Yoga Sutra - IV- 17- TADUPARAGAPEKSITVAC CITTASYA VASTU JNATAJNATAM - An object is known or unknown dependent on whether or not the mind gets colored by it.Yoga Sutra - IV- 18 - SADA JNATAS CITTA VRTTAYAS TAT PRABHOH PURUSASYAPARINAMITVAT - Due to His changelessness, changes in the mind-stuff are always know to the Purusha, who is the Lord.
Swami Satchidananda translated sutra 17 without commentary. However, of sutra 18, he tells us that Patanjali speaks here of the changes in the mind-stuff. "The chittam changes constantly because that is its natural tendency. Mind is part a of the ever-changing nature. However clever we are, we can only keep the mind quiet for a little while. Therefore, our aim is not to keep the mind peaceful but to rise above the mind and realize the ever-peaceful Self."
Swami Satchidananda says that Patanjali informs us that the Lord, Purusha, is the owner of the mind-stuff. In other words, He knows all the changes that happen in it. "A changing thing cannot recognize the changes in something else, like an insane person cannot recognize the insanity of another person. So Purusha, being changeless, can always recognize the changing nature of the mind."
There are many posts on the Purusha and the mind.
- Asamprajnata or Non-distinguished Samadhi YS- I-18...
- Devotion to God- Isvara YS I-23,24
- Omniscience YS I -25; The Guru YS I-26
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