Yoga Sutra III - 54 - JATI LAKSANA DESAIR ANYATANAVACCHEDAT TULYAYOS TATAH PRATIPATTIH - Thus, the indistinguishable differences between objects that are alike in species, characteristic marks and positions become distinguishable. Swami Satchidananda translated the above sutras without commentary.
"How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood :
"Suppose you took two exactly similar, newly minted coins, showed first one, then the other; then changed them behind your back and showed them again. The yogi who had made this samyama would, according to Patanjali, be able to tell you correctly which one you had showed him first.
The spiritual value of this power of discrimination lies, of course, in one's ability to distinguish always between the Atman and the non-Atman, the outward appearance, however deceptive the latter may be."
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