पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
only cause of all our misery. What else can make us
miserable? The nature of the Soul is eternal bliss. What can
make it sorrowful except ignorance, hallucination, delusion;
all this pain of the soul is simply delusion.
4. अविद्या क्षेत्रम् उत्तरेषां प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥ ४॥
avidya kshetram uttareshan
prasuptatanuvichchhinnodaranam
Ignorance is the productive field of all them that
follow, whether they are dormant, attenuated,
overpowered, or expanded.
Impressions are the cause of these, and these impressions
exist in different degrees. There are the dormant. You often
hear the expression “innocent as a baby,” yet in the baby may
be the state of a demon or of a god which will come out by and
by. In the Yogi these impressions, the Samskaras left by past
actions, are attenuated; that is, in a very fine state, and he can
control them, and not allow them to become manifest.
Overpowered means that sometimes one set of impressions is
held down for a while by those that are stronger, but they will
come out when that repressing cause is removed. The last
state is the expanded, when the Samskaras, having helpful
surroundings, have attained to great activity, either as good or
evil.
5. अनित्याशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखात्मख्यातिरविद्या ॥ ५॥
anityashuchiduhkanatmasu
nityashuchisukhatmakhyatiravidya
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