Yogasūtra with Bhāṣya (with commentary) · Chapter 4

yadā nirdhūtarajastamomalaṃ buddhisattvaṃ puruṣasyānyatāpratītimātrādhikāraṃ dagdhakleśabījaṃ bhavati tadā puruṣasya śuddhisārūpyam ivāpannaṃ bhavati, tadā puruṣasyopacaritabhogābhāvaḥ śuddhiḥ. etasyām avasthāyāṃ kaivalyaṃ bhavatīśvarasyānīśvarasya vā vivekajajñānabhāgina itarasya vā. na hi dagdhakleśabījasya jñāne punar apekṣā kācid asti sattvaśuddhidvāreṇaitat samādhijam aiśvaryaṃ jñānaṃ copakrāntam. paramārthatas tu jñānād adarśanaṃ nivartate tasmin nivṛtte na santy uttare kleśāḥ. kleśābhāvāt karmavipākābhāvaḥ caritādhikārāś caitasyām avasthāyāṃ guṇā na puruṣasya punar dṛśyatvenopatiṣṭhante. tatpuruṣasya kaivalyaṃ, tadā puruṣaḥ svarūpamātrajyotir amalaḥ kevalī bhavati. 3.55
iti śrīpātañjale sāṃkhyapravacane yogaśāstre vyāsabhāṣye vibhūtipādas tṛtīyaḥ 3.
janmauṣadhimantratapaḥsamādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ

dehāntaritā janmanā siddhiḥ oṣadhibhir asurabhavaneṣu rasāyanenety evamādiḥ. mantrair ākāśagamanāṇimādilābhaḥ. tapasā saṃkalpasiddhiḥ, kāmarūpī yatra tatra kāmaga ity evamādi samādhijāḥ siddhayo vyākhyātāḥ. 4.1
tatra kāyendriyāṇām anyajātīyapariṇatānām ---
jātyantarapariṇāmaḥ prakṛtyāpūrāt

pūrvapariṇāmāpāya uttarapariṇāmopajanas teṣām apūrvāvayavānupraveśād bhavati. kāyendriyaprakṛtayaś ca svaṃ svaṃ vikāram anugṛhṇanty āpūreṇa dharmādinimittam apekṣamāṇā iti. 4.2
nimittam aprayojakaṃ prakṛtīnāṃ varaṇabhedas tu tataḥ kṣetrikavat

na hi dharmādi nimittaṃ tatprayojakaṃ prakṛtīnāṃ bhavati na kāryeṇa kāraṇaṃ pravartyata iti kathaṃ tarhi, varaṇabhedas tu tataḥ kṣetrikavat. yathā kṣetrikaḥ kedārād apāṃ pūrṇāt kedārāntaraṃ piplāvayiṣuḥ samaṃ nimnaṃ nimnataraṃ vā nāpaḥ pāṇināpakarṣaty āvaraṇaṃ tv āsāṃ bhinatti tasmin bhinne svayam evāpaḥ kedārāntaram āplāvayanti tathā dharmaḥ prakṛtīnām āvaraṇadharmaṃ bhinatti tasmin bhinne svayam eva prakṛtayaḥ svaṃ svaṃ vikāram āplāvayanti. yathā vā sa eva kṣetrikas tasminn eva kedāre na prabhavaty audakān bhaumān vā rasān dhānyamūlāny anupraveśayituṃ, kiṃ tarhi mudgagavedhukaśyāmākādīṃs tato 'pakarṣati. apakṛṣṭeṣu teṣu svayam eva rasā dhānyamūlāny anupraviśanti, tathā dharmo nivṛttimātre kāraṇam adharmasya, śuddhyaśuddhyor atyantavirodhāt, na tu prakṛtipravṛttau dharmo hetur bhavatīti. atra nandīśvarādaya udāhāryāḥ viparyayeṇāpy adharmo dharmaṃ bādhate. tataś cāśuddhipariṇāma iti. tatrāpi nahuṣājagarādaya udāhāryāḥ. 4.3
yadā tu yogī bahūn kāyān nirmimīte tadā kim ekamanaskās te bhavanty athānekamanaskā iti ---
nirmāṇacittāny asmitāmātrāt

asmitāmātraṃ cittakāraṇam upādāya nirmāṇacittāni karoti, tataḥ sacittāni bhavantīti. 4.4
pravṛttibhede prayojakaṃ cittam ekam anekeṣām

bahūnāṃ cittānāṃ katham ekacittābhiprāyapuraḥsarā pravṛttir iti sarvacittānāṃ prayojakaṃ cittam ekaṇ nirmimīte, tataḥ pravṛttibhedaḥ. 4.5
tatra dhyānajam anāśayam

pañcavidhaṃ nirmāṇacittaṃ janmauṣadhimantratapaḥsamādhijāḥ siddhaya iti. tatra yad eva dhyānajaṃ cittaṃ tad evānāśayaṃ tasyaiva nāsty āśayo rāgādipravṛttir nātaḥ puṇyapāpābhisaṃbandhaḥ kṣīṇakleśatvād yogina iti itareṣāṃ tu vidyate karmāśayaḥ. 4.6
yataḥ ---
karmāśuklākṛṣṇaṃ yoginas trividham itareṣām

catuṣpadī khalv iyaṃ karmajātiḥ kṛṣṇā śuklakṛṣṇā śuklāśuklākṛṣṇā ceti. tatra kṛṣṇā durātmanām, śuklakṛṣṇā bahiḥsādhanasādhyā. tatra parapīḍānugrahadvāreṇaiva karmāśayapracayaḥ śuklā tapaḥsvādhyāyadhyānavatām. sā hi kevale manasy āyattatvād abahiḥsādhanādhīnā na parān pīḍayitvā bhavati. aśuklākṛṣṇā saṃnyāsināṃ kṣīṇakleśānāṃ caramadehānām iti tatrāśuklaṃ yogina eva phalasaṃnyāsād akṛṣṇaṃ cānupādānāt itareṣāṃ tu bhūtānāṃ pūrvam eva trividham iti. 4.7
tatas tadvipākānuguṇānām evābhivyaktir vāsanānām

tata iti trividhāt karmaṇaḥ, tadvipākānuguṇānām eveti yajjātīyasya karmaṇo yo vipākas tasyānuguṇā yā vāsanāḥ karmavipākam anuśerate tāsām evābhivyaktiḥ. na hi daivaṃ karma vipacyamānaṃ nārakatiryaṅmanuṣyavāsanābhivyaktinimittaṃ saṃbhavati kiṃtu daivānuguṇā evāsya vāsanā vyajyante nārakatiryaṅmanuṣyeṣu caivaṃ samānaś carcaḥ. 4.8
jātideśakālavyavahitānām apy ānantaryaṃ smṛtisaṃskārayor ekarūpatvāt

vṛṣadaṃśavipākodayaḥ svavyañjakāñjanābhivyaktaḥ. sa yadi jātiśatena vā dūradeśatayā vā kalpaśatena vā vyavahitaḥ punaś ca svavyañjakāñjana evodiyād drāg ity evaṃ pūrvānubhūtavṛṣadaṃśavipākābhisaṃskṛtā vāsanā upādāya vyajyeta. kasmāt, yato vyavahitānām apy āsāṃ sadṛśaṃ karmābhivyajñakaṃ nimittībhūtam ity ānantaryam eva. kutaś ca, smṛtisaṃskārayor ekarūpatvāt yathānubhavās tathā saṃskārāḥ. te ca karmavāsanānurūpāḥ yathā ca vāsanās tathā smṛtir iti jātideśakālavyavahitebhyaḥ saṃskārebhyaḥ smṛtiḥ. smṛteś ca punaḥ saṃskārā ityevam ete smṛtisaṃskārāḥ karmāśayavṛttilābhavaśād vyajyante ataś ca vyavahitānām api nimittanaimittikabhāvānucchedād ānantaryam eva siddham iti. 4.9
tāsām anāditvaṃ cāśiṣo nityatvāt

tāsāṃ vāsanānām āśiṣo nityatvād anāditvam. yeyam ātmāśīr mā na bhūvaṃ bhūyāsam iti.sarvasya dṛśyate sā na svābhāvikī. kasmāt jātamātrasya jantor ananubhūtamaraṇadharmakasya dveṣaduḥkhānusmṛtinimitto maraṇatrāsaḥ kathaṃ bhavet na ca svābhāvikaṃ vastu nimittam upādatte. tasmād anādivāsanānuviddham idaṃ cittaṃ nimittavaśāt kāścid eva vāsanāḥ pratilabhya puruṣasya bhogāyopāvartata iti.
ghaṭaprāsādapradīpakalpaṃ saṃkocavikāsi cittaṃ śarīraparimāṇākāramātram ity apare pratipannāḥ tathā cāntarābhāvaḥ saṃsāraś ca yukta iti.
vṛttir evāsya vibhunaś cittasya saṃkocavikāsinīty ācāryaḥ. tac ca dharmādinimittāpekṣam. nimittaṃ ca dvividham --- bāhyam ādhyātmikaṃ ca. śarīrādisādhanāpekṣaṃ bāhyaṃ stutidānābhivādanādi, cittamātrādhīnaṃ śraddhādy adhyātmikam. tathā coktam --- ye caite maitryādayo dhyāyināṃ vihārās te bāhyasādhananiranugrahātmānaḥ prakṛṣṭaṃ dharmam abhinirvartayanti. tayor mānasaṃ balīyaḥ. kathaṃ, jñānavairāgye kenātiśayyete, daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ ca cittabalavyatirekeṇa śārīreṇa karmaṇā śūnyaṃ kaḥ kartum utsaheta samudram agastyavad vā pibet. 4.10
hetuphalāśrayālambanaiḥ saṃgṛhītatvād eṣām abhāve tadabhāvaḥ

hetur dharmāt sukham adharmād duḥkhaṃ sukhād rāgo duḥkhād dveṣas tataś ca prayatnas tena manasā vācā kāyena vā parispandamānaḥ param anugṛhṇāty upahanti vā tataḥ punar dharmādharmau sukhaduḥkhe rāgadveṣāv iti pravṛttam idaṃ ṣaḍaraṃ saṃsāracakram. asya ca pratikṣaṇam āvartamānasyāvidyā netrī mūlaṃ sarvakleśānām ity eṣa hetuḥ. phalaṃ tu yam āśritya yasya pratyutpannatā dharmādeḥ, na hy apūrvopajanaḥ. manas tu sādhikāram āśrayo vāsanānām. na hy avasitādhikāre manasi nirāśrayā vāsanāḥ sthātum utsahante. yad abhimukhībhūtaṃ vastu yāṃ vāsanāṃ vyanakti tasyās tadālambanam. evaṃ hetuphalāśrayālambanair etaiḥ saṃgṛhītāḥ sarvā vāsanāḥ eṣām abhāve tatsaṃśrayāṇām api vāsanānām abhāvaḥ. 4.11
nāsty asataḥ saṃbhavaḥ, na cāsti sato vināśa iti dravyatvena saṃbhavantyaḥ kathaṃ nivartiṣyante vāsanā iti ---
atītānāgataṃ svarūpato 'sty adhvabhedād dharmāṇām

bhaviṣyadvyaktikam anāgatam anubhūtavyaktikam atītaṃ svavyāpāropārūḍhaṃ vartamānaṃ, trayaṃ caitad vastu jñānasya jñeyam. yadi caitat svarūpato nābhaviṣyan nedaṃ nirviṣayaṃ jñānam udapatsyata. tasmād atītānāgataṃ svarūpato 'stīti. kiṃca bhogabhāgīyasya vāpavargabhāgīyasya vā karmaṇaḥ phalam utpitsu yadi nirupākhyam iti taduddeśena tena nimittena kuśalānuṣṭhānaṃ na yujyeta. sataś ca phalasya nimittaṃ vartamānīkaraṇe samarthaṃ nāpūrvopajanane siddhaṃ nimittaṃ naimittikasya viśeṣānugrahaṇaṃ kurute nāpūrvam utpādayatīti.
dharmī cānekadharmasvabhāvas tasya cādhvabhedena dharmāḥ pratyavasthitāḥ na ca yathā vartamānaṃ vyaktiviśeṣāpannaṃ dravyato 'sty evam atītam anāgataṃ ca. kathaṃ tarhi, svenaiva vyaṅgyena svarūpeṇānāgatam asti. svena cānubhūtavyaktikena svarūpeṇātītam iti vartamānasyaivādhvanaḥ svarūpavyaktir iti na sā bhavaty atītānāgatayor adhvanoḥ. ekasya cādhvanaḥ samaye dvāv adhvanau dharmisamanvāgatau bhavata eveti nābhūtvā bhāvas trayāṇām adhvanām iti. 4.12
te vyaktasūkṣmā guṇātmānaḥ

te khalv amī tryadhvano dharmā vartamānā vyaktātmāno 'tītānāgatāḥ sūkṣmātmānaḥ ṣaḍaviśeṣarūpāḥ. sarvam idaṃ guṇānāṃ saṃniveśaviśeṣamātram iti paramārthato guṇātmānaḥ. tathā ca śāstrānuśāsanam ---
"guṇānāṃ paramaṃ rūpaṃ na dṛṣṭipatham ṛcchati /
yat tu dṛṣṭipathaṃ prāptaṃ tan māyeva sutucchakam //" iti. 4.13
yadā tu sarve guṇāḥ katham ekaḥ śabda ekam indriyam iti ---
pariṇāmaikatvād vastutattvam

prakhyākriyāsthitiśīlānāṃ guṇānāṃ grahaṇātmakānāṃ karaṇabhāvenaikaḥ pariṇāmaḥ śrotram indriyaṃ, grāhyātmakānāṃ śabdatanmātrabhāvenaikaḥ pariṇāmaḥ śabdo viṣaya iti, śabdādīnāṃ mūrtisamānajātīyānām ekaḥ pariṇāmaḥ pṛthivīparamāṇus tanmātrāvayavas teṣāṃ caikaḥ pariṇāmaḥ pṛthivī gaur vṛkṣaḥ parvata ityevamādir bhūtāntareṣv api snehauṣṇyapraṇāmitvāvakāśadānāny upādāya sāmānyam ekavikārārambhaḥ samādheyaḥ.
nāsty artho vijñānavisahacaraḥ, asti tu jñānam arthavisahacaraṃ svapnādau kalpitam ity anayā diśā ye vastusvarūpam apahnuvate jñānaparikalpanāmātraṃ vastu svapnaviṣayopamaṃ na paramārthato 'stīti ya āhus te tatheti pratyupasthitam idaṃ svamāhātmyena vastu katham apramāṇātmakena vikalpajñānabalena vastusvarūpam utsṛjya tad evāpalapantaḥ śraddheyavacanāḥ syuḥ. 4.14
kutaś caitad anyāyyam ---
vastusāmye cittabhedāt tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ

bahucittālambanībhūtam ekaṃ vastu sādhāraṇaṃ, tat khalu naikacittaparikalpitaṃ nāpy anekacittaparikalpitaṃ kiṃtu svapratiṣṭham. kathaṃ, vastusāmye cittabhedāt dharmāpekṣaṃ cittasya vastusāmye 'pi sukhajñānaṃ bhavaty adharmāpekṣaṃ tata eva duḥkhajñānam avidyāpekṣaṃ tata eva mūḍhajñānaṃ samyagdarśanāpekṣaṃ tata eva mādhyasthyajñānam iti. kasya tac cittena parikalpitam. na cānyacittaparikalpitenārthenānyasya cittoparāgo yuktaḥ. tasmād vastujñānayor grāhyagrahaṇabhedabhinnayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ. nānayoḥ saṃkaragandho 'py astīti.
sāṃkhyapakṣe punar vastu triguṇaṃ calaṃ ca guṇavṛttam iti dharmādinimittāpekṣaṃ cittair abhisaṃbadhyate. nimittānurūpasya ca pratyayasyotpadyamānasya tena tenātmanā hetur bhavati. kecid āhuḥ. jñānasahabhūr evārtho bhogyatvāt sukhādivad iti ta etayā dvārā sādhāraṇatvaṃ bādhamānāḥ pūrvottarakṣaṇeṣu vasturūpam evāpahnuvate. 4.15
na caikacittatantraṃ vastu tadapramāṇakaṃ tadā kiṃ syāt

ekacittatantraṃ ced vastu syāt tadā citte vyagre niruddhe vāsvarūpam eva tenāparāmṛṣṭam anyasyāviṣayībhūtam apramāṇakam agṛhītasvabhāvakaṃ kenacit tadānīṃ kiṃ tat syāt. saṃbadhyamānaṃ ca punaś cittena kuta utpadyeta ye cāsyānupasthitā bhāgās te cāsya na syur evaṃ nāsti pṛṣṭham ity udaram api na gṛhyeta. tasmāt svatantro 'rthaḥ sarvapuruṣasādhāraṇaḥ svatantrāṇi ca cittāni pratipuruṣaṃ pravartante tayoḥ saṃbandhād upalabdhiḥ puruṣasya bhoga iti. 4.16
taduparāgāpekṣitvāc cittasya vastu jñātājñātam

ayaskāntamaṇikalpā viṣayā ayaḥsadharmakaṃ cittam abhisaṃbandhyoparañjayanti. yena ca viṣayeṇoparaktaṃ cittaṃ sa viṣayo jñātas tato 'nyaḥ punar ajñātaḥ vastuno jñātājñātasvarūpatvāt pariṇāmi cittam. 4.17
yasya tu tad eva cittaṃ viṣayas tasya ---
sadā jñātāś cittavṛttayas tatprabhoḥ puruṣasyāpariṇāmitvāt

yadi cittavat prabhur api puruṣaḥ pariṇamet tatas tadviṣayāś cittavṛttayaḥ śabdādiviṣayavaj jñātājñātāḥ syuḥ sadājñātatvaṃ tu manasas tatprabhoḥ puruṣasyāpariṇāmitvam anumāpayati. 4.18
syād āśaṅkā cittam eva svābhāsaṃ viṣayābhāsaṃ ca bhaviṣyatīty agnivat ---
na tat svābhāsaṃ dṛśyatvāt

yathetarāṇīndriyāṇi śabdādayaś ca dṛśyatvān na svābhāsāni tathā mano 'pi pratyetavyam. na cāgnir atra dṛṣṭāntaḥ na hy agnir ātmasvarūpam aprakāśaṃ prakāśayati prakāśaś cāyaṃ prakāśyaprakāśakasaṃyoge dṛṣṭaḥ. na ca svarūpamātre 'sti saṃyogaḥ kiṃca svābhāsaṃ cittam ity agrāhyam eva kasyacid iti śabdārthaḥ. tadyathā svātmapratiṣṭham ākāśaṃ na parapratiṣṭham ity arthaḥ svabuddhipracārapratisaṃvedanāt sattvānāṃ pravṛttir dṛśyate --- kruddho 'haṃ bhīto 'ham amutra me rāgo 'mutra me krodha iti etat svabuddher agrahaṇe na yuktam iti. 4.19
ekasamaye cobhayānavadhāraṇam

na caikasmin kṣaṇe svapararūpāvadhāraṇaṃ yuktaṃ, kṣaṇikavādino yad bhavanaṃ saiva kriyā tad eva ca kārakam ity abhyupagamaḥ. 4.20
syān matiḥ svarasaniruddhaṃ cittaṃ cittāntareṇa samanantareṇa gṛhyata iti ---
cittāntaradṛśye buddhibuddher atiprasaṅgaḥ smṛtisaṃkaraś ca

atha cittaṃ cec cittāntareṇa gṛhyeta buddhibuddhiḥ kena gṛhyate, sāpy anyayā sāpy anyayety atiprasaṅgaḥ. smṛtisaṃkaraś ca, yāvanto buddhibuddhīnām anubhavās tāvatyaḥ smṛtayaḥ prāpnuvanti. tatsaṃkarāc caikasmṛtyanavadhāraṇaṃ ca syād ity evaṃ buddhipratisaṃvedinaṃ puruṣam apalapadbhir vaināśikaiḥ sarvam evākulīkṛtam. te tu bhoktṛsvarūpaṃ yatra kvacana kalpayanto na nyāyena saṃgacchante kecit tu sattvamātram api parikalpyāsti sa sattvo ya etān pañca skandhān nikṣipyānyāṃś ca pratisaṃdadhātīty uktvā tata eva punas trasyanti. tathā skandhānāṃ mahannirvedāya virāgāyānutpādāya praśāntaye guror antike brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāmīty uktvā sattvasya punaḥ sattvam evāpahnuvate. sāṃkhyayogādayas tu pravādāḥ svaśabdena puruṣam eva svāminaṃ cittasya bhoktāram upayantīti. 4.21
katham ---
citer apratisaṃkramāyās tadākārāpattau svabuddhisaṃvedanam

apariṇāminī hi bhoktṛśaktir apratisaṃkramā ca pariṇāminy arthe pratisaṃkrānteva tadvṛttim anupatati. tasyāś ca prāptacaitanyopagrahasvarūpāyā buddhivṛtter anukārimātratayā buddhivṛttyaviśiṣṭā hi jñānavṛttir ākhyāyate. tathā coktam.
"na pātālaṃ na ca vivaraṃ girīṇāṃ naivāndhakāraṃ kukṣayo nodadhīnām /
guhā yasyāṃ nihitaṃ brahma śāśvataṃ buddhivṛttim aviśiṣṭāṃ kavayo vedayante" iti. 4.22
ataś caitad abhyupagamyate ---
draṣṭṛdṛśyoparaktaṃ cittaṃ sarvārtham

mano hi mantavyenārthenoparaktaṃ, tat svayaṃ ca viṣayatvād viṣayiṇā puruṣeṇātmīyayā vṛttyābhisaṃbaddhaṃ, tad etac cittam eva draṣṭṛdṛśyoparaktaṃ viṣayaviṣayinirbhāsaṃ cetanācetanasvarūpāpannaṃ viṣayātmakam apy aviṣayātmakam ivācetanaṃ cetanam iva sphaṭikamaṇikalpaṃ sarvārtham ity ucyate.
tad anena cittasārūpyeṇa bhrāntāḥ kecit tad eva cetanam ity āhuḥ apare cittamātram evedaṃ sarvaṃ nāsti khalv ayaṃ gavādir ghaṭādiś ca sakāraṇo loka iti. anukampanīyās te. kasmāt, asti hi teṣāṃ bhrāntibījaṃ sarvarūpākāranirbhāsaṃ cittam iti. samādhiprajñāyāṃ prajñeyo 'rthaḥ pratibimbībhūtas tasyālambanībhūtatvād anyaḥ. sa ced arthaś cittamātraṃ syāt kathaṃ prajñayaiva prajñārūpam avadhāryeta. tasmāt pratibimbībhūto 'rthaḥ prajñāyāṃ yenāvadhāryate sa puruṣa iti. evaṃ grahītṛgrahaṇagrāhyasvarūpacittabhedāt trayam apy etaj jātitaḥ pravibhajante te samyagdarśinas tair adhigataḥ puruṣaḥ. 4.23
kutaś ca ---
tad asaṃkhyeyavāsanābhiś citram api parārthaṃ saṃhatyakāritvāt

tad etac cittam asaṃkhyeyābhir vāsanābhir eva citrīkṛtam api parārthaṃ parasya bhogāpavargārthaṃ na svārthaṃ saṃhatyakāritvād gṛhavat. saṃhatyakāriṇā cittena na svārthena bhavitavyaṃ, na sukhacittaṃ sukhārthaṃ na jñānaṃ jñānārtham ubhayam apy etat parārtham. yaś ca bhogenāpavargeṇa cārthenārthavān puruṣaḥ sa eva paro na paraḥ sāmānyamātram. yat tu kiṃcit paraṃ sāmānyamātraṃ svarūpeṇodāhared vaināśikas tat sarvaṃ saṃhatyakāritvāt parārtham eva syāt. yas tv asau paro viśeṣaḥ sa na saṃhatyakārī puruṣa iti. 4.24
viśeṣadarśina ātmabhāvabhāvanānivṛttiḥ

yathā prāvṛṣi tṛṇāṅkurasyodbhedena tadbījasattānumīyate tathā mokṣamārgaśravaṇena yasya romaharṣāśrupātau dṛśyete tatrāpy asti viśeṣadarśanabījam apavargabhāgīyaṃ karmābhinirvartitam ity anumīyate. tasyātmabhāvabhāvanā svābhāvikī pravartate yasyābhāvād idam uktaṃ svabhāvaṃ muktvā doṣādyeṣāṃ pūrvapakṣe rucir bhavaty aruciś ca nirṇaye bhavati tatrātmabhāvabhāvanā ko 'ham āsaṃ katham aham āsaṃ kiṃsvid idaṃ kathaṃsvid idaṃ ke bhaviṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ vā bhaviṣyāma iti. sā tu viśeṣadarśino nivartate kutaḥ cittasyaivaiṣa vicitraḥ pariṇāmaḥ, puruṣas tv asatyām avidyāyāṃ śuddhaś cittadharmair aparāmṛṣṭa iti. tato 'syātmabhāvabhāvanā kuśalasya nivartata iti. 4.25
tadā vivekanimnaṃ kaivalyaprāgbhāraṃ cittam

tadānīṃ yad asya cittaṃ viṣayaprāgbhāram ajñānanimnam āsīt tad asyānyathā bhavati kaivalyaprāgbhāraṃ vivekajajñānanimnam iti. 4.26
tacchidreṣu pratyayāntarāṇi saṃskārebhyaḥ

pratyayavivekanimnasya sattvapuruṣānyatākhyātimātrapravāhiṇaś cittasya tacchidreṣu pratyayāntarāṇy asmīti vā mameti vā jānāmīti vā na jānāmīti vā. kutaḥ, kṣīyamāṇabījebhyaḥ pūrvasaṃskārebhya iti. 4.27
hānam eṣāṃ kleśavad uktam

yathā kleśā dagdhabījabhāvā na prarohasamarthā bhavanti tathā jñānāgninā dagdhabījabhāvaḥ pūrvasaṃskāro na pratyayaprasūr bhavati. jñānasaṃskārās tu cittādhikārasamāptim anuśerata iti na cintyante. 4.28
prasaṃkhyāne 'py akusīdasya sarvathā vivekakhyāter dharmameghaḥ samādhiḥ

yadāyaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ prasaṃkhyāne 'py akusīdas tato 'pi na kiṃcit prārthayate. tatrāpi viraktasya sarvathā vivekakhyātir eva bhavatīti saṃskārabījakṣayān nāsya pratyayāntarāṇy utpadyante tadāsya dharmamegho nāma samādhir bhavati. 4.29
tataḥ kleśakarmanivṛttiḥ

tallābhād avidyādayaḥ kleśāḥ samūlakāṣaṃ kaṣitā bhavanti kuśalākuśalāś ca karmāśayāḥ samūlaghātaṃ hatā bhavanti. kleśakarmanivṛttau jīvann eva vidvān vimukto bhavati kasmāt, yasmād viparyayo bhavasya kāraṇam. na hi kṣīṇaviparyayaḥ kaścit kenacit kvacij jāto dṛśyata iti. 4.30
tadā sarvāvaraṇamalāpetasya jñānasyānantyāj jñeyam alpam

sarvaiḥ kleśakarmāvaraṇair vimuktasya jñānasyānantyaṃ bhavati. āvarakeṇa tamasābhibhūtam āvṛtam anantaṃ jñānasattvaṃ kvacid eva rajasā pravartitam udghāṭitaṃ grahaṇasamarthaṃ bhavati. tatra yadā sarvair āvaraṇamalair apagataṃ bhavati tadā bhavaty asyānantyam. jñānasyānantyāj jñeyam alpaṃ saṃpadyate yathākāśe khadyotaḥ. yatredam uktam ---
"andho maṇim avidhyat tam anaṅgulir āvayat /
agrīvas taṃ pratyamuñcat tam ajihvo 'bhyapūjayat //" iti. 4.31
tataḥ kṛtārthānāṃ pariṇāmakramasamāptir guṇānām

tasya dharmameghasyodayāt kṛtārthānāṃ guṇānāṃ pariṇāmakramaḥ parisamāpyate na hi kṛtabhogāpavargāḥ parisamāptakramāḥ kṣaṇam apy avasthātum utsahante. 4.32
atha ko 'yaṃ kramo nāmeti ---
kṣaṇapratiyogī pariṇāmāparāntanirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ

kṣaṇānantaryātmā pariṇāmasyāparāntenāvasānena gṛhyate kramaḥ na hy ananubhūtakramakṣaṇā purāṇatā vastrasyānte bhavati nityeṣu ca kramo dṛṣṭaḥ.
dvayī ceyaṃ nityatā kūṭasthanityatā pariṇāminityatā ca. tatra kūṭasthanityatā puruṣasya. pariṇāminityatā guṇānām. yasmin pariṇamyamāne tattvaṃ na vihanyate tan nityam ubhayasya ca tattvānabhighātān nityatvam. tatra guṇadharmeṣu buddhyādiṣu pariṇāmāparāntanirgrāhyaḥ kramo labdhaparyavasāno nityeṣu dharmiṣu guṇeṣv alabdhaparyavasānaḥ. kūṭasthanityeṣu svarūpamātrapratiṣṭheṣu muktapuruṣeṣu svarūpāstitā krameṇaivānubhūyata iti tatrāpy alabdhaparyavasānaḥ śabdapṛṣṭhenāstikriyām upādāya kalpita iti.
athāsya saṃsārasya sthityā gatyā ca guṇeṣu vartamānasyāsti kramasamāptir na veti. avacanīyam etat katham asti praśna ekāntavacanīyaḥ sarvo jāto mariṣyatīti oṃ bhoḥ iti.
atha sarvo mṛtvā janiṣyata iti vibhajyavacanīyam etat. pratyuditakhyātiḥ kṣīṇatṛṣṇaḥ kuśalo na janiṣyata itaras tu janiṣyate. tathā manuṣyajātiḥ śreyasī na vā śreyasīty evaṃ paripṛṣṭe vibhajya vacanīyaḥ praśnaḥ paśūn adhikṛtya śreyasī devān ṛṣīṃś cādhikṛtya neti. ayaṃ tv avacanīyaḥ praśnaḥ saṃsāro 'yam antavān athānanta iti. kuśalasyāsti saṃsārakramasamāptir netarasyeti anyatarāvadhāraṇe doṣaḥ tasmād vyākaraṇīya evāyaṃ praśna iti. 4.33
guṇādhikārakramasamāptau kaivalyam uktaṃ tatsvarūpam avadhāryate ---
puruṣārthaśūnyānāṃ guṇānāṃ pratiprasavaḥ kaivalyaṃ svarūpapratiṣṭhā vā citiśaktir iti