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PYS 2.10–11: Aufhebung der Kleśa
PYS 2.10–11: Aufhebung der Kleśa

Yogaśāstra 2.10–11: Meditation and Reabsorption

Active kleśas are eliminated through discriminative meditation; their burned seeds finally perish when citta returns to its cause.

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Yogaśāstra 2.10–11: Meditation and Reabsorption

Active kleśas are eliminated through discriminative meditation; their burned seeds finally perish when citta returns to its cause.

Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 2.10
ते प्रतिप्रसवहेयाः सूक्ष्माः ||10||
te pratiprasava-heyāḥ sūkṣmāḥ ||10|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
te
nominative plural masculine
tad
pronoun dem
 these
pratiprasava
tatpuruṣa-compound instrumental case
pratiprasava
substantive masculine
 through reabsorption into their source
heyāḥ
nominative plural masculine
heya
adjective
 to be abandoned
sūkṣmāḥ
nominative plural masculine
sūkṣma
adjective
 subtle
These (te | nom pl m) subtle [afflictions] (sūkṣmāḥ | nom pl m) are to be eliminated by reabsorption into their cause (pratiprasava-heyāḥ | nom pl m).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
Gently trace a quiet reaction (sūkṣma) back towards its source. When you notice early what feeds it, there is room for a different response.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

In the yogin, the five kleśa that have become subtle are like burned seeds. When citta returns into its cause after completing its task, they disappear together with it. This is their removal through pratiprasava.

Yoga Śāstra Vyāsa-Bhāṣya
These, when subtile, are to be evaded by an antagonistic production.
James R. Ballantyne - 1852
These, the subtile ones, should be suppressed by retrogression.
Ganganatha Jha - 1907
Diese [kleśa] soweit sie fein [latent, unbewusst] sind, müssen überwunden werden durch eine [asketische] Gegenanstrengung (pratiprasava, in anderm Sinne 4,33).
Paul Deussen - 1908
These [hindrances] [when they have become] subtile are to be escaped by the inverse-propagation. <1>
James Haughton Woods - 1914
Patañjali Yoga Sūtra 2.11
ध्यानहेयास्तद्वृत्तयः ||11||
dhyāna-heyās tad-vṛttayaḥ ||11|| Analysis ▾ Analysis ▴
dhyāna
tatpuruṣa-compound instrumental case
dhyāna
substantive neuter
 by meditation
heyāḥ
nominative plural feminine
heya
adjective
 to be abandoned
tat
tatpuruṣa-compound genitive
tad
pronoun dem
 their
vṛttayaḥ
nominative plural
vṛtti
substantive feminine
 activities
Their [active] movements (tad-vṛttayaḥ | nom pl) are to be eliminated through meditation (dhyāna-heyāḥ | nom pl f).
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - historically literal
When a distressing pattern sends out waves (vṛtti), stay with breath and bodily sensation in meditation (dhyāna). You do not have to fight the wave for it to settle.
Dr. Ronald Steiner - 2026 - modern transfer

The coarse activities of the kleśa are first attenuated by kriyā-yoga and then removed by discriminative meditation (prasaṃkhyāna-dhyāna) until they become subtle and finally resemble burned seeds. The Vyāsa-Bhāṣya compares this to cleaning a cloth: coarse dirt is removed first, then the subtler dirt with a stronger method.

Yoga Śāstra Vyāsa-Bhāṣya
Their ‘modifications’ ‘when with afflictions’ modify the mind by pressing themselves upon the attention are to be got rid of by meditation.
James R. Ballantyne - 1852
Of these, the functions are to be suppressed by contemplation.
Ganganatha Jha - 1907
Ihre Entwicklungen [zu groben, bewußten kleśa] müssen überwunden werden durch Meditation.
Paul Deussen - 1908
The fluctuations of these should be escaped by means of contemplation.
James Haughton Woods - 1914

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