9. Outcome of Yoga Practice

The practise of yoga at the proper time give s various kinds of benifits to a person. Through the practise of Yoga at proper time, one can feel improvement in their health, personality, mental condition and powers of patience. Through the Yoga practice, one can cure and get remedies for various diseases lying in his body. These effects are external and it reflects on the behaviour of men. Supernormal powers are also developed in the adept in Yoga.^[1] Theses powers, eight in number, viz- aṇimā, mahimā, laghimā, prāpti, prākāmya, iśītva, vasitva and kāmāvasāyitv a which means minuteness, greatness, lightness, obtaining power, freedom of will, lordship, controlling magical power, going and doing anywhere and anything respectively are called eight divine powers of Yogī^[2] which indicate Yogin’s supreme emancipation called nirvāna.^[3]

In the context of describing the achievement and the supreme state of Yogins, the another raises the simile of the candrakāntā jewel i.e. moonstone which releases water when it unites with the moon’s ray, otherwise not and of the sūryakāntā jewel i.e. sunstone which releases the fire, when it is touched by the rays of the sun and otherwise not.^[4]

Again, at the destruction of a house, the house-holder feels distress, but the other beings like ants, mongoose, rats etc. do not feel sorrow as the owner and move to another abode. Likewise, the Yogins also should abandon the sense of attachment and self interest like the other beings.^[5] If a Yogī constantly practises Yoga, hundreds of births are unable to remove him from his own position. He can directly see the paramātman.^[6]