पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
studies at all. The Yogi is supposed to have finished his period
of controversy. He has had enough of all that, and has become
satisfied. He only studies to intensify his convictions. Vada
and Siddhanta. These are the two sorts of Scriptural
knowledge, Vada (the argumentative) and Siddhanta (the
decisive). When a man is entirely ignorant he takes up the first
part of this, the argumentative fighting, and reasoning, pro
and con.; and when he has finished that he takes up the
Siddhanta, the decisive, arriving at a conclusion. Simply
arriving at this conclusion will not do. It must be intensified.
Books are infinite in number, and time is short; therefre this
is the secret of knowledge, to take that which is essential.
Take that out, and then try to live up to it. There is an old
simile in India that if you place a cup of milk before a Raja
Hamsa (swan) with plenty of water in it, he will take all the
milk and leave the water. In that way we should take what is
of value in knowledge, and leave the dross. All these
intellectual gymnastics are necessary at first. We must not go
blindly into anything. The Yogi has passed the argumentative
stage, and has come to a conclusion, which is like the rocks,
immovable. The only thing he now seeks to do is to intensify
that conclusion. Do not argue, he say; if one forces
arguments upon you, be silent. Do not answer any argument,
but go away free, because arguments only disturb the mind.
The only thing is to train the intellect, so what is the use of
disturbing it any more. The intellect is but a weak
instrument, and can give only knowledge limited by the
senses; the Yogi wants to go beyond the senses; therefore the
intellect is of no use to him. He is certain of this, and therefore
is silent, and does not argue. Every argument throws his mind
out of balance, creates a disturbance in the Chitta, and this
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