Patanjali Yoga Sutras - 3 (Vibhuti Pada) - Punjabi

ਪਾਤਂਜਲਿ ਯੋਗ ਸੂਤ੍ਰਾਣਿ describe not only the calming of attention but also the surprising power of a trained mind. The third chapter is traditionally called ਵਿਭੂਤਿ ਪਾਦ because it speaks of "manifestations" - expansions of capacity that can appear when concentration becomes extremely refined. Some of these are presented as extraordinary abilities, and some can be read as unusually subtle insight.

In ਸਮਾਧਿ ਪਾਦ, Patanjali defined ਯੋਗ as the stilling of the mind and mapped the terrain of meditation: practice and dispassion, obstacles that disrupt steadiness, and stages of absorption. In ਸਾਧਨ ਪਾਦ, he explained why the mind suffers and how it is purified through ਕ੍ਰਿਯਾ-ਯੋਗ and the eight-limbed discipline - ethics, breath, sense-restraint, and inward training.

If you study this chapter, keep two guardrails: do not chase powers, and do not dismiss the teaching as fantasy. Hold a sober middle. Let the sutras train your understanding of attention, and let your practice remain grounded in the earlier disciplines. A helpful way to read is to translate the sutras into questions for your own life: What happens to my mind when it holds one aim steadily?

ਸ਼੍ਰੀਪਾਤਂਜਲਯੋਗਦਰ੍ਸ਼ਨਮ੍ ।

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
The revered Yoga teaching of Patanjali.

ਅਥ ਵਿਭੂਤਿਪਾਦਃ ।

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Now begins the chapter on the manifestations that arise from deep focus.

ਦੇਸ਼ਬਂਧਸ਼੍ਚਿਤ੍ਤਸ੍ਯ ਧਾਰਣਾ ॥1॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Concentration is fixing the mind on a chosen place or point.

ਤਤ੍ਰ ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਯੈਕਤਾਨਤਾ ਧ੍ਯਾਨਮ੍ ॥2॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Meditation is the continuous one-streamed flow of attention there (toward that object).

ਤਦੇਵਾਰ੍ਥਮਾਤ੍ਰਨਿਰ੍ਭਾਸਂ ਸ੍ਵਰੂਪਸ਼ੂਨ੍ਯਮਿਵ ਸਮਾਧਿਃ ॥3॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Absorption is when only the object shines forth, as if the mind's own form were absent.

ਤ੍ਰਯਮੇਕਤ੍ਰ ਸਂਯਮਃ ॥4॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
The three together are called integrated practice (samyama).

ਤਜ੍ਜਯਾਤ੍ ਪ੍ਰਜ੍ਞਾਲੋਕਃ ॥5॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From mastery of that comes the light of insight.

ਤਸ੍ਯ ਭੂਮਿਸ਼ੁ ਵਿਨਿਯੋਗਃ ॥6॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
It can be applied in different stages of practice.

ਤ੍ਰਯਮਂਤਰਂਗਂ ਪੂਰ੍ਵੇਭ੍ਯਃ ॥7॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
These three are inner limbs compared to the previous ones.

ਤਦਪਿ ਬਹਿਰਂਗਂ ਨਿਰ੍ਬੀਜਸ੍ਯ ॥8॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Even that is external in relation to seedless absorption.

ਵ੍ਯੁਤ੍ਥਾਨਨਿਰੋਧਸਂਸ੍ਕਾਰਯੋਰਭਿਭਵਪ੍ਰਾਦੁਰ੍ਭਾਵੌ ਨਿਰੋਧਕ੍ਸ਼ਣਚਿਤ੍ਤਾਨ੍ਵਯੋ ਨਿਰੋਧਪਰਿਣਾਮਃ ॥9॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
The transformation toward stilling is when outward-turning impressions are overcome and stilling impressions arise, and the mind becomes continuous in moments of stillness.

ਤਸ੍ਯ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਂਤਵਾਹਿਤਾ ਸਂਸ੍ਕਾਰਾਤ੍ ॥10॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From those impressions, a continuous flow of tranquility develops.

ਸਰ੍ਵਾਰ੍ਥਤੈਕਾਗ੍ਰਾਤਯੋਃ ਕ੍ਸ਼ਯੋਦਯੌ ਚਿਤ੍ਤਸ੍ਯ ਸਮਾਧਿਪਰਿਣਾਮਃ ॥11॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
The mind's absorption-transformation is the waning of scattered all-objectness and the arising of one-pointedness.

ਤਤਃ ਪੁਨਃ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੋਦਿਤੌ ਤੁਲ੍ਯਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਯੌ ਚਿਤ੍ਤਸ੍ਯੈਕਾਗ੍ਰਤਾ ਪਰਿਣਾਮਃ ॥12॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Further, one-pointedness transforms the mind such that subsiding and arising cognitions become equal.

ਏਤੇਨ ਭੂਤੇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯੇਸ਼ੁ ਧਰ੍ਮਲਕ੍ਸ਼ਣਾਵਸ੍ਥਾਪਰਿਣਾਮਾ ਵ੍ਯਾਖ੍ਯਾਤਾਃ ॥13॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
By this, the transformations of properties, marks, and states in the elements and senses are explained.

ਸ਼ਾਂਤੋਦਿਤਾਵ੍ਯਪਦੇਸ਼੍ਯਧਰ੍ਮਾਨੁਪਾਤੀ ਧਰ੍ਮੀ ॥14॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
The substratum persists through properties that are subsided, arisen, or latent.

ਕ੍ਰਮਾਨ੍ਯਤ੍ਵਂ ਪਰਿਣਾਮਾਨ੍ਯਤ੍ਵੇ ਹੇਤੁਃ ॥15॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Difference in sequence is the cause of difference in transformation.

ਪਰਿਣਾਮਤ੍ਰਯਸਂਯਮਾਦਤੀਤਾਨਾਗਤਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥16॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the threefold transformations comes knowledge of past and future.

ਸ਼ਬ੍ਦਾਰ੍ਥਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਯਾਨਾਮਿਤਰੇਤਰਾਧ੍ਯਾਸਾਤ੍ ਸਂਕਰਸ੍ਤਤ੍ਪ੍ਰਵਿਭਾਗਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ਸਰ੍ਵਭੂਤਰੁਤਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥17॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Because words, meanings, and cognitions are mutually superimposed, there is confusion; through samyama that distinguishes them, knowledge of the sounds of all beings arises.

ਸਂਸ੍ਕਾਰਸਾਕ੍ਸ਼ਾਤ੍ਕਰਣਾਤ੍ ਪੂਰ੍ਵਜਾਤਿਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥18॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From direct perception of impressions comes knowledge of previous births.

ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਯਸ੍ਯ ਪਰਚਿਤ੍ਤਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥19॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on cognition comes knowledge of another's mind.

ਨ ਚ ਤਤ੍ ਸਾਲਂਬਨਂ ਤਸ੍ਯਾਵਿਸ਼ਯੀਭੂਤਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ ॥20॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
But that knowledge does not include the object-support, because it is not within the object's domain.

ਕਾਯਰੂਪਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ਤਦ੍ਗ੍ਰਾਹ੍ਯਸ਼ਕ੍ਤਿਸ੍ਤਂਭੇ ਚਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਃ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਾਸਂਪ੍ਰਯੋਗੇ਽ਂਤਰ੍ਧਾਨਮ੍ ॥21॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Through samyama on the body's form, by suspending its perceptibility and disconnecting from light and sight, disappearance is described.

ਸੋਪਕ੍ਰਮਂ ਨਿਰੁਪਕ੍ਰਮਂ ਚ ਕਰ੍ਮ ਤਤ੍ਸਂਯਮਾਦਪਰਾਂਤਜ੍ਞਾਨਮਰਿਸ਼੍ਟੇਭ੍ਯੋ ਵਾ ॥22॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on initiated and ongoing karma comes knowledge of one's end; or it can be inferred from signs.

ਮੈਤ੍ਰ੍ਯਾਦਿਸ਼ੁ ਬਲਾਨਿ ॥23॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on friendliness and related qualities come strengths in them.

ਬਲੇਸ਼ੁ ਹਸ੍ਤਿਬਲਾਦੀਨੀ ॥24॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on strength arises strength such as that of an elephant and the like.

ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤ੍ਯਾਲੋਕਨ੍ਯਾਸਾਤ੍ ਸੂਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਵ੍ਯਵਹਿਤਵਿਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਟਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥25॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
By directing the light of awareness onto mental activity, knowledge arises of subtle, hidden, and distant things.

ਭੁਵਨਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਸੂਰ੍ਯੇ ਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ॥26॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the sun comes knowledge of the worlds (systems/realms).

ਚਂਦ੍ਰੇ ਤਾਰਾਵ੍ਯੂਹਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥27॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the moon comes knowledge of the arrangement of the stars.

ਧ੍ਰੁਵੇ ਤਦ੍ਗਤਿਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥28॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the pole star comes knowledge of the movements (courses) of the stars.

ਨਾਭਿਚਕ੍ਰੇ ਕਾਯਵ੍ਯੂਹਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥29॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the navel center comes knowledge of the body's constitution.

ਕਂਠਕੂਪੇ ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਤ੍ਪਿਪਾਸਾਨਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਃ ॥30॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the throat region comes cessation of hunger and thirst.

ਕੂਰ੍ਮਨਾਡ੍ਯਾਂ ਸ੍ਥੈਰ੍ਯਮ੍ ॥31॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the tortoise-channel comes steadiness.

ਮੂਰ੍ਧਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਸ਼ਿ ਸਿਦ੍ਧਦਰ੍ਸ਼ਨਮ੍ ॥32॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the light in the head comes vision of the perfected ones.

ਪ੍ਰਾਤਿਭਾਦ੍ਵਾ ਸਰ੍ਵਮ੍ ॥33॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Or, through intuitive insight, broad knowledge arises.

ਹ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦਯੇ ਚਿਤ੍ਤਸਂਵਿਤ੍ ॥34॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the heart comes understanding of the mind.

ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਪੁਰੁਸ਼ਯੋਰਤ੍ਯਂਤਾਸਂਕੀਰ੍ਣਯੋਃ ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਯਾਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ੋ ਭੋਗਃ ਪਰਾਰ੍ਥਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ ਸ੍ਵਾਰ੍ਥਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥35॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Experience is the undifferentiated cognition in which clarity-of-mind and consciousness appear mixed; since experience serves another's purpose, samyama on one's own purpose brings knowledge of the seer.

ਤਤਃ ਪ੍ਰਾਤਿਭਸ਼੍ਰਾਵਣਵੇਦਨਾਦਰ੍ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ਵਾਦਵਾਰ੍ਤਾ ਜਾਯਂਤੇ ॥36॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From that arise intuitive perceptions related to hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell.

ਤੇ ਸਮਾਧਾਵੁਪਸਰ੍ਗਾਵ੍ਯੁਤ੍ਥਾਨੇ ਸਿਦ੍ਧਯਃ ॥37॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Those are obstacles in absorption, but attainments in the outward state.

ਬਂਧਕਾਰਣਸ਼ੈਥਿਲ੍ਯਾਤ੍ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਸਂਵੇਦਨਾਚ੍ਚ ਚਿਤ੍ਤਸ੍ਯ ਪਰਸ਼ਰੀਰਾਵੇਸ਼ਃ ॥38॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
By loosening the causes of bondage and by knowing the mind's movement, the mind can enter another body.

ਉਦਾਨਜਯਾਜ੍ਜਲਪਂਕਕਂਟਕਾਦਿਸ਼੍ਵਸਂਗ ਉਤ੍ਕ੍ਰਾਂਤਿਸ਼੍ਚ ॥39॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From mastery of the upward vital current comes non-contact with water, mud, thorns, and the like, and also ascent.

ਸਮਾਨਜਯਾਜ੍ਜ੍ਵਲਨਮ੍ ॥40॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From mastery of the balancing vital current comes radiance (inner fire).

ਸ਼੍ਰੋਤ੍ਰਾਕਾਸ਼ਯੋਃ ਸਂਬਂਧਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ਦਿਵ੍ਯਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੋਤ੍ਰਮ੍ ॥41॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the relationship between hearing and space comes extraordinary hearing.

ਕਾਯਾਕਾਸ਼ਯੋਃ ਸਂਬਂਧਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ਲਘੁਤੂਲਸਮਾਪਤ੍ਤੇਸ਼੍ਚ ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗਮਨਮ੍ ॥42॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the relationship between body and space, and from absorption in lightness like cotton, movement through space is described.

ਬਹਿਰਕਲ੍ਪਿਤਾ ਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਰ੍ਮਹਾਵਿਦੇਹਾ ਤਤਃ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਾਵਰਣਕ੍ਸ਼ਯਃ ॥43॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
An outward, non-constructed mental modification is the great disembodied state; from it the veil over clarity is destroyed.

ਸ੍ਥੂਲਸ੍ਵਰੂਪਸੂਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਾਨ੍ਵਯਾਰ੍ਥਵਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਸਂਯਮਾਤ੍ ਭੂਤਜਯਃ ॥44॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on the elements - in their gross and subtle nature, their interconnections, and their purpose - mastery over the elements arises.

ਤਤੋ਽ਣਿਮਾਦਿਪ੍ਰਾਦੁਰ੍ਭਾਵਃ ਕਾਯਸਂਪਤ੍ ਤਦ੍ਧਰ੍ਮਾਨਭਿਘਾਤਸ਼੍ਚ ॥45॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From that come the manifestation of powers such as minuteness, bodily excellence, and non-obstruction by the elements' properties.

ਰੂਪਲਾਵਣ੍ਯਬਲਵਜ੍ਰਸਂਹਨਨਤ੍ਵਾਨਿ ਕਾਯਸਂਪਤ੍ ॥46॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Bodily excellence includes grace, beauty, strength, diamond-like firmness, and solid compactness.

ਗ੍ਰਹਣਸ੍ਵਰੂਪਾਸ੍ਮਿਤਾਨ੍ਵਯਾਰ੍ਥਵਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਸਂਯਮਾਦਿਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਜਯਃ ॥47॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From samyama on perception, the senses' nature, ego-identification, their connections, and their purpose arises mastery over the senses.

ਤਤੋ ਮਨੋਜਵਿਤ੍ਵਂ ਵਿਕਰਣਭਾਵਃ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨਜਯਸ਼੍ਚ ॥48॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From that come mind-like speed, functioning without the usual instruments, and mastery over primal nature.

ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਪੁਰੁਸ਼ਾਨ੍ਯਤਾਖ੍ਯਾਤਿਮਾਤ੍ਰਸ੍ਯ ਸਰ੍ਵਭਾਵਾਧਿਸ਼੍ਠਾਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਂਚ ॥49॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From the clear discernment of the distinctness of mind-clarity and the seer alone arise mastery over all states and omniscience.

ਤਦ੍ਵੈਰਾਗ੍ਯਾਦਪਿ ਦੋਸ਼ਬੀਜਕ੍ਸ਼ਯੇ ਕੈਵਲ੍ਯਮ੍ ॥50॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Even through dispassion toward that (higher attainment), when the seeds of defects are exhausted, liberation is realized.

ਸ੍ਥਾਨ੍ਯੁਪਨਿਮਂਤ੍ਰਣੇ ਸਂਗਸ੍ਮਯਾਕਰਣਂ ਪੁਨਰਨਿਸ਼੍ਟਪ੍ਰਸਂਗਾਤ੍ ॥51॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
When invited by those in higher states, do not cultivate attachment or pride, because it can lead again to undesirable entanglements.

ਕ੍ਸ਼ਣਤਤ੍ਕ੍ਰਮਯੋਃ ਸਂਯਮਾਦ੍ਵਿਵੇਕਜਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥52॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From deep meditative focus on the moment and its sequence arises insight born of discernment.

ਜਾਤਿਲਕ੍ਸ਼ਣਦੇਸ਼ੈਰਨ੍ਯਤਾਨਵਚ੍ਛੇਦਾਤ੍ ਤੁਲ੍ਯਯੋਸ੍ਤਤਃ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਤ੍ਤਿਃ ॥53॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
From that arises clear recognition of the difference between two similar things when they cannot be distinguished by category, traits, or location.

ਤਾਰਕਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਵਿਸ਼ਯਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਥਾਵਿਸ਼ਯਮਕ੍ਰਮਂ ਚੇਤਿ ਵਿਵੇਕਜਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ ॥54॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Discernment-born insight is liberating: it can know all kinds of things, yet is not bound to objects, and it is immediate rather than step-by-step.

ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਪੁਰੁਸ਼ਯੋਃ ਸ਼ੁਦ੍ਧਿਸਾਮ੍ਯੇ ਕੈਵਲ੍ਯਮ੍ ॥55॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
When the mind's clarity is purified to match the purity of the seer, liberation is realized.

ਇਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਪਾਤਂਜਲਯੋਗਦਰ੍ਸ਼ਨੇ ਵਿਭੂਤਿਪਾਦੋ ਨਾਮ ਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤੀਯਃ ਪਾਦਃ ।

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
Thus ends the third chapter of Patanjali's Yoga teaching, called "The Chapter on Manifestations."

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