Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.24   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.24   «   »

तदसंख्येयवासनाभिश्चित्रमपि परार्थं संहत्यकारित्वात् ॥ ४.२४॥

tadasaṃkhyeyavāsanābhiścitramapi parārthaṃ saṃhatyakāritvāt .. 4.24..

24. The mind, though variegated by innumerable desires, acts for another (the Purusha), because it acts in combination.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

The mind is a compound of various things and therefore it cannot work for itself. Everything that is a combination in this world has some object for that combination, some third thing for which this combination is going on. So this combination of the mind is for the Purusha.


Yogasutra – Verse 4.24 – Yogasutra-4.24-tadasaṃkhyeya – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-4-24