In the beginning stage, the yogi acquires a divine body, resplendent, with heavenly fragrance, free from disease, with a full and empty heart.

This verse lists the external and internal signs of the yogi in ārambhāvasthā.The body is transformed: it becomes divya (divine, luminous), tejasvī (resplendent, radiant), and emanates divya-gandha (heavenly fragrance).Diseases disappear (arogavān).

The paradox sampūrṇahṛdayaḥ śūnya — simultaneously full and empty heart — describes the mystical experience where fullness and emptiness are not opposites.The heart is full of conscious presence and empty of ordinary mental contents.This apparent contradiction is the signature of authentic yogic states.

Mallinson notes that similar descriptions appear in earlier tantric texts.The transformation of the physical body is a recurring theme in haṭha yoga: the gross body (sthūla śarīra) is gradually refined until it manifests qualities of the subtle body (sūkṣma śarīra).Spontaneous fragrances, mentioned in multiple contemplative traditions, indicate deep purification of the praṇic channels.