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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 1.16

तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम् ॥१६॥

tatparaṁ puruṣakhyāterguṇavaitṛṣṇyam

The highest dispassion is the absence of thirst even for the gunas themselves, born of knowledge of the purusha.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1.16

Source: Sanskrit attributed to Patanjali (c. 2nd century BCE – 4th century CE). Public-domain English readings drawn from Swami Vivekananda's 'Raja Yoga' (1896) and Charles Johnston's 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' (1912).

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