Devanagari
परकायं विशन् सिद्ध आत्मानं तत्र भावयेत् ।
पिण्डं हित्वा विशेत् प्राणो वायुभूत: षडङ्घ्रिवत् ॥ २३ ॥
Verse text
para-kāyaṁ viśan siddha
ātmānaṁ tatra bhāvayet
piṇḍaṁ hitvā viśet prāṇo
vāyu-bhūtaḥ ṣaḍaṅghri-vat
Synonyms
para
—
of another
;
kāyam
—
the body
;
viśan
—
desiring to enter
;
siddhaḥ
—
one perfected in yoga practice
;
ātmānam
—
oneself
;
tatra
—
in that body
;
bhāvayet
—
imagines
;
piṇḍam
—
one’s own gross body
;
hitvā
—
giving up
;
viśet
—
one should enter
;
prāṇaḥ
—
in the subtle body
;
vāyu
—
bhūtaḥ — becoming just like the wind
;
ṣaṭ
—
aṅghri — vat — like the bee, who easily moves from one flower to another .
Translation
When a perfect yogī desires to enter another’s body, he should meditate upon himself within the other body, and then, giving up his own gross body, he should enter the other’s body through the pathways of air, as easily as a bee leaves one flower and flies into another.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When a perfect yogī desires to enter another’s body, he should meditate upon himself within the other body, and then, giving up his own gross body, he should enter the other’s body by identifying with his subtle body and using the external air, just as a bee leaves one flower and flies into another.
One should meditate on being in another body. Giving up the gross body (piṇḍam), identifying with the subtle body, one enters another body by means of external air, just as a bee goes from one flower and enters another. This takes place by the power of concentrating on me. This statement of the previous verse should be added. This siddhi is called para-kāya-praveṣa.
Purport
As air is inhaled into the body through the nostrils and mouth, similarly, the life air of the
yogī’s
subtle body travels through the pathways of external air and easily enters into the body of another person, just as the bee easily flies from flower to flower. One may admire a heroic man or beautiful woman and desire to experience life within their extraordinary material body. Such opportunities are available through the mystic perfection called
para-kāya-praveśanam.
Pure devotees, being absorbed in meditation upon the spiritual form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are not actually attracted to any material body. Thus the devotees remain transcendental and satisfied on the platform of eternal life.