पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
and came to him, and told him, “You are the king of the gods,
you have all the gods command. Why are you here?” But
Indra said, “Let me be; I am all right here; I do not care for the
heavens, while I have this sow and these little pigs.” The poor
gods were at their wits’ end what to do. After a time they
decided to slowly come and slay one of the little pigs, and
then another, until they had slain all the pigs, and the sow too.
When all were dead Indra began to weep and mourn. Then the
gods ripped his pig body open and he came out of it, and
began to laugh when he realised what a hideous dream he had
had; he, the king of the gods, to have become a pig, and to
think that the pig-life was the only life! Not only so, but to
have wanted the whole universe to come into the pig life! The
PuruSa, when it identifies itself with nature, forgets that it is
pure and infinite. The PuruSa does not live; it is life itself. It
does not exist; it is existence itself. The Soul does not know;
it is knowledge itself. It is an entire mistake to say that the
Soul lives, or knows, or loves. Love and existence are not the
qualities of the PuruSa, but its essence. When they get
reflected upon something you may call them the qualities of
that something. But they are not the qualities of the PuruSa,
but the essence of this great Atman, this Infinite Being,
without birth or death, Who is established in His own glory,
but appears as if become degenerate until if you approach to
tell Him, “You are not a pig,” he begins to squeal and bite.
Thus with us all in this Maya, this dream world, where it is all
misery, weeping, and crying, where a few golden balls are
rolled, and the world scrambles after them. You were never
bound by laws, Nature never had a bond for you. That is what
the Yogi tells you; have patience to learn it. And the Yogi
shows how, by junction with this nature, and identifying itself
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