Vyadhi disease Styana lack of perseverance, lack of interest, sluggishness, mental laziness samsaya doubt, indecision pramada intoxication, carelessness, negligence inattentiveness, inadvertence alasya idleness, physical laziness avirati incontinence, lacking in moderation or control, sensual gratification bhrantidarsana living under illusion, mistaken notion alabdhabhumikatva missing the point, inability to hold on to what is achieved, disappointment in one's desired object anavasthitatvani an unsettled state, inability to maintain the achieved progress cittaviksepah a scattered or oscillating mind causing distraction in the consciousness te these antarayah obstacles, impediments These obstacles are disease, inertia, doubt, heedlessness, laziness, indiscipline of the senses, flawed views, lack of tenacity, and backsliding. This sutra delineates the nine obstacles or deterrents, which hinders progress and deflects the aspirer's consciousness. In 1.29, Patanjali had indicated that Self-Realisation is possible only when consciousness is free from impediments. |