Yogaśāstra 4.15–17: Reality Independent of Citta

If an object depended on a single citta, it would be unverified when that citta was distracted or restrained, its currently unpresented parts could not exist, and its later reappearance would be inexplicable. The Bhāṣya therefore concludes that the object is independent and common to all puruṣas, while cittas operate separately for each puruṣa. Their relation gives rise to apprehension and to the puruṣa’s experience (bhoga).

CYS2026 and TKVD2019 add cet, making the statement explicitly conditional: “if the object depended on only one citta …”. The TKVD2019 print has the regular sandhi surface ced vastu. This establishes the former project form as an attested lineage reading, not merely a transcription error. KYMV2026 agrees with PE1904 without the conditional particle, and the working translation remains tied to that base.

As a magnet draws iron, an object connects with and colors citta through the senses (uparāga). The object by which citta is colored is known; another remains unknown. That objects are alternately known and unknown to citta shows its mutability (pariṇāmitva).