DharmaPragya

DharmaPragya

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada

Containing 34 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 1

Verse 1 of 34

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जन्मौषधिमन्त्रतपःसमाधिजाः सिद्धयः

TRANSLITERATION

janma auṣadhi mantra tapaḥ samādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The mystic skills are produced through taking birth in particular species, or by taking drugs, or by reciting special sounds, or by physical bodily austerities or by the continuous effortless linkage of the attention to a higher concentration force, object or person."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 2

Verse 2 of 34

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जात्यन्तरपरिणामः प्रकृत्यापूरात्

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jātyantara pariṇāmaḥ prakṛtyāpūrāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The transformation from one category to another is by the saturation of the subtle material nature."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 3

Verse 3 of 34

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निमित्तमप्रयोजकं प्रकृतीनां वरणभेदस्तु ततः क्षेत्रिकवत्

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nimittaṁ aprayojakaṁ prakṛtīnāṁ varaṇabhedaḥ tu tataḥ kṣetrikavat

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The motivating force of the subtle material energy is not used except for the disintegration of impediments, hence it is compared to a farmer."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 4

Verse 4 of 34

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निर्माणचित्तान्यस्मितामात्रात्

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nirmāṇacittāni asmitāmātrāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The formation of regions within the mento-emotional energy, arises only from the sense of identity which is developed in relation to material nature."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 5

Verse 5 of 34

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प्रवृत्तिभेदे प्रयोजकं चित्तमेकमनेकेषाम्

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pravṛtti bhede prayojakaṁ cittam ekam anekeṣām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The one mento-emotional energy is that which is very much used in numberless different dispersals of energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 6

Verse 6 of 34

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तत्र ध्यानजमनाशयम्

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tatra dhyānajam anāśayam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"In that case only subtle activities which are produced from the effortless linkage of the attention to a higher reality are without harmful emotions."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 7

Verse 7 of 34

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कर्माशुक्लाकृष्णं योगिनस्त्रिविधमितरेषाम्

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karma aśukla akṛṣnaṁ yoginaḥ trividham itareṣām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The cultural activity of the yogis is neither rewarding nor penalizing, but others have three types of such action."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 8

Verse 8 of 34

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ततस्तद्विपाकानुगुणानामेवाभिव्यक्तिर्वासनानाम्

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tataḥ tadvipāka anuguṇānām eva abhivyaktiḥ vāsanānām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Subsequently from those cultural activities there is development according to corresponding features only, bringing about the manifestation of the tendencies within the mento-emotional energy."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 9

Verse 9 of 34

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जातिदेशकालव्यवहितानामप्यानन्तर्यं स्मृतिसंस्कारयोरेकरूपत्वात्

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jāti deśa kāla vyavahitānām api ānantaryaṁ smṛti saṁskārayoḥ ekarūpatvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Even though circumstances are separated by status, location and time, still the impressions which form cultural activities and the resulting memories, are of one form and operate on a timeful sequence."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 10

Verse 10 of 34

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तासामनादित्वं चाशिषो नित्यत्वात्

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tāsām anāditvaṁ ca āśiṣaḥ nityatvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Those memories and impressions are primeval, without a beginning. Hope and desire energies are eternal as well."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 11

Verse 11 of 34

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हेतुफलाश्रयालम्बनैः सङ्गृहीतत्वादेषामभावे तदभावः

TRANSLITERATION

hetu phala āśraya ālambanaiḥ saṅgṛhītatvāt eṣām abhāve tad abhāvaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"They exist by what holds them together in terms of cause and effect, supportive base and lifting influence. Otherwise if their causes are not there, they have no existence."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 12

Verse 12 of 34

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अतीतानागतं स्वरूपतोऽस्त्यध्वभेदाद्धर्माणाम्

TRANSLITERATION

atīta anāgataṁ svarūpataḥ asti adhvabhedāt dharmāṇām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"There is a true form of the past and future denoted by the different courses of their characteristics."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 13

Verse 13 of 34

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ते व्यक्तसूक्ष्मा गुणात्मानः

TRANSLITERATION

te vyakta sūkṣmāḥ guṇātmānaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"They are gross or subtle, all depending on their inherent nature."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 14

Verse 14 of 34

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परिणामैकत्वाद्वस्तुतत्त्वम्

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pariṇāma ekatvāt vastutattvam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The actual composition of an object is based on the uniqueness of the transformation."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 15

Verse 15 of 34

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वस्तुसाम्ये चित्तभेदात्तयोर्विभक्तः पन्थाः

TRANSLITERATION

vastusāmye cittabhedāt tayoḥ vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Because of a difference in the mento-emotional energy of two persons, separate prejudices manifest in their viewing of the very same object."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 16

Verse 16 of 34

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न चैकचित्ततन्त्रं वस्तु तदप्रमाणकं तदा किं स्यात्

TRANSLITERATION

na ca ekacitta tantraṁ ced vastu tat apramāṇakaṁ tadā kiṁ syāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"An object is not dependent on one person’s mento-emotional perception. Otherwise, what would happen if it were not being perceived by that person?"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 17

Verse 17 of 34

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तदुपरागापेक्षित्वाच्चित्तस्य वस्तु ज्ञाताज्ञातम्

TRANSLITERATION

taduparāga apekṣitvāt cittasya vastu jñāta ajñātam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"An object is known or unknown, all depending on the mood and expectation of the particular mento-emotional energy of the person in reference to it."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 18

Verse 18 of 34

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सदा ज्ञाताश्चित्तवृत्तयस्तत्प्रभोः पुरुषस्यापरिणामित्वात्

TRANSLITERATION

sadā jñātāḥ cittavṛttayaḥ tatprabhoḥ puruṣasya apariṇāmitvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The operations of the mento-emotional energy are always known to that governor because of the changelessness of that spirit."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 19

Verse 19 of 34

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न तत्स्वाभासं दृश्यत्वात्

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na tat svābhāsaṁ dṛśyatvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"That mento-emotional energy is not self-illuminative for it is rather only capable of being perceived"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 20

Verse 20 of 34

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एकसमये चोभयानवधारणम्

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ekasamaye ca ubhaya anavadhāraṇam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"It cannot execute the focus of both at the same time"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 21

Verse 21 of 34

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चित्तान्तरदृश्ये बुद्धिबुद्धेरतिप्रसङ्गः स्मृतिसङ्करश्च

TRANSLITERATION

cittāntaradṛśye buddhibuddheḥ atiprasaṅgaḥ smṛtisaṅkaraḥ ca

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"In the perception of mento-emotional energy by another such energy, there would be an intellect perceiving another intellect independently. That would cause absurdity and confusion of memory."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 22

Verse 22 of 34

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चितेरप्रतिसङ्क्रमायास्तदाकारापत्तौ स्वबुद्धिसंवेदनम्

TRANSLITERATION

citeḥ apratisaṁkramāyāḥ tadākārāpattau svabuddhisaṁvedanam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The perception of its own intellect occurs when it assumes that form in which there is no movement from one operation to another."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 23

Verse 23 of 34

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द्रष्टृदृश्योपरक्तं चित्तं सर्वार्थम्

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draṣṭṛ dṛśya uparaktaṁ cittaṁ sarvārtham

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The mento-emotional energy which is prejudiced by the perceiver and the perceived, is all-evaluating."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 24

Verse 24 of 34

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तदसङ्ख्येयवासनाभिश्चित्रमपि परार्थं संहत्यकारित्वात्

TRANSLITERATION

tat asaṅkhyeya vāsanābhiḥ citram api parārthaṁ saṁhatyakāritvāt

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Although the mento-emotional energy is diverse by innumerable subtle impressions, it acts for the sake of another power because of its proximity to that other force."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 25

Verse 25 of 34

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विशेषदर्शिन आत्मभावभावनाविनिवृत्तिः

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viśeṣadarśinaḥ ātmabhāva bhāvanānivṛttiḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"There is total stopping of the operations of the mento-emotional energy for the person who perceives the distinction between feelings and the spirit itself."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 26

Verse 26 of 34

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तदा विवेकनिम्नं कैवल्यप्राग्भारं चित्तम्

TRANSLITERATION

tadā hi vivekanimnaṁ kaivalya prāgbhāraṁ cittam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Then, indeed, the mento-emotional force is inclined towards discrimination and gravitates towards the total separation from the mundane psychology."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 27

Verse 27 of 34

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तच्छिद्रेषु प्रत्ययान्तराणि संस्कारेभ्यः

TRANSLITERATION

tat cchidreṣu pratyayāntarāṇi saṁskārebhyaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Besides that, in the relaxation of the focus, other mind contents arise in the intervals. These are based on subtle impressions"

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 28

Verse 28 of 34

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हानमेषां क्लेशवदुक्तम्

TRANSLITERATION

hānam eṣāṁ kleśavat uktam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"As authoritatively stated, the complete removal of these is like the elimination of the mento-emotional afflictions."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 29

Verse 29 of 34

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प्रसङ्ख्यानेऽप्यकुसीदस्य सर्वथा विवेकख्यातेर्धर्ममेघः समाधिः

TRANSLITERATION

prasaṁkhyāne api akusīdasya sarvathā vivekakhyāteḥ dharmameghaḥ samādhiḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"For one who sees no gains in material nature, even while perceiving it in abstract meditation, he has the super discrimination. He attained the continuous effortless linkage of the attention to higher reality which is described as knowing the mento-emotional clouds of energy which compel a person to perform according to nature’s way of acting for beneficial results."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 30

Verse 30 of 34

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ततः क्लेशकर्मनिवृत्तिः

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ kleśa karma nivṛttiḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Subsequently there is stoppage of the operation of the mento-emotional energy in terms of generation of cultural activities and their resulting afflictions."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 31

Verse 31 of 34

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तदा सर्वावरणमलापेतस्य ज्ञानस्यानन्त्याज्ज्ञेयमल्पम्

TRANSLITERATION

tadā sarva āvaraṇa malāpetasya jñānasya ānantyāt jñeyam alpam

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Then, because of the removal of all mental darkness and psychological impurities, that which can be known through the mento-emotional energy, seems trivial in comparison to the unlimited knowledge available when separated from it."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 32

Verse 32 of 34

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ततः कृतार्थानां परिणामक्रमसमाप्तिर्गुणानाम्

TRANSLITERATION

tataḥ kṛtārthānāṁ pariṇāmakrama samāptir guṇānām

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Thus, the subtle material nature, having fulfilled its purpose, its progressive alterations end."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 33

Verse 33 of 34

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क्षणप्रतियोगी परिणामापरान्तनिर्ग्राह्यः क्रमः

TRANSLITERATION

kṣaṇa pratiyogī pariṇāma aparānta nirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"The process, of which moments are a counterpart, and which causes the alterations, comes to an end and is clearly perceived."

Patanjali Yoga Sutras

Kaivalya Pada, Verse 34

Verse 34 of 34

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पुरुषार्थशून्यानां गुणानां प्रतिप्रसवः कैवल्यं स्वरूपप्रतिष्ठा वा चितिशक्तिरिति

TRANSLITERATION

Puruṣārthaśūnyānāṁ guṇānāṁ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṁ svarūpapratiṣṭhā vā citiśaktiritiṁ

Translations (english)
International Gita Society

"Separation of the spirit from the mento-emotional energy (kaivalyam), occurs when there is neutrality in respect to the influence of material nature, when the yogi’s psyche becomes devoid of the general aims of a human being. Thus at last, the spirit is established in its own form as the force empowering the mento-emotional energy."