Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.26   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 4 – Kaivalya-pāda – Liberation – Verse 4.26   «   »

तदा विवेकनिम्नं कैवल्यप्राग्भारं चित्तम् ॥ ४.२६॥

tadā vivekanimnaṃ kaivalyaprāgbhāraṃ cittam .. 4.26..

26. Then, bent on discriminating, the mind attains the previous state of Kaivalya (isolation).

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

Thus the practice of Yoga leads to discriminating power, to clearness of vision. The veil drops from the eyes, and we see things as they are. We find that nature is a compound, and is showing the panorama for the Purusha, who is the witness; that nature is not the Lord, that all the combinations of nature are simply for the sake of showing these phenomena to the Purusha, the enthroned king within. When discrimination comes by long practice, fear ceases, and the mind attains isolation.


Yogasutra – Verse 4.26 – Yogasutra-4.26-tadā vivekanimnaṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-4-26