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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 2.22

कृतार्थं प्रति नष्टमप्यनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात् ॥२२॥

kṛtārthaṁ prati naṣṭam apy anaṣṭaṁ tad anya-sādhāraṇatvāt

Though the seen is destroyed for the one whose purpose is fulfilled, it is not destroyed because it remains common to others.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.22

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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