Yoga Sutras
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
    • 4-1
    • 4-2
    • 4-3
    • 4-4
    • 4-5
    • 4-6
    • 4-7
    • 4-8
    • 4-9
    • 4-10
    • 4-11
    • 4-12
    • 4-13
    • 4-14
    • 4-15
    • 4-16
    • 4-17
    • 4-18
    • 4-19
    • 4-20
    • 4-21
    • 4-22
    • 4-23
    • 4-24
    • 4-25
    • 4-26
    • 4-27
    • 4-28
    • 4-29
    • 4-30
    • 4-31
    • 4-32
    • 4-33
    • 4-34

< 4-18  >

sadā jñātāḥ citta-vṛttayaḥ tat-prabhoḥ puruṣasya-apariṇāmitvāt

सदाज्ञाताः चित्तव्र्त्तयः तत्प्रभोः पुरुषस्यापरिणामित्वात्

The fluctuations of the psyche always known due to the non-transformation of the master, that animating principle


sadā - always

jñāta - known

citta - psyche (the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious); mind; heart

vṛtti - fluctuation; modification; turning; set in motion, course of action, behaviour, movement; activity, function; profession

tat - that, this

prabhu - master, mighty, powerful

puruṣa - animating principle, self, consciousness, spirit; a person, man, a human being; people

apariṇāmitvā - non-transformative


Commentary by Paul Harvey:

“The witness cannot be witnessed.”

“‘Who’ is it that identifies that we misidentify?”