Tarakam sarvavisayam sarvathavisayam akramam ca iti vivekajam jnanam

This is the fifty-fifth yogic sutra that is contained in the third phase of the Patanjali Yoga Sutra.

Tarakam sarvavisayam sarvathavisayam akramam ca iti vivekajam jnanamThe fifty-fifth yoga sutra states about the further accomplishes a sadhaka attains through this state of `exalted intelligence`. He is suddenly enlivened in apprehension; he gains precision in action and comprehends wholly each matter in minute detail.

tarakam shining, radiant, clear, clean, excellent
sarva all
visayam objects, pursuits, affairs, aims
sarvatha in all ways, by all means, wholly, completely, at all times
visayam objects, pursuits, affairs, aims
akramam without succession, without method or order, without
ca sequence
iti and
vivekajam this
jnanam exalted knowledge, sacred spiritual knowledge

The essential characteristic of the yogi`s exalted knowledge is that he grasps instantly, clearly and wholly, the aims of all objects without going into the sequence of time or change.

Invigorated in understanding, clear in action, he dominates and transgresses nature and reaches, through yogic practices, the light of the soul. (1.36; 11.52; III.34 and 36.)

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