Yoga Sutra - IV- 22 - CITER APRATISAMKRAMAYAS TADAKARAPATTAU SVABUDDHISAMVEDANAM - The consciousness of the Purusha is unchangeable; by getting the reflection of it, the mind-stuff becomes conscious of the Self.Yoga Sutra - IV - 23 - DRASTR DRSYOPARAKTAM CITTAM SARVARTHAM - The mind-stuff, when colored by both Seer and seen, understands everything.
Swami Satchidananda translated these sutras without commentary.
"How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood says the following for YS IV- 23:
The mind stands midway, as it were, between Atman and external object. Its power to perceive the object is only borrowed from the Atman. In a perfectly dark room, a mirror cannot reflect the man who stands before it. But when a light is brought in, the mirror immediately "perceives" the man.
Similarly, the individual soul is known in Hindu philosophy a s the "reflected," or the "shadow Atman." It has no separate existence. It is only the reflection of the Atman upon the mind, which gives rise to a separate sense of ego.
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