Patanjali Yoga Sutras

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which, coming through the Buddhi, becomes intelligence,
and, as such, is bound.
21. तदर्थ एव दृश्यस्यात्मा ॥ २१॥
tadarth eva drishyasyatma
The nature of the experience is for him.
Nature has no light of its own. As long as the PuruSa is
present in it, it appears light, but the light is borrowed; just as
the moon's light is reflected. All the manifestations of nature
are caused by this nature itself, according to the Yogis; but
nature has no purpose in view, except to free the PuruSa.
22. कृतार्थं प्रति नष्टमप्यनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात् ॥ २२॥
kritarthan prati nashtam apyanashtan
tadanyasadharannatvat
Though destroyed for him whose goal has been
gained, yet is not destroyed, being common to others.
The whole idea of this nature is to make the Soul know that it
is entirely separate from nature, and when the Soul knows
this, nature has no more attractions for it. But the whole of
nature vanishes only for that man who has become free. There
will always remain an infinite number of others, for whom
nature will go on working.
23. स्वस्वामिशक्त्योः स्वरूपोपलब्धिहेतुः संयोगः ॥ २३॥
svasvamishaktyoh svaroopopalabdhihetuh sanyogah
Junction is the cause of the realisation of the nature of
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