पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
street and you do not hear them. Why? Because your mind has
not attached itself to the organ of hearing. First there is the
instrument, then there is the organ, and third, the mind
attachment to these two. The mind takes the impression
farther in, and presents it to the determinative
faculty—Buddhi—which reacts. Along with this reaction
flashes the idea of egoism. Then this mixture of action and
reaction is presented to the Purusa, the real Soul, who
perceives an object in this mixture. The organs (Indriyas),
together with the mind (Manas), the determinative faculty
(Buddhi) and egoism (Ahamkara), form the group called the
Antahkarana (the internal instrument). They are but various
processes in the mind-stuff, called Chitta. The waves of
thought in the Chitta are called Vrtti (“the whirlpool” is the
literal translation). What is thought? Thought is a force, as is
gravitation or repulsion. It is absorbed from the infinite
storehouse of force in nature; the instrument called Chitta
takes hold of that force, and, when it passes out at the other
end it is called thought. This force is supplied to us through
food, and out of that food the body obtains the power of
motion, etc. Others, the finer forces, it throws out in what we
call thought. Naturally we see that the mind is not
intelligent; yet it appears to be intelligent. Why? Because the
intelligent soul is behind it. You are the only sentient being;
mind is only the instrument through which you catch the
external world. Take this book; as a book it does not exist
outside, what exists outside is unknown and unknowable. It is
the suggestion that gives a blow to the mind, and the mind
gives out the reaction. If a stone is thrown into the water the
water is thrown against it in the form of waves. The real
universe is the occasion of the reaction of the mind. A book
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