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साधनपाद,-Sādhana-Pāda, (S.-0, Ch.-2, V.-28)

योगाङ्गानुष्ठानादशुद्धिक्षये ज्ञानदीप्तिराविवेकख्यातेः ॥२८॥

yoga-aṅga-anuṣṭhānād-aśuddhi-kṣaye jñāna-dīptir-āviveka-khyāteḥ ॥28॥

yoga-anga = rungs of yoga (yoga = yoga; anga = rungs, limbs, accessories, components, steps, parts, members, constituents)

anusthanad = by the sustained practice, observance, performance

ashuddhi = impurities

kshaye = with the elimination, destruction

jnana = of wisdom, knowledge,

diptih = light, brilliance, shining, radiance

a = until, up to

viveka-khyatih = discriminative knowledge (viveka = discriminative,

discernment; khyatih = knowledge, correct cognition, clarity, awareness)

Through practice of these limbs of yoga, impurity is overcome and wisdom and an enduring capacity to make disinctions are achieved. ||28||



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Interpretation and Commentary by Ayurvedacharya Govinda Ji.
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