Sūtra 4.26

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Sūtra 4.26:

तच्छिद्रेषु प्रत्ययान्तराणि संस्कारेभ्यः ॥ ४.२६ ॥

tacchidreṣu pratyayāntarāṇi saṃskārebhyaḥ || 4.26 ||

26. In the intervals thereof other impressions arise from residua.

The Rajamartanda commentary by King Bhoja:

[English translation of the 11th century commentary by Bhoja called the Rājamārtaṇḍa]

[Sanskrit text for commentary available]

Now, by describing the causes of the impediments which occur in the thinking principle flowing towards discrimination, he points out the means of overcoming them.

[Read Sūtra 4.26]

“Thereof,” i.e., of the thinking principle engaged in meditation. In the “intervals” (chidreṣu), in the void spaces of the thinking principle, whatever “impressions” (jñānāni) or ideas of the waking (or worldly) state arise, the same proceed from the now-fading residua of the former waking state, in the forms of “I,” “mine,” and the like. What is said is that by means of extirpating the internal organ their avoidance should be effected.

Notes and Extracts

[Notes and comparative extracts from other commentaries on the Yogasūtra]

[While isolation is progressing there are opportunities when a person is not actually engaged in meditation, i.e., during the breaks in his meditation, for worldly ideas to sprout from the residua of former existences still clinging to the mind. These are calculated to disturb the process of isolation, and are so far impediments, which should be destroyed.]

He now says that the means of avoidance has already been explained.