Obstacles and Portents (yoga-antarāya) - Verse 24
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 9.24
Sanskrit Original
याक्षे तु तैजसं प्रोक्तं गान्धर्वे श्वसनात्मकम। ऐन्द्रे व्योमात्मकं सर्वं सौम्ये चैव तु मानसम।।
yākṣe tu taijasaṃ proktaṃ gāndharve śvasanātmakam| aindre vyomātmakaṃ sarvaṃ saumye caiva tu mānasam||
Sūta said: In this world there are sixty four qualities present in. the body. O brahmins, among these, the aupasargika qualities should be eschewed. In the region of piśācas, O brahmins, the qualities of earth (should be eschewed); in the region of rākṣasas the qualities of water; in the region of Yakṣa the qualities of fire; in the region of Gandharvas the qualities of breath; in the region of Indra the qualities of ether; in the region of Soma the qualities of the mind; in the region of prajāpati the qualities of ego; in the region of brahman the qualities of intellect should be eschewed.