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Yoga-sūtra with Vyāsa's bhāṣya · 1.50
tajjaḥ saṃskāro 'nyasaṃskārapratibandhī
Translation. The latent impression (saṃskāra) born of that [samādhi-wisdom] obstructs the other latent impressions—those of the emergent state.
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Word by word
| surface | lemma | grammar |
|---|
| tajjaḥ | tajja | pass |
| saṃskāraḥ | saṃskāra | pass |
| anyasaṃskārapratibandhī | anyasaṃskārapratibandhin | pass |
How the commentary settled it
Where the verse alone is ambiguous, the reading follows Vyāsa's commentary; the deciding lines are quoted below each decision.
The pronoun tad within tajja refers specifically to samādhi-born wisdom (samādhiprajñā), and tajja means ‘produced by that wisdom.’→ Produced by samādhi-born wisdom
ys [1]samādhiprajñāprabhavaḥ saṃskāro vyutthānasaṃskārāśayaṃ bādhate.
The latent impression produced by samādhi-wisdom suppresses the store of emergent-state latent impressions.
ys [4]tataḥ samādhijā prajñā, tataḥ prajñākṛtāḥ saṃskārā iti navo navaḥ saṃskārāśayo jāyate.
From that comes wisdom born of samādhi, and from that come latent impressions produced by wisdom; thus an ever-new store of latent impressions arises.
Saṃskāra is rendered as the technical ‘latent impression’: it forms a store that generates cognitions and is renewed through samādhi-wisdom.→ Latent impression
ys [2]vyutthānasaṃskārābhibhavāt tatprabhavāḥ pratyayā na bhavanti.
Because the emergent-state latent impressions are overpowered, the cognitions produced from them do not arise.
ys [4]tataḥ samādhijā prajñā, tataḥ prajñākṛtāḥ saṃskārā iti navo navaḥ saṃskārāśayo jāyate.
From that comes wisdom born of samādhi, and from that come latent impressions produced by wisdom; thus an ever-new store of latent impressions arises.
‘Other latent impressions’ is restricted by the commentary to the store of impressions belonging to the emergent or non-samādhic state (vyutthāna), rather than every saṃskāra without distinction.→ The latent impressions of the emergent state
ys [1]samādhiprajñāprabhavaḥ saṃskāro vyutthānasaṃskārāśayaṃ bādhate.
The latent impression produced by samādhi-wisdom suppresses the store of emergent-state latent impressions.
ys [2]vyutthānasaṃskārābhibhavāt tatprabhavāḥ pratyayā na bhavanti.
Because the emergent-state latent impressions are overpowered, the cognitions produced from them do not arise.
Pratibandhī has active force: the samādhi-wisdom-generated impression obstructs the other impressions; it is not itself obstructed.→ Actively obstructs other impressions
ys [1]samādhiprajñāprabhavaḥ saṃskāro vyutthānasaṃskārāśayaṃ bādhate.
The latent impression produced by samādhi-wisdom suppresses the store of emergent-state latent impressions.
ys [2]vyutthānasaṃskārābhibhavāt tatprabhavāḥ pratyayā na bhavanti.
Because the emergent-state latent impressions are overpowered, the cognitions produced from them do not arise.
The compound anyasaṃskārapratibandhin is construed with anya-saṃskāra as the semantic object of obstruction, corresponding to the commentary’s accusative vyutthānasaṃskārāśayam with bādhate.→ A tatpuruṣa whose prior member denotes the impressions obstructed
ys [1]samādhiprajñāprabhavaḥ saṃskāro vyutthānasaṃskārāśayaṃ bādhate.
The latent impression produced by samādhi-wisdom suppresses the store of emergent-state latent impressions.
Vyāsa's commentary on this unit
1samādhiprajñāprabhavaḥ saṃskāro vyutthānasaṃskārāśayaṃ bādhate.
2vyutthānasaṃskārābhibhavāt tatprabhavāḥ pratyayā na bhavanti.
3pratyayanirodhe samādhir upatiṣṭhate.
4tataḥ samādhijā prajñā, tataḥ prajñākṛtāḥ saṃskārā iti navo navaḥ saṃskārāśayo jāyate.
5tataś ca prajñā, tataś ca saṃskārā iti.
6katham asau saṃskārātiśayaś cittaṃ sādhikāraṃ na kariṣyatīti.
7na te prajñākṛtāḥ saṃskārāḥ kleśakṣayahetutvāc cittam adhikāraviśiṣṭaṃ kurvanti.
8cittaṃ hi te svakāryād avasādayanti.
9khyātiparyavasānaṃ hi cittaceṣṭitam iti.
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