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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 4:19
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
NA TAT SVABHASAM DRSYATVAT.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
The mind-stuff is not self-luminous because it is an object of perception by the Purusha.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
na tat svabhasam drsyatvat
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Consciousness cannot illumine itself as it is a knowable object.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
The mind is not self-luminous, since it is an object of perception.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
In addition, the mind is a part of what is perceived and has no power of its own to perceive.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
na tat svabhasam drishyatvat
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
That mind is not self-illuminating, as it is the object of knowledge and perception by the pure consciousness.
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