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Pravrtti aloka nyasat sukstna vyavahita viprakrstajnanam
This is the twenty-sixth yogic sutra, which is contained in the third phase of the Patanjali Yoga Sutras.

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Pravrtti aloka nyasat sukstna vyavahita viprakrstajnanam, Patanjali Yoga SutraThe twenty-sixth yoga sutra speaks about the super-sensory perception that a yogi gains, by integrating the insight of the soul, the light within. They are sorted out, however obscured they are.

pravrttyah the super-sensory activity, super-sense perception
aloka light
nyasat directing, projecting, extending
suksma small, fine, subtle
vyavahita hidden, veiled, concealed
viprakrsta remote, distant
jnanam knowledge

Concealed things, however near or far, are revealed to a yogi.

By consolidation of the inner light, i.e., the insight of the soul, a yogi develops super-sensitive powers of perception. Such insight brings the power of seeing things which are subtle and fine, concealed or at a distance. (in. 34.)


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