Yogasutra – Part 1 – Samādhi-pāda – Yoga and its Aims – Verse 1.45   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 1 – Samādhi-pāda – Yoga and its Aims – Verse 1.45   «   »

सूक्ष्मविषयत्वं चालिङ्गपर्यवसानम् ॥ १.४५॥

sūkṣmaviṣayatvaṃ cāliṅgaparyavasānam .. 1.45..

45. The finer objects end with the Pradhāna.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

The gross objects are only the elements and everything manufactured out of them. The fine objects begin with the Tanmatras or fine particles. The organs, the mind, egoism, the mind-stuff (the cause of all manifestation), the equilibrium state of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas materials — called Pradhāna (chief), Prakriti (nature), or Avyakta (unmanifest) — are all included within the category of fine objects, the Purusha (the Soul) along being excepted.


Yogasutra – Verse 1.45 – Yogasutra-1.45-sūkṣmaviṣayatvaṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-1-45