Yoga Sutras
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tat-vairāgyāt-api doṣa-bīja-kṣaye kaivalyam

That dispassion also diminish seed defect, abstraction


tat - that, this

vairāgya - dispassion

api - even, also, very; something more; moreover

doṣa - affection, defect, fault, biological humours

bīja - seed

kṣaya - diminish, wasting or wearing away

kaivalya - independence, freedom, solitude, separateness, abstraction, not connected with anything else; uncompounded, unmingled