Raja-Yoga

YOGA APHORISMS. 221
happiness and blessedness by its own nature.
knowledge is covered over by past impressions.
impressions have to work themselves out.
But that
These
27. Their destruction is in the same manner as of
ignorance, etc., as said before.
28. Even when arriving at the right discriminating
knowledge of the essences, he who gives up the
fruits, unto him comes as the result of perfect
discrimination, the Samadhi called the cloud of
virtue.
When the Yogi has attained to this discrimination, all
these powers will come that were mentioned in the last
chapter, but the true Yogi rejects them all. Unto him
comes a peculiar knowledge, a particular light called
the Dharma Megha, the cloud of virtue. All the great
prophets of the world whom history has recorded had
this. They had found the whole foundation of knowl
edge within themselves. Truth to them had become
real. Peace and calmness, and perfect purity became
their own nature, after they had given up
vanities of powers.
all these
29. From that comes cessation of pains and works.
When that cloud of virtue has come, then no more is
there fear of falling, nothing can drag the Yogi down.
No more will there be evils for him. No more pains.