Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations)
by Makarand Gopal Newalkar | 2017 | 82,851 words | ISBN-13: 9780893890926
Yoga-sutras 2.36, English translation with modern and ancient interpretation. The Patanjali Yogasutras describe an ancient Indian tradition spanning over 5000 years old dealing with Yoga:—Meditating the mind on the Atma leading to the realization of self. This study interprets the Yogasutras in light of both ancient and modern commentaries (e.g., Vyasa and Osho) while supporting both Sankhya and Vedanta philosophies.
Sūtra 2.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of sūtra 2.36:
सत्यप्रतिष्ठायां क्रियाफलाश्रयत्वम् ॥ २.३६ ॥
satyapratiṣṭhāyāṃ kriyāphalāśrayatvam || 2.36 ||
(36) When truthfulness is achieved the words (of the Yogī) acquire the power of making them fruitful.
Ancient and Modern interpretation:
Bhāsvatī explains this as the strongly developed willpower of a yogī, speaking simple truth can produce feeling in the mind of listener in accord with his uttered words and weaken the contraray thoughts.
Osho says,[1]
“The body comes and goes,the mind comes and goes.That which remains hidden behind,that is the truth. So once Yogī gets firmly established in truthfulness,he attains fruits of action without acting. There is nothing to be done; everything happens. You do not do it but the whole does it, you are not the doer.”
He does not wear his masks. Mask which actors wear is the persona of person, as per psychiatrist Carl Jung.
Sufi Poet Khalil Gibran[2] says beautifully–
One day I woke up from deep sleep,
And found all my masks were stolen,
For the first time, the sun kissed my own naked face,
And my soul was inflamed with love for the sun,
And I wanted my masks no more.
Practice of truthfulness develops and purifies buddhi and so mind of such person is like a mirror reflecting divine mind, says Taimni.In a nutshell person practising truthfulness will not think against laws of nature.He will follow divine will.So, all his saṅkalpa will be as per divine wish and this divinity fulfils them. He is only a medium in between.
But saṅkalpa of common man is mixed with his ego,so it has selfish motive behind and that is why it is against divine will.So, it doesnot fructify and he blames his karma for same.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ibid., p.16-18