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PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS elements cease to obstruct him. He can pass through r can hold his hand in the fire, unburned. He can walk i water, unwetted. He can stand firm against a hurrican
रूप-लावण्य-बल-वज्रसंहननत्वानि कायसम्पत् ॥४८ 47. Perfection of the body includes beauty, grace, s
and the hardness of a thunderbolt. ग्रहण-स्वरूपास्मितान्वयार्थवत्वसंयमादिन्द्रिय
जयः ॥४८ 48. By making samyama on the transformation t
sense-organs undergo when they contact obje the power of illumination of the sense-organs, ego-sense, on the gunas which constitute the and on the experiences they provide for the indi one gains mastery of the organs.
ततो मनोजवित्वं विकरणभावः प्रधानजयश्च ॥४६ 49. Hence the body gains the power of movement a
as that of the mind, the power of using the senseoutside the confines of the body, and the mas
Prakriti. Aphorism 48 describes a progressive samyama on separate phases of an act of cognition.
The power of using the sense-organs outside the conf the body, mentioned in aphorism 49, enables one to e clairvoyance and clairaudience. Mastery of Prakriti, the cause, gives the yogi control of all the effects evolve Prakriti—in other words, control of Nature. सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्रस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वं
सर्वज्ञातृत्वञ्च ॥५०॥ 50. By making samyama on the discrimination betwe
