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All translations and transliterations for
Yoga Sutra 4:5
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
PRAVRTTI BHEDE PRAYOJAKAM CITTAM EKAM ANEKESAM.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
Although the functions in the many created minds may differ, the original mind-stuff of the Yogi is the director of them all.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
pravrtti bhede prayojakam cittam ekam anekesam
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
Consciousness is one, but it branches into many different types of activities and innumerable thought-waves.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
Though the activities of the different created minds are various, the one original mind controls them all.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
This influence also depends on the state of the recipient.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
pravritti bhede prayojakam chittam ekam anekesam
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
While the activities of the emergent mind fields may be diverse, the one mind is the director of the many.
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