Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translated by Yogi Kalinath - Chapter 4, Verse 19
Pada 4, Sutra 19 Sanskrit Verse Na tat svaabhaasam drshyatvaat Translation The mind is not self-luminous for it is perceptible. Interpretation Anything that can be perceived either externally or internally can be classified as an object of awareness. It implies that the light of awareness can be projected onto it to illuminate it and is therefore not self-luminous. As the mind and its fluctuations can become an object of awareness, it means that the Seer that eternally witn