Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.43   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.43   «   »

कायाकाशयोः सम्बन्धसंयमाल्लघुतूल-
समापत्तेश्चाकाशगमनम् ॥

kāyākāśayoḥ sambandhasaṃyamāllaghutūla-
samāpatteścākāśagamanam .. 3.43..

43. By making Samyama on the relation between the Akasha and the body and becoming light as cotton-wool etc., through meditation on them, the Yogi goes through the skies.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

This Akasha is the material of this body; it is only Akasha in a certain form that has become the body. If the Yogi makes a Samyama on this Akasha material of his body, it acquires the lightness of Akasha, and he can go anywhere through the air. So in the other case also.


Yogasutra – Verse 3.43 – Yogasutra-3.43-kāyākāśayoḥ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-3-43