paramanu paramamahattvantah asya vasikarah

This is the fortieth yogic sutra which is incorporated in the Patanjali Yoga Sutras.

paramanu paramamahattvantah asya vasikarah sutra states the culminating goal that can be attained if one strictly follows in the lines of the yogic sutras. Not only can one be elevated to a state of super-consciousness, he will also smoothly be able to penetrate every kind of particle - tiny or massive.

paramanu an infinitesimal particle, an atom
paramamahattvantah most distant, most excellent, highest, best, greatest asya
asya of this
vasikarah bringing into subjugation, having mastery over passions, or in one`s power

Mastery of contemplation brings the power to extend from the finest particle to the , greatest.

By following the various substitute methods of contemplation described above, the sadhaka develops the power to interpenetrate from the most infinitesimal particles to infinity.

The sadhaka is not only liberated from all disturbances of the mind; he has also repressed his consciousness and mastered his passions. His consciousness reaches a height of transparency in which it develops the power of interpenetrating objects from the minutest atoms to the impressive cosmos.

This sutra describes how the ordinary mind is metamorphosed into a super-mind, is able to imbue the limitless regions of space, and the deepest regions within.

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