पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
9. शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः ॥ ९॥
shabdajnaananupati vastushoonyo vikalpah
Verbal delusion follows from words having no
(corresponding) reality.
There is another class of Vrttis called Vikalpa. A word is
uttered, and we do not wait to consider its meaning; we jump
to a conclusion immediately. It is the sign of weakness of the
Chitta. Now you can understand the theory of restraint. The
weaker the man the less he has of restraint. Consider
yourselves always in that way. When you are going to be
angry or miserable, reason it out, how it is that some news that
has come to you is throwing your mind into Vrttis.
10. अभावप्रत्ययालम्बना वृत्तिर्निद्रा ॥ १०॥
abhavapratyayalambana vrittirnidra
Sleep is a Vrtti which embraces the feeling of
voidness.
The next class of Vrttis is called sleep and dream. When we
awake we know that we have been sleeping; we can only have
memory of perception. That which we do not perceive we
never can have any memory of. Every reaction is a wave in
the lake. Now, if, during sleep, the mind has no waves, it
would have no perceptions, positive or negative, and,
therefore, we would not remember them. The very reason of
our remembering sleep is that during sleep there was a certain
class of waves in the mind. Memory is another class of Vrttis,
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