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yoga-aṅga-anuṣṭhānāt aśuddhi-kṣaye jñāna-dīptiḥ āviveka-khyāteḥ

योगाङ्गानुष्ठानादशुद्धिक्षये ज्ञानदीप्तिराविवेकख्यातेः

From performance of the limbs of Yoga the impurities diminish and knowing illuminates up to recognition of discrimination

yoga - the act of yoking

aṅga - limb

anuṣṭhāna - doing; performance; practice; execution; to live with and put the teachings into practice

aśuddhi - impurity

kṣaya - diminish, wasting or wearing away

jñāna - knowing; knowledge; higher knowledge

dīpti - illuminates

viveka - discrimination, discernment; the faculty of distinguishing and classifying things according to their real properties; the power of separating the invisible Spirit from the visible world (or spirit from matter); truth from untruth

khyāti - recognition; perception, knowledge

Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:

“In order to discipline the mind, we need to develop a mental practice that clearly reveals the distinction between the nature of spirit and matter.”

Commentary by TKV Desikachar:

“Aṅgānuṣṭhānāt – Commitment Irrespective of failures and testing times you will not leave it.”

“For Anuṣṭhānāt to become and remain important there needs to be Śraddhā.”