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Yoga Sutra 4:7
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
KARMASUKLAKRSNAM YOGINAS TRIVIDHAM ITARESAM.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
The actions of the Yogi are neither white [good] nor black [bad]; but the actions of others are of three kinds: good, bad and mixed.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
karma asukla akrsnam yoginah trividham itaresam
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
A yogi's actions are neither white nor black. The actions of others are of three kinds, white, black or grey.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
The karma of the yogi is neither white nor black. The karma of others is of three kinds: white, black, or mixed.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
And they act without any motivation while others who also have exceptional capabilities act with some motivation or other.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
karma ashukla akrisnam yoginah trividham itaresam
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
The actions of yogis are neither white nor black, while they are threefold for others.
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