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Yoga Sutra 4:34
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
PURUSARTHASUNYANAM GUNANAM PRATIPRASAVAH KAIVALYAM SVARUPA PRATISTHA VA CITISAKTER ITI.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
Thus, the supremestate of Independence manifests while the gunas reabsorb themselves into Prakriti, having no more purpose to serve the Purusha, Or, to look from another angle, the power of pure consciousness settles in its own pure nature.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
purusartha sunyanam gunanam pratiprasavah kaivalyam svarupapratistha va citisaktih iti
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Kaivala, liberation, comes when the yogi has fulfilled the purusarthas, the fourfold aims of life, and has transcended the gunas. Aims and gunas return to their source, and consciousness is established in its own natural purity.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
Since the gunas no longer have any purpose to serve for the Atman, they resolve themselves into Prakriti. This is liberation. The Atman shines forth in its own pristine nature, as pure consciousness.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
When the highest purpose of life is achieved the three basic qualities do not excite responses in the mind. That is freedom. In other words, the Perceiver is no longer colored by the mind.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
purusha artha sunyanam gunanam pratiprasavah kaivalyam svarupa pratistha va chiti shaktih iti
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
When those primary elements involve, or resolve themselves back into that out of which they emerged, there comes liberation, wherein the power of pure consciousness becomes established in its true nature.
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