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158 YOGA SŪTRAS
operative. Then he sees everything in the chit akash, the sky of consciousness.
He does not need to imagine any supersubtle or divine objects.
Verse 13
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etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharma lakṣaṇa avasthā
pariṇāmāḥ vyākhyātāḥ
etena – by this; bhūta – the various states of matter; indriyeṣu – by the
sensual energy; dharma – quality; lakṣaṇa – shape, characteristic; avasthā
– condition; pariṇāmāḥ – changes, transformation; vyākhyātāḥ – is
described.
By this description of the changes, quality and shape,
the changing conditions of the various states of matter,
as well as of the sensual energy, was described.
Commentary:
The whole subtle and gross material energy is effectively dealt with in this yoga
practice, in the efforts of the yogi to get his psychology under control. The
whole controlling effort has to do with developing a complete disinterest in
the gross and subtle material energy, which is called bhutendriya in this verse.
Our response to the mundane energy is our downfall. When we learn how to
control that response and how to eventually cease responding altogether, we
will get the control which we so desperately seek.
Verse14
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śānta udita avyapadeśya dharma anupātī dharmī
śānta – collapsed; udita - emergent; avyapadeśya – what is not to be
defined, what is latent; dharma – law, sustaining force; anupātī – reach
full retrogression; dharmī – most basic condition.
When the collapsed, emergent and latent forces
reach full retrogression, that is the most basic condition.
Commentary:
Most commentators attribute dharmi as the prakṛti energy, or the most subtle
form of material nature. This is correct. However, in the case of the yogi, his
research into it has to do with finding a technique for abandoning it once and
for all, for complete detachment and independence from it. Thus the
assessment of it occurs within his psyche within the mento-emotional energy.
Once he gets down to its most basic condition, or to the ultimate substratum
of material nature, he can take a good look at it with supernatural vision and
make his decisions for not responding to it anymore. Once he sees the course
of its progression into manifestation, and retrogression out of manifestation, he