History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.292

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The third pāda of the Y. S. is called 'Vibhūti-pāda' (pāda that deals with the super-normal powers of the yogin). The word 'vibhūti' occurs in Praśna 5. 4 where it is stated that he who contemplates on Om of the dvimātra type is taken to the world of the moon where he enjoys 'vibhūti' and again returns to the earth. There the word probably means nothing more than prosperous life. The third *pāda* first deals with the last three of the eight angas of Yoga, the first five being called *bahiraṅga* (indirect helpers of samprajñāta-samādhi), while the last three are said to be antaraṅga of samprajñāta-samādhi (but even these three are bahiraṅga with reference to nirbīja Yoga, as the latter may occur even in the absence of the three 'dhāraṇā' &c. These three are called dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi and these three when practised on the same object are called saṃyama, which is a technical term in the Yoga system. Vibhūtis are the results of saṃyama of various kinds. Instead of employing the three words dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi Patañjali employs expressly or impliedly the word 'saṃyama' in most of the sūtras from 16 to 52 of the 3rd pāda.