perception, one can get victory over sense organs.

49. ततो मनोजवित्वं विकरणभावः प्रधानजयश्च ।
TATO MANOJAVITVAM VIKARANABHAAVAH PRADHAANAJAYASHCHA
TATAH=THENCE; MANOJAVITVAM=QUICK GRASP OF MIND; VIKARANABHAAVAH=BEING A NONDOER; PRADHAANAJAYAH=VICTORY OVER BASIC NATURE ONE IS BORN WITH;
Thence there is quick grasp of mind, sense of bringing change and the victory over the creative energy.
Victory over sense organs means the mind does not identify with everything that is perceived through the sense organs which creates a sense of just being a space and letting the higher self work through the personality. This is a sense of being a non-doer which leads to going beyond one's basic qualities one is born with.

50. सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्रस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वं सर्वज्ञातृत्वं च । 
SATTVAPURUSHAANYATAAKHYAATIMAATRASYA SARVABHAAVAADHISHTHAATRUTVAM SARVADNYAATRUTVAM CHA
SATTVA=ESSENCE; PURUSHA=PERSONALITY; ANYATAA=DISTINCTION; KHYAATIMAATRASYA=OF RECOGNITION ONLY; SARVABHAAVA=All BEINGS; ADHISHTHAATRUTVAM=COMMAND, SUPREMACY; SARVADNYATUTVAM=ALL KNOWLEDGE; CHA=AND;
Only with the realization of the distinction between the mind and the Self, comes the supremacy over all beings and all knowledge.
When one realizes that the form part of self which is the personality and the formless part of self which is the real essence of God are different, there is a supremacy and all knowledge of the True Self.

51. तद्वैराग्यादपि दोषबीजक्षये कैवल्यम् । 
TAT=THAT; VAIRAGYAT=FROM DETACHMENT; API=ONLY; DOSH=FAULT; BEEJAKSHAYE=LOSS OF THE SEED OF MANIFESTATION; KAIVALYAM=PERFECT ISOLATION;
Perfect isolation comes only from detachment and in loss of the faulty seed (of manifestation).
Faulty seed is the Ego or the False self which manifests the world of suffering which gets destroyed when there is Self-Knowledge. Self-Knowledge leads to detachment towards the external world. Only when there is detachment, there is perfect isolation.

52. स्थान्युपनिमन्त्रणे सङ्गस्मयाकरणं पुनः अनिष्टप्रसङ्गात् ।
STHAANYUPANIMANTRANE SANGASMAYAAKARANAM PUNAH ANISHTAPRASANGAAT
STHANI= STAYING FIXED, THE ORIGINAL FORM; UPANIMANTRANE= ON INVITATION; SANGASMAYAAKARANAM=NO ASSOCIATION WITH WONDER, ARROGANCE, PRIDE; PUNAH=AGAIN; ANISHTA=UNDESIRABLE; PRASANGAAT=ATTACHMENT;
Having once stayed fixed (in true self), no association with pride on invitation (or temptation) again due an undesirable occurance.

53. क्षणतत्क्रमयोः संयमादविवेकजं ज्ञानम् । 
KSHANATATKRAMAYOH SAMYAMAADAVIVEKAJAM DNYAANAM
KSHANA=MOMENTS; TAT=THEIR; KRAMAYOH=THEIR SEQUENCE; SAMYAMAAT=FROM SAMYAMA; VIVEKAJAM=BORN OF WISDOM; DNYAANAM=KNOWLEDGE;
From Sanyam on every moment and its sequence is the knowledge born of wisdom.

54. जातिलक्षणदेशैरन्यताऽनवच्छेदात् तुल्ययोस्ततः प्रतिपत्तिः । 
JAATILAKSHANADESHAIRANYATAA ANAVACHHEDAAT TULYOSTATAH PRATIPATTI
JAATI=KIND OF; LAKSHANA=CHARACTERISTIC; DESHA=PLACE; ANYATAA=DISTINCTION; NA=NOT; ANAVACHHEDAAT= NOT DISTINGUISHABLE, UNDISCRIMINATED, UNMODIFIED, UNINTERRUPTED; TULYAYOH=SIMILAR, IDENTICAL; TATAH=THENCE; PRATIPATTI=GET, ACQUIRE, GAIN, PERCEPTION, OBSERVATION, CONSCIOUSNESS;
Therefore there is perception of those which seem identical due to non-discernment of distinction of kind, indication and place.

55. तारकं सर्वविषयं सर्वथाविषयम् अक्रमं चेति विवेकजं ज्ञानम् ।TAARAKAM SARVAVISHAYAM SARVATHAAVISHAYAM AKRAMAM CHETI VIVEKAJAM DNYAANAM
TAARAKAM=HELPS US CROSS OVER, A SAVIOR, FLOAT OR RAFT; SARVAVISHAYAM=ALL SUBJECTS; SARVATHAAVISHAYAM=ENTIRELY, IN EVERY WAY; AKRAMAM=WITHOUT ANY SEQUENCE; CHA=AND; ITI=THUS; VIVEKAJAM=BORN OUT OF WISDOM; DNYAANAM=KNOWLEDGE;
Thus the highest knowledge about all subjects entirely in every way without any particular sequence of time, and which helps us to cross over (this ocean of life) is the knowledge born out of wisdom.

56. सत्त्वपुरुषयोः शुद्धिसाम्ये कैवल्यम् इति । 
SATTVA=ESSENCE; PURUSHAYOH=OF PERSONALITY; SHUDDHI=PURIFICATION; SAAMYE=IN EQUALITY; KAIVALYAM=LIBERATION;
Thus in equality of purity between mind and Self is the liberation.
When the mind is without any seeds of manifestation, there is an equality between the purity of form (personality) and the formless (essence of God)

॥ इति पतञ्जलि विरचिते योगसूत्रे तृतीयो विभूतिपादः ॥