Pada 3, Sutra 50 Sanskrit Verse Tad-vairaagyaad api dosa-beeja-ksaye kaivalyam Translation By non-attachment to these powers (sovereignty), the disappearance of defects, arises Liberation. Interpretation Attachment in life is both gross and subtle and the most difficult attachments to overcome are the ones that present themselves in subtle form, i.e. the ones that are perceived by the subtle senses meaning here psychic powers and phenomena. With attachment to a sense of powe

Pada 3, Sutra 49 Sanskrit Verse Sattva-purusaanyataa-khyaati-maatrasya sarva-bhaavaadhistaatrtvam sarva-jnaatrtvam ca Translation By constraint on the separateness between the Sattva Guna and the Self, one gains omnipotence and omniscience. Interpretation Sattva is the balancing and virtuous aspect of the material modes of Nature (Gunas) which leads to goodness and truth. By separating and discriminating between Sattva Guna and the Witness Consciousness (the Purusha, the Sel

Pada 3, Sutra 48 Sanskrit Verse Tato mano-javitvam vikarana-bhaavah pradhaana-jayash ca Translation From this comes swiftness of the mind, transcendence of the sense organs, and mastery over the primary cause and matrix of Nature. Interpretation By mastery of the sense organs, with it comes their transcendence allowing the mind to become more agile in its abilities to access various states of conscious awareness bringing about mastery over matter itself which in itself is a

Pada 3, Sutra 47 Sanskrit Verse Grahana-svaroopaasmitaanvayaarthavattva-sanyamaad indriya-jayah Translation By constraint on sense-perception, their essential nature, ego-sense, their interconnectedness and purposefulness, mastery of the sense organs is attained. Interpretation This exercise is along the same line as constraint on the Elements in which mastery is obtained. Here one gains mastery of the senses not by temporarily withdrawing them such as Pratyahara or sense wit