Yogasutra – Part 1 – Samādhi-pāda – Yoga and its Aims – Verse 1.19   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 1 – Samādhi-pāda – Yoga and its Aims – Verse 1.19   «   »

भवप्रत्ययो विदेहप्रकृतिलयानाम् ॥ १.१९॥

bhavapratyayo videhaprakṛtilayānām .. 1.19..

19. (This Samadhi when not followed by extreme non-attachment) becomes the cause of the re-manifestation of the gods and of those that become merged in nature.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

The gods in the Indian systems of philosophy represent certain high offices which are filled successively by various souls. But none of them is perfect.


Yogasutra – Verse 1.19 – Yogasutra-1.19-bhavapratyayo – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-1-19