20/09/2014
IV.34. Purusa-Artha-Sunyanam Gunanam
Pratiprasavah Kaivalyam
Sva-Rupa-Pratistha Va Citi-Sakteh Itl.
Kaivalyam is the state of enlightenment that follows the re-merging or reabsorption of the gunas (cosmic forces) back to their original source (prakriti, supreme nature), due to their having become devoid of any motive or purpose on behalf of the individual I-am. In this state, the individual purusha of I-am is established in its real nature, which is pure consciousness, awareness, Brahman, Absolute I-AM.
This sutras indicates three paths:
1. The path of chittam, path of psyche or mind
2. The path of I-AM (citti-shakti)
3. And the path combining them both.*
When the highest purpose of life is achieved the three basic qualities do not excite responses in the mind. That is freedom. In other words, the Perceiver is no longer colored by the mind.**
*Translation by Dr. Ramamurti S. Mishra, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati in the book The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
**Translation by Sri T. Krishnamacharya & T.K.V. Desikachar in the book The Heart of Yoga