पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
with the mind and the world, the Purusa thinks itself
miserable. Then the Yogi goes on to show that the way out is
through experience. You have to get all this experience, but
finish it quickly. We have placed ourselves in this net, and
will have to get out. We have got ourselves caught in the trap,
and we will have to work out our freedom. So get this
experience of husbands and wives, and friends, and little
loves, and you will get through them safely if you never forget
what you really are. Never forget this is only a momentary
state, and that we have to pass through it. Experience is the
one great teacher—experiences of pleasure and pain—but
know they are only experiences, and will all lead, step by step,
to that state when all these things will become small, and the
Purusa will be so great that this whole universe will be as a
drop in the ocean, and will fall off by its own nothingness. We
have to go through these experiences, but let us never forget
the ideal.
19. विशेषाविशेषलिङ्गमात्रालिङ्गानि गुणपर्वाणि ॥ १९॥
visheshavisheshalinggamatralinggani
gunnaparvani
The states of the qualities are the defined, the
undefined, the indicated only, and the signless.
The system of Yoga is built entirely on the philosophy of the
Sankhyas, as I told you in some of the previous lectures, and
here again I will remind you of the cosmology of the Sankhya
philosophy. According to the Sankhyas, nature is both the
material and efficient cause of this universe. In this nature
there are three sorts of materials, the Sattva, the Rajas, and the
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