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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 3.43

बहिरकल्पिता वृत्तिर्महाविदेहा ततः प्रकाशावरणक्षयः॥४३॥

bahir akalpitā vṛttir mahāvidehā tataḥ prakāśa-āvaraṇa-kṣayaḥ

The great discarnate state — a real (not imagined) mental function existing outside the body — is achieved. By that, the covering of the inner light is destroyed.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 3.43

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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