पातञ्जल योगसूत्र (स्वामी विवेकानन्द भाष्य एवं सूत्र व्याख्या)

Patanjali Yoga Sutras chiterapratisankramayastadakarapattau svabuddhisanvedanam The essence of knowledge (the PuruSa) being un-changeable, when the mind takes its form, it becomes conscious. Patanjali says this to make it more clear that knowledge is not a quality of the PuruSa. When the mind comes near the PuruSa it is reflected, as it were, upon the mind, and the mind, for the time being, becomes knowing and seems as if it were itself the PuruSa. 22. द्रष्टृदृश्योपरक्तं चित्तं सर्वार्थम् ॥ २२ ॥ drashtridrishyoparaktan chittan sarvartham Coloured by the seer and the seen the mind is able to understand everything. On the one side the external world, the seen, is being reflected, and on the other, the seer is being reflected; thus comes the power of all knowledge to the mind. 23. तदसंख्येयवासनाचित्रम् अपि परार्थं संहत्यकारित्वात् ॥ २३ ॥ tadasankhyeyavasanachitram api pararthan sanhatyakaritvat The mind through its innumerable desires acts for another (the PuruSa), being combinations. The mind is a compound of various things, and therefore it cannot work for itself. Everything that is a combination in this 137