Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.44   «   »

Yogasutra – Part 3 – Vibhūti-Pāda – Powers – Verse 3.44   «   »

बहिरकल्पिता वृत्तिर्महाविदेहा ततः प्रकाशावरणक्षयः ॥

bahirakalpitā vṛttirmahāvidehā tataḥ prakāśāvaraṇakṣayaḥ .. 3.44..

44. By making Samyama on the “real modifications” of the mind, outside of the body, called great disembodiedness, comes disappearance of the covering to light.

Commentary on Sri Patanjali Yogasutra by Swami Vivekananda

The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of nerves, and put the Ego only in one body, if the mind is omnipresent? There is no reason why I should. The Yogi wants to feel the Ego wherever he likes. The mental waves which arise in the absence of egoism in the body are called “real modifications” or “great disembodiedness”. When he has succeeded in making Samyama on these modifications, all covering to light goes away, and all darkness and ignorance vanish. Everything appears to him to be full of knowledge.


Yogasutra – Verse 3.44 – Yogasutra-3.44-bahirakalpitā – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation, Meaning and Commentary by Swami Vivekananda – Yogasutra-3-44