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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 2.3

अविद्यास्मितारागद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लेशाः ॥३॥

avidyāsmitā-rāga-dveṣābhiniveśāḥ kleśāḥ

Ignorance, ego, attachment, aversion, and clinging-to-life — these are the five kleshas, the afflictions that bind the soul.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.3

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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