Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.19   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.19   «   »

न तत्स्वाभासं दृश्यत्वात् ॥ ४.१९॥

na tatsvābhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt .. 4.19..

19. The mind is not self-luminous, being an object.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

Tremendous power is manifested everywhere in nature, but it is not self-luminous, not essentially intelligent. The Purusha alone is self-luminous, and gives its light to everything. It is the power of the Purusha that is percolating through all matter and force.


Yogasutra – Verse 4.19 – Yogasutra-4.19-na tatsvābhāsaṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-4-19