Karika verse 3.7

7. (K²¹) By understanding the “m”-ness of Prājña there takes place the clear perception of māna [mānam]; but by meditating on this aspect of the Lord there arises similarity of laya with the Lord—32.

Notes.

Similarly the worshipper of Prājña attains the two-fold power, one subjective and the other objective. The objective power is called Mana or the power of entering into another consciousness. In utkarṣa the subject is sent to sleep, and it is through suggestion that the hypnotiser works on him. In this higher form of control called Māna—he enters, as if, into his very being: and the personality of the subject temporarily merges into the personality of the Yogin. This power of Mana would throw in the seeds of thought into the very causal body of the soul of another. It is not working through suggestion (as in hypnotic sleep), but through, the causal body. The subjective power acquired is that of Laya—namely carrying the memory through this dreamless sleep state. This is called “similarity of Laya with the Lord.” For as the Lord in the Laya state retains his memory and consciousness, so does the worshipper of Prājña. “The similarity of Laya with the Lord”—has another meaning also, namely, destruction of all sorrows and arising of happiness. As there is laya of all sorrows in the Lord, so his worshipper also transcends sorrow and enjoys bliss.