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Yoga Sutra 3:49
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
TATO MANOJAVITVAM VIKARANABHAVAH PRADHANA JAYAS CA.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
From that, the body gains the power to move as fast as the mind, ability to function without the aid of the sense organs, and complete mastery over the primary cause (Prakriti).
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
tatah manojavitvam vikaranabhavah pradhanajaya ca
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
By mastery over the senses of perception, the yogi's speed of body, senses and mind matches that of the soul, independent of the primary causes of nature. Unaided by consciousness, he subdues the first principle of nature (mahat).
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
Hence the body gains the power of movement as rapid as that of the mind, the power of using the sense-organs outside the confines of the body, and the mastery of Prakriti.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
When there is clear understanding of the difference between the Perceiver and the mind, all the various states of mind and what affects them become known. Then, the mind becomes a perfect instrument for the flawless perception of everything that need be known.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
tatah mano-javitvam virarana-bhavah pradhaua jayah
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
By that mastery over the senses and acts (indriyas), there comes quickness of mind, perception with the physical instruments of perception, and mastery over the primal cause out of which manifestation arises.
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