Yoga s

Verses, Translation and Commentary 195
Commentary:
Separate prejudices lie dormant in the mento-emotional energy of each living
entity. When viewing the same object which has the same composition,
persons react differently. These prejudices are sponsored in material nature by
time which, with the power of the past, regulates the present and future.
Verse 16
n cEkicÄtÙ< vStu tdàma[k< tda ik< Syat!
na ca ekacitta tantraṁ ced vastu
tat apramāṇakaṁ tadā kiṁ syāt
na – not, nor; ca – and; eka – one; citta – mento-emotional perception;
tantraṁ – dependent; ced = cet – if, otherwise; vastu – object; tat – that;
apramāṇakaṁ – not being observed; tadā – then; kiṁ – what; syāt –would
occur.
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?
Commentary:
Śrī Patañjali refutes the idea that the world is dependent on a limited mind or
on a group of such minds. Otherwise if that or those limited minders were to
lose perception of an object, the item would no longer exist.
Verse 17
tÊpragapei]Tvai½ÄSy vStu }ata}atm!
taduparāga apekṣitvāt cittasya vastu jñāta
ajñātam
tad = tat – that; uparāga – color, mood; apekṣitvāt – from the expectation;
cittasya – of the mento-emotional energy; vastu – object; jñāta – known;
ajñātam – unknown.
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.
Commentary:
The application or non-application of consciousness is what brings objects into
purview.