Pada 2, Sutra 7 Sanskrit Verse Sukhaanushayee raagah Translation Attachment / Attraction is the clinging to pleasure / happiness. Interpretation Due to the wiring of our nervous system we are designed in part by Nature to be enticed by pleasure through our sensory realm. The difficulty lies in that we record those experience in our Mind as not only pleasurable and hence favorable but then make those very experiences as the goals of life itself due to the strong impressions t

Pada 2, Sutra 6 Sanskrit Verse Drg-darshana-shaktyor ekaatmatevaasmitaa Translation Egoism is the identification of the Seer with the act of seeing. Interpretation From the suffering of misidentification with the body-mind complex as the sole reality (Avidya, the origin of all of our afflictions) generates and evolves the next affliction, Asmita, , the sense of ‘I-am-ness’ or egoism. Egoism as defined in this Sutra by Rishi Patanjali as the identification of the Seer with

Pada 2, Sutra 5 Sanskrit Verse Anityaashuci-duhkhaanaatmasu nitya-shuci-sukhaatma-khyaatir avidyaa Translation Ignorance (of one’s True Nature) is (erroneously) perceiving the temporal as eternal, impurity as purity, pain as pleasure and the non-self for the Self. Interpretation Human Beings inherently suffer from a case of misidentification. The source of all of our afflictions which is Ignorance (Avidya) is due to a total identification with our body-mind complex and seeki

Pada 2, Sutra 4 Sanskrit Verse Avidyaa Ksetram uttaresaam prasupta-tanu-vicchinnodaaraanaam Translation Ignorance (of one’s True Nature) is the origin of all the other causes of affliction whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or aroused. Interpretation Ignorance of our True Nature as a Spirit Soul is the source and field of all of our suffering and is the biggest hindrance to Self-Realization. The greatest wealth is knowledge as knowledge is power. However Spiritual Know

Pada 2, Sutra 3 Sanskrit Verse Avidyaasmitaa-raaga-dvesaabhiniveshaah kleshaah Translation Ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion and clinging to life are the root causes of affliction. Interpretation What Rishi Patanjali lists here are the 5 afflictions that blocks one from becoming Self-realized. They are in fact listed in the order of impacting significance. Ignorance (avidya) is the root cause of all the other afflictions. By ignorance is meant unawareness in total o