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120 YOGA SŪTRAS
Verse 7
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sukha anuśayī rāgaḥ
sukha – happiness; anuśayī – connected to, devotedly attached to; rāgaḥ –
craving.
Craving results from a devoted attachment to happiness
Commentary:
A yogin must study his own psychology to see how it operates. He should take
steps to curb it for success in yoga. Every yogi is required to pay attention to his
own nature, to find its defects and to alter it in the interest of progress.
Human nature develops cravings by being devotedly attached to happiness.
Happiness is derived from sensual contact in terms of smelling, tasting, seeing,
touching and hearing. In the pratyāhār sensual withdrawal stages, a yogi gets to
understand how he becomes attached to various types of happiness and how
his attachments develops into craving, which forms compulsive habits. Each
yogi must systematically review his own conduct to understand this. Then he
should correct himself.
Verse 8
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duḥkha anuśayi dveṣaḥ
duḥkha – distress; anuśayi – connected to, devotedly attached to; dveṣaḥ –
impulsive emotional disaffection.
Impulsive emotional disaffection
results from a devoted attachment to distress.
Commentary:
Impulsive emotional disaffection is manifest as an instinctive dislike for
something or someone. One can become habituated to such disaffection. This
results in a cynical attitude and abhorrence towards one object or the other. It
destroys yoga practice.
Distress, though painful on the emotional level, maybe liked by someone.
Thus the person is drawn into distressful situations again and again to derive
the emotional satisfaction caused by linking the emotions to painful situations.
All this should be discovered by a yogin, so that he can wean himself from
distress and its causes.