Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.20   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.20   «   »

एकसमये चोभयानवधारणम् ॥ ४.२०॥

ekasamaye cobhayānavadhāraṇam .. 4.20..

20. From its being unable to cognise both at the same time.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

If the mind were self-luminous it would be able to cognise itself and its objects at the same time, which it cannot. When it cognises the object, it cannot reflect on itself. Therefore the Purusha is self-luminous, and the mind is not.


Yogasutra – Verse 4.20 – Yogasutra-4.20-ekasamaye – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-4-20