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eye. This practice of discrimination is the means of dissolv-
ing ignorance, the cause of the junction leading to vai-ied
experience.
XXVII. The enlightenment which is the last
stage, is sevenfold in his case.
In his case, i. e., in the case of one in whom the enlighten-
ment descrihed in XXVI. has taken place. Such enlighten-
ment is indeed the last stage of Yoga, for it is the condition of
proper mmatlhi or vrttinirodka. The seven stages are arranged
in the order of the proximity of each to the desired end which
is the last stage. These are divided into groups of four and
three, the first relating to the objective and the second to the
subjective. (1)1 have known all that was to be knowu, and
nothing further remains to know. (2) I have freed myself
from all bonds of every description. (3) By attaining to
Kaivalya, I have attained everything and nothing more re-
mains. (4)1 have done the whole of my duty. (5) My mind is
at rest. ( (5) The punas have all dropped away, even like stones
from the mountain-top, never to rise up again. (7) Being-
void of the gunas ' I am what 1 am,' ever free a nd all bliss.
These are the seven stages, which are described in various
ways with some slight variation of wording by different com-
mentators. The import, however, is as plain as can be; for each
of these stages has the entire cessation of each of the seven
states of the mind respectively—viz. (1) desire for knowledge;
(2) desire for freedom; (3) desire for bliss ; (4) desire to do ones
duty ; (5) sorrow, (ft ) fear: (7) doubt.
XXVTII. From the practice of the accessories of
Yoga (arises) enlightenment, by the destruction of im-
purity, (leading to) discrimination.
This aphorism points out the way to the enlightenment
leading to discrimination, by the destruction of impurity, /'. e.->
causes of distraction.
eye. This practice of discrimination is the means of dissolv-
ing ignorance, the cause of the junction leading to vai-ied
experience.
XXVII. The enlightenment which is the last
stage, is sevenfold in his case.
In his case, i. e., in the case of one in whom the enlighten-
ment descrihed in XXVI. has taken place. Such enlighten-
ment is indeed the last stage of Yoga, for it is the condition of
proper mmatlhi or vrttinirodka. The seven stages are arranged
in the order of the proximity of each to the desired end which
is the last stage. These are divided into groups of four and
three, the first relating to the objective and the second to the
subjective. (1)1 have known all that was to be knowu, and
nothing further remains to know. (2) I have freed myself
from all bonds of every description. (3) By attaining to
Kaivalya, I have attained everything and nothing more re-
mains. (4)1 have done the whole of my duty. (5) My mind is
at rest. ( (5) The punas have all dropped away, even like stones
from the mountain-top, never to rise up again. (7) Being-
void of the gunas ' I am what 1 am,' ever free a nd all bliss.
These are the seven stages, which are described in various
ways with some slight variation of wording by different com-
mentators. The import, however, is as plain as can be; for each
of these stages has the entire cessation of each of the seven
states of the mind respectively—viz. (1) desire for knowledge;
(2) desire for freedom; (3) desire for bliss ; (4) desire to do ones
duty ; (5) sorrow, (ft ) fear: (7) doubt.
XXVTII. From the practice of the accessories of
Yoga (arises) enlightenment, by the destruction of im-
purity, (leading to) discrimination.
This aphorism points out the way to the enlightenment
leading to discrimination, by the destruction of impurity, /'. e.->
causes of distraction.