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Verses, Translation and Commentary 153
Verse 8
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tadapi bahiraṅgaṁ nirbījasya
tadapi = that = api – even; bahiraṅga = bahir – external + aṅgaṁ – part;
nirbījasya – not motivated by the mento-emotional energy.
But even that initial mastership
of the three higher stages of yoga,
is external in reference to meditation,
which is not motivated by the mento-emotional energy.
Commentary:
Initially a student yogi works for yoga success on the basis of disgust with the
subtle and gross material energy. It is due to the impressions lodged in his
mental and emotional energies. Thus in a sense he cannot strive without being
motivated by those very same energies. As Śrī Patañjali told us, the purpose of
that energy is to give us experience in the world and also to do the converse
which is to motivate us to strive for liberation.
prakāśa kriyā sthiti śīlaṁ bhūtendriyātmakaṁ
bhogāpavargārthaṁ dṛśyam
What is perceived is of the nature of the mundane elements and the
sense organs and is formed in clear perception, action or stability. Its
purpose is to give experience or to allow liberation. (Yoga Sūtra
2:18)
While initially the student yogi practices samyama, complete restrain under
motivations which comes from the mental and emotional energies, later on, as
he advances, he progresses on the basis of forces, objects and persons he
encounters in the spiritual atmosphere. Such motivations are free from flaws.
These are termed seedless or lacking urges from this side of existence.
Verse 9
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vyutthāna nirodha saṁskārayoḥ
abhibhava prādurbhāvau nirodhakṣaṇa
cittānvayaḥ nirodhapariṇāmaḥ
vyutthāna – expression; nirodha – suppression; saṁskārayoḥ – of the
mento-emotional impressions; abhibhava – disappearance; prādurbhāvau
– and manifestation ; nirodha – restraint, cessation; kṣaṇa – momentarily;
citta – mento-emotional energy; ānvayaḥ – connection; nirodha –
restraint; pariṇāmaḥ – transforming effects.