पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
16. तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम् ॥ १६॥
tatparan purushakhyatergunnavaitrishnyam
That extreme non-attachment, giving up even the
qualities, shows (the real nature of) the PuruSa.
It is the highest manifestation of power when it takes away
even our attraction towards the qualities. We have first to
understand what the PuruSa, the Self, is, and what are the
qualities. According to Yoga philosophy the whole of nature
consists of three qualities; one is called Tamas, another Rajas
and the third Sattva. These three qualities manifest
themselves in the physical world as attraction, repulsion, and
control. Everything that is in nature, all these manifestations,
are combinations and recombinations of these three forces.
This nature has been divided into various categories by the
Sankhyas; the Self of man is beyond all these, beyond nature,
is effulgent by Its very nature. It is pure and perfect.
Whatever of intelligence we see in nature is but the reflection
from this Self upon nature. Nature itself is insentient. You
must remember that the word nature also includes the mind;
mind is in nature; thought is in nature; from thought, down to
the grossest form of matter, everything is in nature, the
manifestation of nature. This nature has covered the Self of
man, and when nature takes away the covering the Self
becomes unveiled, and appears in Its own glory. This
non-attachment, as it is described in Aphorism 15 (as being
control of nature) is the greatest help towards manifesting the
Self. The next aphorism defines Samadhi, perfect
concentration, which is the goal of the Yogi.
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