Yoga Sutras
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avidyā kśetram-uttareṣāṃ prasupta-tanu-vicchinna-udārāṇām

अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम्

Illusion is the field for the others whether they are latent, attenuated, inconsistent or aroused


avidyā - illusion; spiritual ignorance; connate misidentification

kśetra - the field

uttara - other; later, following, subsequent, latter, concluding, posterior

prasupta - latent

tanū - attenuation

vicchinna - inconsistent

udāra - aroused


Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:

All these Kleśa are variable in their potency. They can be so weak, that they hardly matter. Sometime they take a feeble form, when they can be easily contained. If not they rise to dominance. When in domination, only one takes over. For example in the most evolved stage when Rāga is dominant, other Kleśa such as Dveṣa are not apparent.