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## Gatha 217-216
**Yoga Margana / 263**
"When the contraction and expansion of the living being's regions increases, then by obtaining that potency, yoga is considered to be a destroyer of obstacles."
**Doubt:** If the increase and decrease of the pulsation of the living being's regions is due to the increase and decrease of the strength arising from the destruction of the obstacle karma, then in a liberated being whose obstacle karma has been destroyed, does the multiplicity of yoga arise?
**Solution:** No, because the strength that destroys obstacles is seen as different from the strength that destroys. The pulsation of the living being's regions, which is obtained by the increase and decrease of the strength that destroys obstacles, is not obtained by the increase and decrease of the strength that destroys, because assuming so would lead to an absurdity.
**Doubt:** If yoga arises from the destruction of the obstacle karma of potency, then does the influence of yoga arise in a liberated being?
**Solution:** No, because the aspect of destroying obstacles in yoga is considered to be a remedy. In reality, yoga is a manifestation of the inherent nature. Accepting the influence of inherent yoga in a liberated being leads to contradiction.
Yoga is superior to the path, because it arises from the stimulation and manifestation of name karma. The origin of yoga is from the manifestation of the karma that is conducive to its practice and not harmful. Therefore, yoga is a manifestation of the inherent nature.
**Doubt:** Isn't yoga also said to be a destroyer of obstacles?
**Solution:** It is called a destroyer of obstacles because the increase of yoga is seen from the destruction of the obstacle of potency. That also happens.
**Characteristics of Specific Yoga**
"The leaf of the Maravar tree, the true, the false, the fear, the trembling, in these.
The name of the yoga is then, those are the yogas, those are the yogas.
The nature is the true, the death, the yoga that is yours, that is the true, the death, the yoga.
The fear of the poison, the poison, know it, the true poison, that.
The color is the true poison, the one that is joined, the death, that is the true poison, the death, the yoga.
The yoga that is yours, that is the true poison, the death, the yoga." || 217 || 218 || 216 ||
*1. Dh. Pu. 7 p. 75. 2. Dh. Pu. 7 p. 76. 3. Dh. Pu. 9 p. 316. 4. Dh. Pu. 10 p. 436. 5. In the printed book, the text is "Sambhashamane Saccho", which seems to be correct, but in Dh. Pu. 1 p. 281, the text is "Sanbhavasacchamarana", which is adopted here. 6. Dh. Pu. 1 p. 262. Pra. Pan. San. 0 Pu. 18*